Hebrews 3:1-6

A. The Faithfulness of the SON 3:1-6

"The author steadily develops his argument that Jesus is supremely great. He is greater than the angels, the author of a great salvation, and great enough to become man to accomplish it. Now the author turns his attention to Moses, regarded by the Jews as the greatest of men. . . . The writer does nothing to belittle Moses. Nor does he criticize him. He accepts Moses’ greatness but shows that as great as he was, Jesus was greater by far." [Note: Morris, p. 31.]

It was important to convince the Jewish readers that Jesus Christ is greater than Moses because the entire Jewish religion came through Moses. Christianity came through Christ.

"Observing the grammatical markers supplied by the writer, we submit that the development of the author’s thought reflects the following scheme:

Hebrews 3:1-2 introduction of the comparison between Jesus and Moses;

Hebrews 3:3 assertion of Jesus’ superiority to Moses;

Hebrews 3:4-6 a explanation for this assertion;

Hebrews 3:6 b relevance for the congregation." [Note: Lane, p. 72.]