Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Christians Have A Christians Have A HeavenlyHeavenly High Priest: 4:14 High Priest: 4:14

• Acts shows a picture of the coronation of Christ from an earthly perspective

• Daniel shows the same picture from a heavenly perspective

““Now when He had spoken these Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”into heaven.”

Acts 1:9-11Acts 1:9-11

Christians Have A Heavenly High Priest: 4:14

Christians Have A Heavenly High Priest: 4:14

13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Daniel 7:13, 14Daniel 7:13, 14

We have an advocate in God’s Court

Christians Have A High Priest Who is Sympathetic, Seasoned and

Sinless v. 15

• His sinless status makes him trustworthy. If we do things his way we are guaranteed the victory.

Christians have a High Priest who is Rich in Mercy

• If there were no Grace or Mercy holding on would be futile.

Christians Have a High Priest Who Supersedes Any

Priesthood 5:1-10• Nineteen times this writer would use

the Greek word that means “to bring to” translated 7 times offer and 12 times offered.

• The High Priest was ordained (8:3) “to bring to” gifts and sacrifices (5:1), frequently (9:25) for his sins and sins of people (5:3; 7:27); according to the law (8:4; 10:8) which was a blood sacrifice (9:7) brought into the holy place (9:25). His offerings were imperfect (9:9) and were merely a shadow of what needed to be accomplished (10:1).

Superior SacrificeSuperior Sacrifice• Consider the contrast with that

done by Jesus’ offering without the Judaic system:

• Jesus was not ordained by law but by promise prior to giving of law (5:4-7; Psa. 110:4); having prepared his body (10:5) to enter the heavenly holy place (9:24) “to bring to” God a perfect sacrifice on the behalf of others (7:27), once and for all time (10:2; 9:25). He did so joyfully, willfully, yet emotionally (12:2; 7:27; 5:7) in order that one’s conscience with God and God’s conscience with man may be completely set at ease (9:9, 14; 10:1, 2, 8-10).

• The Christians thought they had lost their means of intercession. What they needed to understand is that under Christ they had a more supreme mediator than what they had lost.

The Hebrew Christians thought they had lost their means of intercession. What they needed to understand is that under Christ they had a more supreme mediator than what they had lost.

Jesus, Superior Administrator

• The high priest was required to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. This he this did not only on special occasions and for special offenses (Leviticus 4:3-12), but also in all the regular daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly sacrifices that were offered for the sins of the nation; in all these there was an acknowledgment of his own guilt, as well as the guilt of the brethren.

Jesus, Superior Name• It is great arrogance to think

we can approach God on our own, without a high priest. What a great blessing it is to use what God has provided!

• To use someone else to approach God in our behalf is sinful. So when one asks, “Why do we end our prayer, ‘in Jesus name?’” we can give a competent answer, “It’s not just a formula, it’s because Jesus is our great High Priest.”

How Could Christ be David’s Son and David’s LORD?

• Matt. 22:41-45 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, “What think you of Christ? whose son is he?” They say to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?”

Jesus, Superior Advocate (lawyer)

Gethsemane and the praying habit of Gethsemane and the praying habit of Jesus:Jesus: • His first act after baptism was

prayer (Lk. 3:21)• Before he was led in the wild-

erness for temptation (Matt. 4:1)• During successful missions he

prayed (Lk. 5:15-16).• Before making difficult decisions

he prayed (Lk. 6:12).• During working of miracles he

prayed (Lk. 9:16).• For his co-dependent workers in

the kingdom (Lk. 9:18; 22:31).

Before he was glorified (Lk. 9:28).After success of the seventy (Lk. 10:21).Before his arrest (Lk. 22:41-44)While on the cross (Lk. 23:34).After his resurrection (Lk. 24:30).He is still praying today (1 Jn. 2:1; Heb. 7:25).

The Christian’s High Priest has Perfected

Godly Fear

The Christian’s High Priest The Christian’s High Priest Learned obedienceLearned obedience

Suffering?

• To appreciate the value of preparation – (Phil. 2:12-18).

• To offer the ability to serve (2 Cor. 1:4).

• To understand dependency – • To magnify the power of God in our

weakness – (2 Cor. 12:8-10). • To mature a sincere desire to go to

heaven.

The Christian’s High Priest is Perfected

• The fundamental idea is the bringing of a person or thing to the goal fixed by God; complete. The end which was contemplated in his divinely-appointed discipline for the priesthood.

• One may be resentful for an early death because he feels one has not “finished” his purpose.

The Christian’s High Priest is the Author

Renowned author Jesus Christ gets it right in,

“How To Do Everything Right – The First Time”

Because we have such a Great High Priest one

ought to obey • When one objectively examines John

3:16 and John 3:36 the word believe contains two meanings, one is to attain a level of conviction (v. 16), the other the conviction to act in obedience (v. 36).

• One may obey out of duty (child), obligation (employee) or necessity (taking medicine). But supreme obedience originates from a love that comes from the heart (Matt. 22:37).