Christ IS Unchangeable

Opening:

Story

A PERFECT PREACHER

After hundreds of years, a model preacher has been found to suit everyone. He preaches exactly 20 minutes and then sits down. He condemns sin but never hurts anyone.

He works from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. In every type of work from preaching to custodial service. He makes $60.00 a week, wears good clothes, buys books regularly, has a nice family, drives a good car and gives $100 ’a week to the church. He also stands ready to contribute to every good work that comes along.

He Is 26 years old and has been preaching for 30 years! He is tall and short, thin and heavy?set, and handsome. He has one brown eye and one blue; hair parted in the middle, left side dark and straight, the right, brown and wavy.

He has a burning desire to work with teenagers and spends all his time with older folk. He smiles all the time with a straight face! because he has a sense of humor that keeps him seriously dedicated to his work.

He makes 15 calls a day on the church members, spends all his time evangelizing the unchurched, and is never out of his office.

Recap/Intro

Christ Is Our Instruction

Christ Is Unchainable - Perfect

Person (vv. 1–10)

· Priest (v. 1).

Melchisedec, king of Salem, blessed Abraham.

· Peace (v. 2).

Salem means peace.

Abraham paid tithes of all his possessions (see Mal. 3:8–10).

Preserving (v. 3).

No record is given of this priest’s ancestors.

· Practice (vv. 4–6).

Abraham paid tithes before the Ten Commandments were given.

People paid their tithes to a relative. Melchisedec was not a relative of Abraham, but he followed this practice.

· Plan (vv. 7–10).

Abraham was blessed by Melchisedec. Levi was not yet born.

Priest (vv. 11–14)

· Pure priest (v. 11).

The Old Testament priests were only types or symbols of the coming Christ, our priest.

· Perfect priest (vv. 12–14).

The Son of God is our priest.

Perfection (vv. 15–19)

· Plan (vv. 15, 16).

Christ was not from the tribe of Levi.

He was a priest that would never die (cf. John 1:1–3).

· Picture (v. 17).

Christ, like Melchisedec, had no beginning or end (see John 14:10).

· Problem (v. 18).

The priesthood followed tradition, but Christ broke this tradition. He followed God’s laws.

Promise (vv. 20–22)

· Promise (v. 20).

God promised that Christ would always be a priest and intercede for mankind (cf. Heb. 13:8).

· Perfection (vv. 21, 22).

Christ was the perfect priest.

The Old Testament priests were not perfect; they were just human beings.

Pure (vv. 23–28)

· Priest (vv. 23, 24).

The Old Testament priests died, but Christ, our priest, will live forever (see John 11:25, 26).

· Power (v. 25).

The power to save all people (see Rom. 10:13).

· Personality (v. 26).

Note the character of Christ. What a Savior!

· Purging (v. 27).

He died once.

No need for more sacrifice; His blood cleanses all sin (1 John 1:7).

· Perfection (v. 28).

The Old Testament priests were human

Christ is divine and omnipotent, able to help and save.