Christ's Superiority as Lord

Last week I touched on how Christ is superior as our sacrifice, bieng fully human and without sin. Today I want to touch on how He is superior as our Lord, above the lordship or teaching of even Moses.

In Heberws 3 verese 1-6 we are told of the difference between Moses and Jesus Christ. One way they are different is that Moses, as aleader of the people of God, is portrayed here as the house. We know that we admire certain houses, but we honour the builders of such houses more that the houses themselves. Moses being the house, and Christ as the builder, Christ is worthy of far more glory. He made the house what it was, and is therefore the divine worker and lord over the materials He used to build.

Secondly, we see Moses was a servant in the people of God, but Christ is the son. I know many of us don't know what it means to live in this kind of culture, where there are servants living in one's house, and where there is a difference in class among the people. In this time-period, there were such circumstances, therefore the early readers of this book understood exactly what was being read. Moses lived among God's people as a servant to God in leading and teaching. When Jesus came to this earth, He came as God's son. In this arrangement, though often the sona dn servnats are the same age, or like to do the same things, the son is always superior to the servant. When the parents died, the estate is handed down to the son, not to the servant. The son also has authority to give orders, and the servant is to obey. Jesus is superior in His Lordship!

So how does this apply today? Well, we must remember that we are to be obedient to the authority God has set over us, in government, church, even our families. At the same time, we must also remember that we must obey Christ as He leads our lives. There is no other thing in any of our lives to which we are to be more devoted than to Christ. Are there things in your life that take the place of God? Wipe them out and obey Him! Only He is worthy to be your Lord!