Hebrews - Week Four
Hebrews 2:5-9
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:1,9
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Psalm 8:3-4
Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet… Psalm 8:5-6
Life Group Discussion Questions
Imagine the only information you had about Jesus was Hebrews chapter 1, What would be your view of him?
Read Hebrews 2:5-9 and Psalm 8:1-9
Look carefully at Hebrews 2:6-7a - the quotation from Psalm 8. How is Jesus - a “son of man” - compared with the angels? Now compare Hebrews 2:6-7a with Hebrews 1:4. What is the full picture of Jesus’ identity?
According to verse 8b, what do we “not yet” see? [Note: Him/his in verse 8 refers to all humanity.] According to verse 9, what truth about Jesus can a Christian “see” by faith? [Note: Him in verse 9 refers to Jesus.]
Why would verses 8-9 be comforting to suffering Christians?
How will our lives look different when we believe that nothing is outside the sovereign control of Jesus Christ?
What stops you from believing that nothing is outside the sovereign control of Jesus? What can help you to rest in this truth?