GREATER THAN MOSES. Hebrews 3:1-6 We may think we are immune to those pressures that were causing discouragement and spiritual weakness to those believers who were under pressure to conform to the religious groups around them. However, in our day, the popularity of certain religious groups and the methods they use to attract people to their church activities can easily lead us to compromise what we know to be scripturally right and adapt to what is socially accepted. It is incumbent on us to be reminded of what sanctification really is and how important to God obedience to His word is.
The Lord Jesus Christ was superior to the Jewish priesthood in that His priesthood extends to all humanity in its provision as our way to come to God. There is a dignity associated with His office as the "High Priest" that not only establishes that position, but the superiority of that office which He holds. Our "profession" as Christians who are identified with Him is greater and higher than that of those who were linked with a failing nation on earth. When we "consider" all that means, it should purify our thoughts, stir us to faithful service for Him from the heart, and make us committed to righteous living in deeds and holiness in our walk in this world.
Moses was a great hero to the Jews. He served the Lord God faithfully and with fidelity to all that was entrusted to him. Like Paul, who served God "with all good fidelity," and was used by God to write many epistles (perhaps even Hebrews), Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible as he was "guided by the Holy Spirit." He was the greatest of the prophets, and he spoke for God to the people he led. Yet he was still a mere man—a human servant. He prepared the way for the Messiah, Christ, to come, but he was subservient to our Lord Jesus, who was, and still is, the faithful Son over God's own house. God is the Builder, and the servant works under His authority. The Lord Jesus Christ, as the builder of the house, is worthy of more honor than the house He is building.
Every house has a builder, and the greatest builder of all is our Lord Jesus, who is God over "all things." As such, He has a glory and honor in character and rank that exceeds all persons, even one as faithful as Moses. He who created all things certainly has the authority over His own house. Moses did not originate the truths he taught the people of Israel. He was a public witness to that which God spoke to the people through him. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Word, the expression of God. He is the Builder of God's house, and as such, he has superior authority because of His Person, Position, and Possession - of which we are a part. A warning is given to the nation of the Jews in general not to think they are part of God's house just because they are Jews.
Our position in God's house comes by faith in Jesus Christ and nothing else. When we are in Christ, we have a confidence that is not timid nor fearful, as if our hope is based on ourselves or some other person. We can live with joy and "full assurance of faith" because our hope is based on the One who is superior to angels and to the famous leaders of men and nations. We can live our lives right to the end with this same hope. Our confidence is in an unchanging Person who will keep us to the end as He promised.