And when he was raised, the Father acclaimed him,

you are my son, my warrior son, my triumphant son,

my sin defeating son, my Satan crushing son,

my hell overcoming son, take your seat

at the right hand of majesty.

Why was Jesus Christ given a superior name to angels?

And what does that mean for you and me?

John Piper answers these questions in this episode of Light and Truth.

The sermon was originally preached at Bethlehem Baptist Church on April 14, 1996.

Thinking about angels had evidently become really skewed in the churches to whom this book is written.

Something's gone haywire in the way they think about angels.

Otherwise, I cannot account for why, verse 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,

on into chapter 2, up through verse 16, again in chapter 12, again in chapter 13,

the issue of angels is on the front burner.

What is the big deal with angels?

So something is a skew in the churches here about angels and especially how they relate to Jesus.

So I want us to ask right now, how's our thinking about angels?

Are you sure you've got it right about angels?

Who are they?

How do they relate to Jesus Christ?

And if you're not completely sure that you got angels in their right spot in your brain

and in the universe, tune in now and let's listen in as to what this writer has to tell these people

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