Supremacy of Jesus

An inquisitive Sunday school student asked the question, “If Jesus came back today, would He be able to understand computers?” That also begs the question—would Jesus know how to use an IPod, IPad, or IPhone? Some people today wonder whether Jesus, who walked the dusty roads of Palestine years ago, has any relevance for a world filled with the technological wonders of computers, instantaneous communication, nuclear power, and space stations. Most people doubt it!

It seems as if Jesus has fallen on hard times. All of the scientific discoveries, technological advances, and new spiritualties leave little room for Jesus today. They have even caused people to ask the questions, “Who is Jesus?” and more importantly “What does it matter?” Have you ever asked these questions? We live in an age and place where Jesus’ supremacy is seriously undermined!

Recently God spoke to us directly through his Son. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end. This Son (Jesus) perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature. He holds everything together by what he says--powerful words! After he finished the sacrifice for sins, the Son took his honoured place high in the heavens right alongside God, far higher than any angel in rank and rule did.

Did God ever say to an angel, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you"? Or, "I'm his Father, he's my Son"? When he presents his honoured Son to the world, he says, "All angels must worship him." However, he says to the Son, You are God, and on the throne for good; your rule makes everything right. You love it when things are right; you hate it when things are wrong. That is why God, your God, poured fragrant oil on your head, marking you out as king, far above your dear companions.

In becoming a man, Jesus did not give up any of His divine character; He temporarily limited Himself within a human body. His resurrection body, a glorified body of a divine power, pointed to the divine nature He has possessed throughout eternity. These infinite qualities of Jesus’ divinity are described as the ‘brightness of His (God’s) glory and the expression of His image’ Hebrew (1:3). His return to heaven signalled the completion of His sacrifice for our sins. Nothing more will ever be needed throughout eternity to atone for sin. The only question now for every person is whether or not Christ’s atonement will be accepted by faith. The answer for the problem of sinfulness is found in Jesus Christ alone. No one or nothing else is needed.

Jesus through His sacrifice was made eternal, righteous, and possessing the full power of the divine throne. Jesus Christ has no limitations. His complete devotion to righteousness gives Him God’s compete attestation. This made God place Jesus at His right hand, the ultimate position of divine honour and power, and places all the enemies of God under His feet.

To be partakers of this heavenly calling, we as believers need to keep our eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed--that exhilarating finish in and with God--he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. Now he is there, in the place of honour, right alongside God.

Take a good hard look at Jesus. He is the centrepiece of everything we believe, faithful in everything God gave him to do. But, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we then are the house!