The Superiority of Jesus

I'm listening again to the wonderful book of Hebrews and so will repost what I wrote a couple of years ago in line with this:

I want to share a thought about the big message of the book of Hebrews - the superiority of Jesus to the Old Testament rituals and systems and practices, He being the fulfillment of them all.

As I went through this book several times recently, I was struck as never before with how those human systems and practices were done away with in His coming in the flesh. In fact, without the removal of the human systems, Jesus' beauty was obscured.

With this in mind, I saw the well-known chapter of Hebrews 11 on faith in fresh light; a couple of simple things stood out to me about faith:
1. With the removal of external props in worship, the true believer is forced into a life of faith at many levels.
2. Faith thrives and grows in the absence of external props because there is nothing left to lean on but the Person of Jesus.

Knowing our proneness as fallen humans, I wonder what systems and practices we modern evangelicals have that hinder a life of true faith? Holy Spirit, we need Your help to be able to see, and we pray that You will magnify Jesus and remove whatever You need to remove in order for us to see Him as He is and to grow in faith. Thank You for hearing and answering!