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THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST (1 OF 66)

by Mike Stone

Scripture: Psalms 110:1-7


Title: The Supremacy of Christ (1 of 66)
Author: Mike Stone
Text: Psalm 110

From the series: The Supremacy of Christ
A Study of the Book of Hebrews

We are about to begin a verse-by-verse series in Hebrews called, "The Supremacy of Christ." I believe this series is going to be rather lengthy, but I don't know of a more profitable study than to study about Jesus. I have Hebrews divided into more than 60 sermons. And every one of them is about the Supremacy of Jesus Christ. We are going to see in this study there is no one higher, greater, or better than Jesus.

But before we get to Hebrews, I want to preach on that same title from Psalm 110. Today's message will be a bit of an OVERVIEW or SURVEY of the book of Hebrews. And I will bring it from Psalm 110 for reasons I will explain in a moment.

When we begin our study in Hebrews we will start with questions. There are a lot of unknown things about the book of Hebrews. We don't know who wrote it. We don't know the exact time or the exact audience. While there are scholarly theories about these questions, the study of the book of Hebrews involves a good deal of speculation and "educated guesses."

One of the most fascinating speculations, at least to me, is the idea held by many NT scholars that the book of Hebrews is actually the manuscript of a Hebrew sermon. The idea is that some faithful preacher took a passage of Scripture and wrote out a sermon to be delivered in writing to his audience.

And for those who hold this view, the most frequently-mentioned passage is Psalm 110. Now, we cannot be dogmatic about this theory. But I will say this: Psalm 110 is often suspected to be the inspiration for the book of Hebrews...for very good reason.

For in both this psalm and the book of Hebrews, the three-fold office of Christ is put on display. We see the Supremacy of the Lord Jesus in His monarchy, His ministry, and His majesty.

As we go through this psalm of David and the longer epistle to the Hebrew ...

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