Our Great High Priest 3

Can a Man Fix It?

Proverbs 14:12 ESV

12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 (ESV)

20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Romans 3:10 (ESV)

10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

Romans 3:23 (ESV)

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Can man fix it?

Abraham?

Moses?

He ascends to the presence of God. Is given a blueprint of the temple and a pattern of the priesthood.

Aaron?

fulfills the role of the first high priest but fails immediately. His children? Fail too. Which will lead them to desire/look for a different type of priest.

David?

fulfills the role of the priest king. Fail.

John 3:36 ESV

36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Ephesians 2:8–9 ESV

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations (5330 Conqueror Pizarro’s Choice)

5330 Conqueror Pizarro’s ChoiceHistorian William H. Prescott’s account of an incident in the career of General Francisco Pizarro, Spanish invader of Peru: At a moment of crisis Pizarro drew his sword and traced a line with it on the sand from East to West. Then, turning toward the South, “Friends and comrades,” he said, “on that side are toil, hunger, nakedness, the drenching storm, desertion, and death; on this side ease and pleasure. There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. For my part, I go to the South.”