Our High Priest Characteristics
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Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Jesus the Great High Priest
14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
5 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. 3 Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. 4 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”;
6 as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 10 being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
Peter’s denial of Christ
Who is our High Priest?
Characteristics of our High Priest
Who does He represent?
How do you have Him represent you?
Temptation
Why do I need a high priest?
tells us there is no fault in Jesus that he was holy unstained and separated from sinners.
The human high priest were sinners like us.
They sinned
They had to sacrifice the bull before going into the holy of holies.
You will not find fault in Jesus. Search, Him, try Him, you will not find fault.
You've seen the ads where you need to vote for this person because they come from this Walk of Life and they understand what you need.
He is sympathetic, He understands our weaknesses, He was tempted yet was without sin.
The human high priest did have something going for them.
They were us so the understood us.
If they lied and you lied they can say I know. I've been there.
Fully God, fully man Christ was made to be one of us.
Jesus understands.
This is specifically referring to our weaknesses and are bent towards sin.
If you have failed Jesus understands.
tells us that he was made in every respect like us so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest. This is also the verse that introduced us to that big word propitiation.
Jesus can save to the uttermost because He is perfect. He is always making intercession or representing us before God.
November 6th, election day is fast approaching. The elected officials will represent us at a local, state and federal level.
Their job is to take our concerns and desires of the people and to be our voice.
Their job is to take our concerns and desires of the people and to be our voice.
So we may not personally be in government but we have a representative that goes before us or in our place to speak on our behalf.
Now hang on, this is not a going to be a message about political parties, voting preferences or affiliations but one of comparison and that in Christ we have a strong representative. That is the thrust of the book of Hebrews.
Watch much TV lately? Seen the ads where one candidate is pointing out the faults and failures of another candidate? So-and-so handled this this way and so and so did this the wrong way. On and on it goes accusation after accusation finger pointing after finger pointing.
Jesus is no stranger to having fingers pointed at Him. The pharisees did it when He walked the earth.
What are we talking about? Sin not help in other areas.
In salvation you won't be let down. You won't find a fault.
tells us there is no fault in Jesus that he was holy unstained and separated from sinners.
The human high priest were sinners like us.
They sinned
They sinned
They had to sacrifice the bull before going into the holy of holies.
They had to sacrifice the bull before going into the holy of holies.
You will not find fault in Jesus. Search, Him, try Him, you will not find fault.
You've seen the ads where you need to vote for this person because they come from this Walk of Life and they understand what you need.
He is sympathetic, He understands our weaknesses, He was tempted yet was without sin.
The human high priest did have something going for them.
They were us so the understood us.
If they lied and you lied they can say I know. I've been there.
Fully God, fully man Christ was made to be one of us.
Jesus understands.
This is specifically referring to our weaknesses and are bent towards sin.
If you have failed Jesus understands.
tells us that he was made in every respect like us so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest. This is also the verse that introduced us to that big word propitiation.
Jesus can save to the uttermost because He is perfect. He is always making intercession or representing us before God.
Today we are really close to the midterm elections and you can hardly watch TV without seeing an ad where one candidate has found something negative about the other candidates. for or against different candidates. Each of these ads introduces us to positive or negative characteristics of the candidates. In a way telling us who they are.
The book of Hebrews spends a lot of time telling us who Jesus is in relationship to us and how he represents us.
I want to spend our time together this morning looking at who our high priest is.
And so building on what we looked at last week that He is our high priest and that He is our sacrifice let's continue to look at the different characteristics of Jesus our high priest.
Now to be clear Christ is not someone that we elect but was appointed as a representative for us by God. Let's look at that. Turn with me to . Here we see that God appointed Jesus to be our high priest.
With our current elected officials some of us in here voted for them some of us did not some of us can say that's my you fill in the blank and some of us say that is not my you fill in the blank the point I'm making here is this with Jesus as our high priest some of us in this room can say that is my high priest some of us cannot and so what's the difference.
Who tore the curtain? God. He made a way
Jesus in my place
Outline
Outline
Who is our High Priest?
Characteristics of our High Priest
Who does He represent?
How do you have Him represent you?
References
References
- merciful
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Merciful
Faithful
Propitiation
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house.
Heavenly calling
Our confession
Appointed
hebrews
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Our confession
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Sympathetic
Understands our weaknesses
Tempted and without sin
So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”;
hebrews 5:
Appointed
as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
Remains forever
Hebrews 5
And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
After Melchizedek
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Holy
Unstained
Separated
Exalted above the heavens
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
No need for self sacrifices
One sacrifice
For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
Jesus is appointed forever
Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Seated at the right hand of God