I Will Declare Your Name to My Brethren

Text: Psalm 22; Hebrews 2:12
26 November 2017

A DEEPLY SIGNIFICANT APPLICATION OF MESSIANIC REFERENCES

1. I will declare Your name among My brethren   (Psalm 22:22)

a) I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will sing praises to You   (Hebrews 2:12)
b) The writer cited the Lord Jesus Christ
c) This was in fulfilment of Psalm 22:22

2. The significance of this text with reference to the Lord Jesus Christ

a) Description of who Jesus is
i) To whom are all things
ii) For whom are all things   (Hebrews 2:10a)
b) Jesus as the Captain of our salvation   (Hebrews 2:10b)
c) He underwent great suffering   (Hebrews 2:10c; Psalm 22)

3. The significance of this text with reference to believers

a) He brings many sons to glory   (Hebrews 2:10)
b) He is not ashamed to call them brethren   (Hebrews 2:11)
c) Sanctification
i) He who is sanctified
ii) Those who are being sanctified
iii) They are all of one   (Hebrews 2:11)

4. The concept of being “brethren”

a) In all things He had to be made like His brethren   (Hebrews 2:17)
b) In that He Himself suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are being tempted   (Hebrews 2:18)
c) Here am I and the children whom God has given Me   (Hebrews 2:13)
i) Sonship
ii) Children of God