Well, the big game between Houston and Pittsburgh is tonight. Go A-Rod!
Loved this video.
It shows the Texans' coaching staff doing nothing but compliment the Steelers' players. I love that! This is a classic illustration of the well-known axiom: "To make yourselves look good, you don't have to make others look bad."
In Heb. 3:1-6, Paul compares Jesus with Moses. His goal is to show how much greater the Son of God is to that greatest of Jewish leaders, Moses.
Now, if I had been given that assignment, here's what I probably would have done. I would have shown how Moses failed, how he sinned, how he was prevented by the Lord from entering the promised land. Then I would have pointed out how much greater Jesus is.
But the author of Hebrews was much wiser than that. Rather than pointing out all of Moses' failings (and there were many), he emphasized how faithful he was to God. "Moses was faithful in all God's house," he writes. But then he adds, as if in a whisper, "Pst, Jesus is even greater than Moses, and if he can be greater than Moses, he must really be something."
In other words, the difference between Jesus and Moses was not in their faithfulness. Both were equally faithful. The difference was one of status. Moses was faithful "as a son in the house," whereas Christ was faithful "as a Son over the house."
Let us never put down or denigrate the Old Testament. The New Testament never does. Let us never seek to "unhitch" it from the New Testament either. The Old Testament is Christian Scripture every bit as much the New Testament is!