“Jesus Came To Put All Things Under Subjection”

Hebrews 2:6-10

6) But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?

7) Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

8) Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

9) But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

10) For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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e know from the scriptures that all things have been put under subjection to Jesus. Now, though this is true, it does not mean that Man is forced to subject himself. You see, Jesus did not come to cause people to have to accept Him. We are given “free choice” that we might make a “choice” to serve Him.

Those who will belong to Him are required to be “under subjection” to Him. That means that those who are saved are intend to be saved have no choice as to what they will and will not do.

Part of being required to answer to Someone other than oneself is about the fact that Man must come to understand that he must “deny” himself. From the beginning, the life of Man has been about whom he is and what he wants. It is not our relatives, our friends, our neighbors, our pastors or even the devil who keeps us from being saved. The problem that we really have is what we think, how we choose to believe and what we choose to accept. What this really means is that the “problem is us.

To be saved, one must be saved from oneself. The life that Jesus exemplified was a life given in service to others. In order to truly “serve,” one must be selfless—and this is possible only through operating in the Spirit. In the Spirit, there is no retaliation and no defense of self. It only makes sense that if we would spend an eternity with God, we will be unable to conduct ourselves as a physical being. Why? Because God is a Spirit!

The Kingdom of God is nothing if it is not orderly. This is one of the main reasons that Man, in his fleshly state, could never reside there. You see, as proven “…in the beginning,” flesh rebels against rules and regulation. Now, while God is not “hung up” on these, He does have a “code of conduct” and expectations that are set for those who would call themselves by His name. One cannot act as he pleases and be pleasing to God.

Make no mistake: God will “…rule with a rod of iron” as He will have every right to. After all, in that He “paid the price” for our salvation, He has every “right” to have expectations of us. Now, as much as some of us “resent” the Lord’s presence in our lives, how would we ever “stand” Heaven—unless we change?

Man is quick to say that “I love the Lord,” but yet, proceeds to put himself first in all things. Apart from the Lord, we have no idea of what love really is and indeed, it is impossible for us to love. In that we are “of the similitude” of Adam, we equate “love” (shown toward us by others) with the “freedom” that individual is willing to give is to “be ourselves.” This is part of our problem with the Lord, for He requires us to change, which precludes us from being who we think we want to be. Therefore, He could not possibly love us and since one who is not “for” us is “against” us, we become suspicious, attempt to protect ourselves from Him and begin a downward, miserable spiral.

Scripture tells us that it is the truth that will make us free. As opposed to the truth being something that will allow us “our way,” it frees us from “our way” that we might do things the correct way—and this, brothers and sisters, is called “submission.”

It is important to be under subjection to the Lord because of the persuasiveness of the enemy. You see, he uses fear, intimidation and greed to “trap” the people of God, but it is also true that he has no power where he can find no one interested in him. Often, we find ourselves interested because of our lack, or incorrect processing of, information. He makes sure to put the most human “twist” on whatever pertains to us that we might be “blinded” to God’s truth. This ensures that we handle our situations only one way—and that is always negative. For us to be able to grow, we must “grow” through what God allows, rather than being offended.

Because of “mis-understanding,” we sometimes avoid the very thing that is necessary to our well-being. For example, most of us know the scripture, “Through much learning comes much suffering” and because of the word “suffering,” we avoid the “learning.” Well, no matter the situation, the Lord intends for us to “relax” and allow Him to do His job.

He can tell us relax because He knows, of course, that our “victory” is not in our ability to handle “anything” but rather, that it is in Jesus! We must also accept that no matter the “look” of a situation, we can still praise and magnify God because in Him, a situation is not really a “situation” at all, but rather, a means to grow. Verse 8 of our text, today, speaks to us of the fact that the Lord has “…put all in subjection under Him.” In that is a fact, it means that all are required to be obedient to Him—or, suffer the consequences.