Confessing Jesus From the Book of Hebrews

A few days ago I went through the book of Hebrews specifically with the intention of discovering every explicit truth about Jesus I could find within it’s pages. I did this for two primary reasons:

1. To broaden my confession about who He is.

2. To broaden my confession about what He has accomplished on my behalf.

In total, I found fifty-two clear truths about Jesus my first time through (some of these truths repeated a number of times throughout the book. I did not, however, include the recurring ones in my final count). The following is a list of all fifty-two – in order of when they appear in the book with verses included for each:

•       Jesus is the Son of God and heir of all things (Heb. 1:2)

•       Jesus is the creator of the universe (Heb. 1:2)

•       Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature (Heb. 1:3)

•       Jesus upholds the universe by His word (Heb. 1:3)

•       Jesus is better than angels (Heb. 1:3)

•       Jesus now sits at the right hand of power/majesty (Heb. 1:3)

•       Jesus' throne is forever (Heb. 1:8) and His years will have no end (Heb. 1:12)

•       Jesus will have everything put in subjection under His feet (Heb. 2:8)

•       Jesus is crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering and death (Heb. 2:9)

•       Jesus has tasted death for everyone (Heb. 2:9)

•       Jesus is the founder of salvation (Heb. 2:10)

•       Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers (Heb. 2:11)

•       Jesus has destroyed the devil (Heb. 2:14)

•       Jesus became 100% man (Heb. 2:17)

•       Jesus is the merciful and faithful high priest (Heb. 2:17)

•       Jesus helps those who are being tempted (Heb. 2:18)

•       Jesus is the apostle and high priest of our confession (Heb. 3:1)

•       Jesus is worthy of more honor than Moses as the builder of all things (Heb. 3:3-4)

•       Jesus is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword (Heb. 4:12)

•       Jesus was and is without sin (Heb. 4:15)

•       Jesus is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (Heb. 5:6)

•       Jesus is the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him (Heb. 5:9)

•       Jesus cannot lie (Heb. 6:18)

•       Jesus has gone as a forerunner to open the veil on our behalf (Heb. 6:20)

•       Jesus is the King of righteousness (Heb. 7:2)

•       Jesus is the King of peace (Heb. 7:2)

•       Jesus is without genealogy and has neither beginning of days nor end of life (Heb. 7:3)

•       Jesus lives (Heb. 7:8)

•       Jesus became a priest on the basis of the power of an indestructible life (Heb. 7:16)

•       Jesus is the better hope through which we draw near to God (Heb. 7:19)

•       Jesus is the guarantor of a better covenant (Heb. 7:22)

•       Jesus holds the priesthood permanently (Heb. 7:24)

•       Jesus is able to save to the uttermost those who would draw near to God through Him (Heb. 7:25)

•       Jesus lives to make intercession (Heb. 7:25)

•       Jesus is holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens (Heb. 7:26)

•       Jesus is the minister in the holy places (Heb. 8:2)

•       Jesus is the mediator of a better covenant that is enacted on better promises (Heb. 8:6)

•       Jesus has secured an eternal redemption (Heb. 9:12)

•       Jesus has entered heaven to appear in the presence of God on our behalf (Heb. 9:24)

•       Jesus appeared once for all to put away sin (Heb. 9:26)

•       Jesus will appear a second time (Heb. 9:28)

•       Jesus came to do the will of God (Heb. 10:7)

•       Jesus has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified (Heb. 10:14)

•       Jesus is faithful to His promises (Heb. 10:23)

•       Jesus is a better possession and an abiding one (Heb. 10:34)

•       Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith (Heb. 12:2)

•       Jesus' blood speaks a better word than the blood of Abel (Heb. 12:24)

•       Jesus is a consuming fire (Heb. 12:29)

•       Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us (Heb. 13:5)

•       Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8)

•       Jesus is the great shepherd (Heb. 13:20)

•       Jesus is deserving of eternal glory and honor (Heb. 13:21)

There is a high likelihood that I missed a few in there, so if anyone finds any that I overlooked please let me know in the comments section below.

I put these in my blog not to impress you, but rather to help you. I’m serious when I say that confession of truth is one of the most important disciplines we can possibly cultivate in our lives. It has strengthened my own walk with God tremendously and I know that it will yours.

Challenge: Take 10/day for 5 days this week and put them into your confession. You will be amazed at how much your faith in who Jesus is and what He has done will grow!

Be Blessed!

Andrew