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Why is Jesus Greater Than Chuck Norris?
Why is Jesus Greater Than Chuck Norris?
Because:
1. God has spoken to us through him
Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son.
- Hebrews 1:1-2 (HCSB)
Why is Jesus Greater Than Chuck Norris?
Because:
1. God has spoken to us through him2. He is the complete expression of God
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature…”
- v. 3
“Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” - John 14:9
“No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” - John 1:18
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands.
- 1 John 1:1
Why is Jesus Greater Than Chuck Norris?
Because:
1. God has spoken to us through him2. He is the complete expression of God3. He’s got the whole world in his hands
God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him… sustaining all things by His powerful word.
- vv. 2-3
Why is Jesus Greater Than Chuck Norris?
Because:
1. God has spoken to us through him2. He is the complete expression of God3. He’s got the whole world in his hands4. Only through him can I be forgiven
After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs.
- vv. 3-4
Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.
- Romans 5:18-19
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 2:17
Why is Jesus Greater Than Chuck Norris?
Because:
1. God has spoken to us through him2. He is the complete expression of God3. He’s got the whole world in his hands4. Only through him can I be forgiven5. In him is the promise of what we will be
So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs.
- v. 4
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
– 1 Cor. 15:49