Jesus is Better

Jesus is better. This is one of the main points of the Letter to the Hebrews and really to the whole story of God throughout the Bible. The arrival of Jesus on the scene in Nazareth, his death, and the vindication of Him as Savior and Lord in resurrection has proclaimed to the world that God has spoken in Jesus and no person, place, thing or idea is better. God has done what is best for the world and what is best is Jesus.

• "Jesus is the guarantor of a better covenant." Hebrews 7:22
• In Jesus "a better hope" has been introduced. (7:19)
• The covenant Jesus brings to mankind is better then Moses' covenant because it is "founded on better promises." (8:6)
• Jesus blood "speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." (12:24)

Trusting Jesus is always God's best for us. Sadly, we often turn to other things. We exchange what is better for what is not. Anytime we seek something else beside Jesus we opt for less. If we do our theology with someone/something else at the center we've chosen less. If we live life for the approval of someone/something else we've downgraded. If we seek forgiveness and wholeness in another system of belief or world-view we turn from what is better to what is worse.

Can you say Jesus is better then ________? Fill-in-the-blank. We should be saying that and believing it. For anytime we say_________ is better then Jesus either in our doctrine or our practice we've not truly listened to God and seen what He has given.

God's word to you today is: Jesus is better.