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God Loves Math: Hebrews 3:4

God Loves Math:

In which I select a random Bible verse from a random Bible verse generator (this one) and ask God to show me a new way of understanding Him, honoring Him, and loving Him while using a mathematical mindset to approach the section of scripture. 

Today's Random Bible Verse

Hebrews 3:4

"For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything."

Oh, this verse is full of meaning when considered mathematically! (Although we see it much more when we look at it in its context.) 

Hebrews 3:1 tells us to fix our thoughts on Jesus, "whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest." Why should we do that? "Let's prove Jesus deserves it," is essentially the approach taken by the author. I can appreciate a good proof. 

1) If someone is faithful, then they deserve honor. We know this is true because the Bible talks about Moses being found worthy of honor because he was faithful "in all God's house."

2) If Jesus was "faithful to the one who appointed him," then Jesus deserves honor. This is the Law of Detachment. This is standard high school Geometry : )


3) Builder of a house's worthiness of honor > House's worthiness of honor. (This is like an axiom. We don't have to prove that a creator of something is more deserving of honor than the thing they created. We can assume.)

4) Jesus = Creator of Everything. Jesus built everything. We know this because John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning." Jesus was there before we existed, creating this whole world and everything in it.

5) Creator of Everything > Creator of 1 House > House This is obvious since everything is greater than 1 thing. 

6) Jesus > Creator of 1 House > House by Substitution. 

7) Jesus deserves the MOST honor. This is justified by our verse for today, Hebrews 3:4. "For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything." This verse is one great big QED. 

QED

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