Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but 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. 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. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. (Hebrews 1:1–4)
There are two things that the Bible will not let us separate — as though in order to make one look great, you need to diminish the other, or to make the other look important, you need to diminish the first. Those two things are the majesty of Jesus and the greatness of what he’s done, on the one side — and, on the other side, the practical implications of that in the way Christians are supposed to think and feel and act.
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