1Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2but in these last days He has

spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed the heir of all things, through

whom also He created the world. 3He is the radiance of the glory of God

and the exact imprint of His nature,

and He upholds the universe by the word of His power. After making purification

for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4having become as much superior to angels as the name

He has inherited is more excellent than theirs. —Hebrews 1:1-4 ESV

The Final Word

JESUS IS…

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. —Genesis 1:1 ESV

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made.

—John 1:1-3 ESV

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory,

glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

—John 1:14 ESV

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of

His nature, and He upholds the universe by the word of His power.

—Hebrews 1:3a ESV

“He calls these "the last days" because the coming of Jesus Christ the Son of God into the world was the decisive Word of God. There is no third phase of God's Word in

history. Everything in history is either explanation or application of the meaning of

Jesus Christ, the Word of God.”

—John Piper The Finished WorkJESUS IS…

9But we see Him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely

Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.10For it was fitting that He, for whom and by whom all things exist,

in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation

perfect through suffering. 11For He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why He is not

ashamed to call them brothers.—Hebrews 2:9-11 ESV

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

1. A god exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life.

2. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and most other world religions.

3. The central goal in life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

4. God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when a god is needed to solve a problem.

5. Good people go to heaven when they die.

11But when Christ appeared as a High Priest of the good things that have come, then

through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this

creation) 12He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of His own

blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the

flesh, 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit

offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to

serve the living God. —Hebrews 9:11-14 ESV

Therefore He is the Mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are

called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has

occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. —Hebrews 9:15 ESV

“In Christ alone, Who took on flesh, Fullness of God in helpless babe!

This gift of love and righteousness, Scorned by the ones He came to save.

Till on that cross as Jesus died, The wrath of God was satisfied;For every sin on Him was laid—

Here in the death of Christ I live.”—Keith Getty & Stuart Townend

The Focus of Worship

JESUS IS…

2At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne… 11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by

Your will they existed and were created.”

—Revelation 4:2, 11 ESV

Jesus—Admirer or Christ-follower?

“Self-proclaimed Christians who worship a god that requires no sacrifice, no obedience,

no submission and no surrender are not worshiping the God of the Bible, no matter

how much they claim they love Jesus.” —Dean Inserra, The Unsaved Christian