WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.540 Good morning, guys. Open up your Bibles to Hebrews, chapter 5. 00:00:08.380 --> 00:00:27.160 ! Continuing in our study of Hebrews today, we have a lot to go through, so I'm sorry, but if it takes too long, the Methodists, the Presbyterians, and the really cool non-denoms are going to beat you to lunch, so we're going to take a while, maybe. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.500 Where to begin? Why don't we stand together in honor of God's Word? It's a good habit, it's a good practice. 00:00:40.519 --> 00:00:48.320 And even though we're going to be studying chapter 5 today, I want to just rewind into chapter 4 and to verse 14. 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.859 We've been talking about how Jesus was a great high priest. 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.320 So starting in verse 14 of chapter 4, 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:04.060 Since then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:06.920 Let us hold fast our confession. 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:12.340 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, 00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:18.460 but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:27.719 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. 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:35.239 For every high priest chosen for among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.639 to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:45.419 He can deal gently with the ignorant and the wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:53.140 Because of this, he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins, just as he does for those of the people. 00:01:54.140 --> 00:02:00.219 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:06.780 So also, Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:10.400 but was appointed by him who said to him, 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.939 You are my son. Today I have begotten you. 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:17.860 As he also says in another place, 00:02:18.020 --> 00:02:22.379 You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:30.039 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to him, 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:32.319 who was able to save him from death, 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:35.060 and he was heard because of his reverence. 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:40.280 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 00:02:40.979 --> 00:02:50.120 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him. 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:55.879 Being designated by God as a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. 00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:57.319 Let's pray together. 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:00.959 Father, this is your word. 00:03:01.180 --> 00:03:07.280 It's written to your people and to the world that we may know you through it. 00:03:08.379 --> 00:03:12.579 And though it is in our hand just a piece of binder and paper, 00:03:12.799 --> 00:03:16.959 it is the word of God, and it is living and active, 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:20.219 and it testifies to Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 00:03:20.219 --> 00:03:25.939 So I pray that you would give us eyes to see and ears to hear the truth today, 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:28.280 that we would take it in deeply, 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.639 that we would not leave here the same. 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:38.180 We would leave here, Lord, just transformed more and more into the image of Christ. 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:40.579 We're very thankful. 00:03:40.580 --> 00:03:44.260 So no matter what we're coming with today, just work in us, Lord. 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:46.680 I ask that in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:03:49.220 --> 00:03:50.220 You may be seated. 00:03:53.500 --> 00:04:03.520 So, by way of introduction, just a reminder that the book of Hebrews is written to encourage Jewish believers 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:11.520 that are kind of being pulled back and forth between what they used to believe in terms of Judaism 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.980 and now all those things being fulfilled in Christ. 00:04:16.860 --> 00:04:20.519 And the writer is trying to tell them Jesus is the fulfillment of the old. 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:24.879 The old was good for its time, but it was pointing towards something greater. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:28.019 So Jesus offers a better covenant. 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:30.360 He offers a better sacrifice. 00:04:30.780 --> 00:04:33.360 He is the eternal high priest. 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:34.399 Et cetera. 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:40.439 So, let me give you a word that will help you just in the Scripture in general, 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:42.180 but especially in Hebrews. 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.659 It helps us understand things in the Old Testament better. 00:04:47.620 --> 00:04:50.859 But it's a word that we use in theology called types. 00:04:51.979 --> 00:04:54.620 And it's from a Greek word that's in the Scripture, 00:04:54.859 --> 00:04:58.439 but the Greek word typos or typos, if you want to say it. 00:04:59.919 --> 00:05:00.479 Types. 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:02.120 Right? 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:03.019 And this is what it means. 00:05:03.019 --> 00:05:03.939 Let's take this in. 00:05:03.939 --> 00:05:10.740 A type was a special example, symbol, or picture that God designed beforehand 00:05:10.740 --> 00:05:14.620 and that he placed in history at an earlier point in time 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:18.299 to point forward to a later, larger fulfillment. 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:27.639 So God put something earlier in history that was supposed to foreshadow or point towards something greater and better in the future. 00:05:28.900 --> 00:05:31.520 And so the book of Hebrews is filled with this. 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:40.319 The sacrificial system, the sacrificial system, the tabernacle, the priesthood, the Sabbath, all those things were pointing toward a larger, greater fulfillment in Christ. 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.779 So he is the fulfillment of those things. 00:05:43.779 --> 00:05:46.860 He was the final sacrifice for our sins. 00:05:47.300 --> 00:05:50.459 And he is the great high priest and he is the Lord of the Sabbath. 00:05:50.459 --> 00:06:05.859 So, some of you, again, some of us, I think our congregation would be pretty good on this, but in case that's still in the back of your head, like, why should I care about high priests and sacrificial systems? 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:14.879 Well, the point being, you need, and I need, we need a go-between between us and God. 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:17.500 You cannot go to God on your own. 00:06:18.620 --> 00:06:23.220 You're in major trouble, and I would be in major trouble if we approach God on our own. 00:06:23.900 --> 00:06:34.520 You need someone to go as a mediator between you and God to represent you before God and to advocate before you. 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:37.100 You have to have someone. 00:06:38.580 --> 00:06:47.840 And in the old covenant, the high priests were serving as a copy or a type of this, but they themselves fell short. 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:53.240 They were pointing toward the ultimate mediator and high priest, Jesus Christ. 00:06:54.139 --> 00:06:58.819 He was the fulfillment of the Levitical priesthood and sacrificial system. 00:06:59.500 --> 00:07:00.639 So that's why you should care. 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:05.319 You have to have a mediator between you and a holy God. 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:16.099 Just as a theme for today, if you look at verse 9, and it says, 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:22.219 And being made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. 00:07:22.220 --> 00:07:31.740 So, Jesus Christ, as our great high priest, He is the source of eternal salvation. 00:07:32.440 --> 00:07:35.780 He's the cause or the author of our salvation. 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:39.740 Salvation from judgment and the wrath of God. 00:07:39.880 --> 00:07:41.140 Salvation from suffering. 00:07:41.380 --> 00:07:44.000 Salvation from all the effects of sin. 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:45.400 Condemnation. 00:07:45.640 --> 00:07:47.980 This is what His deliverance is for. 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:52.500 And so, He is the source of eternal salvation. 00:07:53.140 --> 00:07:53.980 It starts now. 00:07:54.840 --> 00:07:57.060 It lasts even when we die. 00:07:57.780 --> 00:08:00.240 It lasts into the life to come. 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.540 It lasts forever into eternity future. 00:08:03.540 --> 00:08:20.820 So, what the writer is trying to do today is, again, he's bringing up this idea that Christ was the fulfillment of the priesthood that they saw in the Old Covenant that they'd be very familiar with. 00:08:21.580 --> 00:08:25.580 And today, it kind of focuses on the qualifications of such a man. 00:08:25.579 --> 00:08:32.919 What are the qualifications of such a man to be high priest, to represent you before a holy God? 00:08:34.220 --> 00:08:38.539 And first, we're kind of going to do like an A and B thing. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:41.559 And then, underneath that, there'll be some other things. 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:46.679 But, you see, firstly, like A, the qualifications of an earthly high priest. 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.139 So, the ones that did serve Israel. 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:52.559 And we see these in the first few verses. 00:08:53.699 --> 00:08:57.099 Let's look down at chapter 5, verse 1. 00:08:57.099 --> 00:09:07.059 For every high priest chosen among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 00:09:07.859 --> 00:09:13.399 He can deal gently with the ignorant and the wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:22.340 Because of this, he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins, just as he does for those of the people. 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:30.439 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:37.620 So, verses 1 through 4, you see, like, these qualifications of an earthly, temporal high priest. 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:44.980 So, underneath each one of these things, there's going to be three things that we look at under each. 00:09:45.299 --> 00:09:47.379 But, I'll give them to you now. 00:09:47.580 --> 00:09:52.019 Selection, solidarity, and sympathy. 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:55.799 Selection, solidarity, and sympathy. 00:09:56.860 --> 00:10:02.759 And then also, we'll follow with, when we look at Jesus, who's the eternal high priest. 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:05.080 So, first off, selection. 00:10:05.220 --> 00:10:07.340 So, how was an earthly priest selected? 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.179 It was a very, very high honor. 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:13.360 And it was filled with immense dignity. 00:10:14.379 --> 00:10:16.580 So much so, that you couldn't just run for office. 00:10:16.700 --> 00:10:18.759 No one could say, I want to be the high priest this year. 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:26.379 They had to be called and chosen by God into that service, as we just read. 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:33.740 So, these imperfect, sinful, flawed men were chosen by God to serve as high priest. 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:38.159 Not because they deserved it, but only because of God's mercy. 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:39.899 Right? 00:10:41.059 --> 00:10:49.539 And those who chose to try to elevate themselves to the office of high priest were in serious trouble. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.580 And this is the same boat we would be in if we tried to do this on our own. 00:10:53.580 --> 00:11:03.220 And so, develop some good fear, healthy fear and reverence for God through the Scripture. 00:11:04.540 --> 00:11:11.460 I remember being a young kid, and one of my favorite movies was the Indiana Jones series. 00:11:12.420 --> 00:11:14.800 And I actually watched the one in the movie theater. 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.340 If I was old enough to get into it, I think I was. 00:11:18.420 --> 00:11:19.680 If I didn't, I snuck into it. 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:22.500 It was the Raiders of the Lost Ark. 00:11:23.580 --> 00:11:30.759 And you just kind of saw this idea that anybody who crossed into this realm of trying to do something holy, they were just killed. 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:31.300 Right? 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:38.259 And that was my first impression of how holy God is, apart from the Scripture. 00:11:38.400 --> 00:11:40.020 I just remember that burning in my mind. 00:11:40.180 --> 00:11:43.520 And it produced like a holy fear, even just seeing that. 00:11:44.220 --> 00:11:46.020 But Scripture has tons of this stuff. 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:46.879 Let me give you an example. 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:52.120 Don't try to elevate yourself to be a mediator on your own behalf. 00:11:52.120 --> 00:12:02.100 The sons of Korah and Korah, 250 followers, assumed the priestly role by burning unauthorized incense. 00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:06.360 And God opened up the earth and swallowed them alive. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:08.680 Number 16. 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.919 King Saul, if you remember, he was very impatient. 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:19.039 He was waiting for Samuel to get there to do his priestly job of offering a sacrifice. 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:26.240 He grew impatient, and he did the sacrifice himself as the king and was rebuked severely by Samuel. 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:34.740 And because of that, God chose to tear him from his kingdom, to unthrone him, to end his reign in Israel. 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:37.700 So not even a king. 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:45.740 Then King Uzziah wrongly utilized a priestly censer, and God struck him with leprosy. 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:53.860 So the point God is trying to make over and over is, do strictly as I've instructed. 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:55.860 Don't try to bend the rules. 00:12:57.180 --> 00:13:00.840 Don't mess with my order, or you'll perish. 00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:02.000 That's what he's trying to say. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:08.580 Like, I will choose the men who are to serve as go-betweens between me and you. 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:09.940 Don't appoint yourself. 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:13.299 So they were chosen by the mercy of God. 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:17.079 And that even kind of continues in the biblical times. 00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:21.939 Remember Paul saying, we have this ministry by the mercy of God. 00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:24.819 It's not something even Paul deserved. 00:13:25.099 --> 00:13:28.919 It was all given by God's grace and by God's mercy. 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:31.139 So that's how they were selected. 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:33.599 Secondly, solidarity. 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.399 Solidarity. 00:13:36.579 --> 00:13:40.079 This has the idea of being one with the people that you're serving. 00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:41.959 You have to be a part of them. 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:47.100 No angel or deceased prophet could serve the function of high priest. 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:49.100 You had to be a living, breathing man. 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:56.259 Earthly human priests were, they would stand on behalf of those they served. 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:59.000 They were of the people and for the people. 00:14:00.160 --> 00:14:03.440 And it's kind of the same in modern pastoral ministry. 00:14:03.560 --> 00:14:06.060 You want to be able to relate to those that we serve. 00:14:06.059 --> 00:14:10.319 Not in terms of like hobbies and likes or dislikes. 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:11.500 That can go all over the place. 00:14:11.979 --> 00:14:19.299 But we're supposed to relate to them in terms of being like them, weak and broken men who need a savior. 00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:23.439 And we're trying to serve them on God's behalf. 00:14:23.979 --> 00:14:25.579 So it's very important. 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:28.059 They represented the people. 00:14:28.059 --> 00:14:32.119 So how many of you have an ESV study Bible? 00:14:32.859 --> 00:14:35.539 The extra spiritual version of the Bible. 00:14:36.699 --> 00:14:37.439 Are you aware? 00:14:37.619 --> 00:14:40.539 Like turn to Exodus 28 in your ESV study Bible. 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:45.559 But I have a couple pictures that are in there. 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.579 But if Adam cranks those up. 00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:50.519 So there's the first one. 00:14:50.739 --> 00:14:56.379 But this was the priestly garments that God designed for the sons of Levi to wear. 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:03.339 And without getting into all of it, you see the turban of fine linen. 00:15:03.839 --> 00:15:06.239 It had the plate of gold going around it. 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:11.699 And on it is the words in Hebrew, holy to Yahweh. 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:16.220 And then you see this breastplate that they're wearing. 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.680 It's called the breastplate of judgment. 00:15:19.540 --> 00:15:23.340 It has four rows and three columns. 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:28.840 Each stone on that breastplate represents the tribes of Israel. 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:35.540 Benjamin, Judah, Ephraim, Ishakar, on and on. 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:41.939 And those garments, in a way, are designed to show these people are representing. 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.899 These priests are representing the people before God. 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.779 Representing the tribes of Israel. 00:15:49.719 --> 00:15:55.959 And so they had to be one with the people. 00:15:57.419 --> 00:16:03.099 They were a part of this lost, sinful humanity. 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:06.259 And then thirdly, sympathy. 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.580 That's solidarity now. 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.159 Sympathy. 00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:13.200 You see this in verses 2 and 3 of chapter 5. 00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:16.019 They were able to sympathize with those they serve. 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:17.879 But in a different way than Jesus is, right? 00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:21.600 They can sympathize with those they serve because they're in the same boat. 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:24.720 They are weak, sinful, broken men. 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:26.200 They know what that's like. 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.379 They have sin. 00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:33.379 So that's how they can, in some way, sympathize with gentleness with those that they serve. 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:42.159 And because they themselves were sinful, our text says they had to go in first and offer a sacrifice for themselves 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:48.000 before turning around to come and offer sacrifices on behalf of the people. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.639 So, priests were, as it says in Leviticus, 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.679 it is, excuse me, yeah, 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:01.820 if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:05.279 then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed. 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:09.539 So, especially on the Day of Atonement, 00:17:09.639 --> 00:17:13.819 once a year when the high priest had to enter into the Holy of Holies, 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:18.420 I have a picture of this as well, also in your ESV study Bible. 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:22.420 You got that, Adam, the tabernacle? 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:27.519 That's a small picture on a big screen. 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:35.539 So, like I said, here's kind of what would happen on the Day of Atonement. 00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:42.019 The high priest would first go through that first curtain that you see on the outside there 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:43.879 into the outer court. 00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:47.579 He would kill a bull, slaughter it, 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:52.139 lay his hands on it and confess his sins to God. 00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:55.200 Then he would take the blood, which is, 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:58.580 blood is symbolic of life, something that's living. 00:17:58.740 --> 00:18:00.540 If you take away blood, you don't have life. 00:18:01.080 --> 00:18:02.680 So, it was symbolic of that. 00:18:03.560 --> 00:18:06.040 He would take the blood of that bull 00:18:06.040 --> 00:18:09.120 into the holy place, 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:11.140 which is that start of the tent there. 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.759 You see that second blue curtain? 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:17.180 Then he would walk into the next purple curtain, 00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:19.400 the Holy of Holies, 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:22.780 and he would sprinkle the blood of that bull, 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:24.680 that sacrifice, on the mercy seat, 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:28.320 symbolically atoning for his own sins. 00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:32.019 And then he would sprinkle it seven more times before the mercy seat. 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:35.900 And only after he had done that horrific act 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:38.780 would he be able to turn around and rightly go 00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:42.360 and make atonement for the other people. 00:18:43.560 --> 00:18:47.120 So, he dealt gently and sympathetically with those he served 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:49.299 because he was very aware of his own sinfulness. 00:18:49.939 --> 00:18:51.659 That's how we can sympathize with people. 00:18:51.739 --> 00:18:53.479 We see, like, how wretched we are. 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:56.259 And anyone who's going to serve in a ministry role, 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:58.299 whether they're a pastor or women, 00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:59.639 if you're helping other women, 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:01.139 or your children, 00:19:02.219 --> 00:19:04.359 or even in marriage, your husband, 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:07.279 you have to be very aware of your own sinfulness 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:09.119 before you can properly love somebody. 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:13.919 The best evangelists I know are the ones that are most aware of their own sin 00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:19.379 because they communicate with humility and gentleness rather than arrogance. 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:20.739 Right? 00:19:21.439 --> 00:19:26.399 So, these earthly priests were able to sympathize very well with those that they served, 00:19:26.459 --> 00:19:29.699 and they represented the people before God. 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.119 But it was imperfect. 00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:35.839 It was pointing towards a greater fulfillment. 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:38.220 It was pointing towards Jesus, 00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:41.539 the eternal, perfect, sympathetic high priest. 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:46.299 So, if you go back to Hebrews 5, 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:47.299 if you've turned away from that, 00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:48.559 but back in Hebrews 5, 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.480 the second part of this, 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:55.000 B, is the qualifications of the eternal high priest. 00:19:56.179 --> 00:19:58.619 You see this in verses 5 through 10. 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.039 It says, 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:05.199 So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:08.160 but was appointed by him who said to him, 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.319 You are my son. 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:11.160 Today I have begotten you. 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:14.220 And it goes on through verse 10. 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:16.279 I just won't read it again for the sake of time, 00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:22.720 but verses 5 through 10 tell you the qualifications of the eternal high priest, 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:25.200 the fulfillment of what we just talked about. 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:26.080 And it's the same thing. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:27.600 You see in verses 5 and 6, 00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:28.880 Selection. 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:30.620 Selection. 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:34.879 Just as a high priest was chosen and appointed by God, 00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:38.799 so also Christ did not exalt himself to that position. 00:20:39.439 --> 00:20:42.579 Rather, God chose him to take that position. 00:20:43.459 --> 00:20:45.199 But a huge difference is, 00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:49.919 earthly high priests were appointed that ministry by God's mercy. 00:20:50.479 --> 00:20:51.479 They didn't deserve it. 00:20:52.459 --> 00:20:55.719 Jesus was appointed that position because he was worthy to receive it. 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.380 Totally different. 00:20:58.500 --> 00:21:00.360 It says in verse 4 that he was appointed, 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:05.579 and in verse 10 it says he was designated as the high priest. 00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:08.700 And as Jesus said, 00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.620 very humbly, right, 00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:13.920 he answered this hostile crowd in John 8, 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:17.259 If I glorify myself, 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:19.259 my glory is nothing. 00:21:20.060 --> 00:21:22.519 It is my Father who glorifies me, 00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:25.279 of whom you say he is our God. 00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:29.640 So Jesus was elevated that because God chose him, 00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:31.460 but also because he was worthy. 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:34.200 A big difference in the selection process. 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.240 Also, 00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:41.519 we see in our text that Jesus wasn't just a regular high priest. 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:45.000 He was a royal high priest. 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:49.000 The author chose to show us this in a very interesting way. 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.420 So, 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.940 he does it by using the phrase, 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:54.039 the son of God, 00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:57.000 to replace the title of high priest. 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.680 You notice that? 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.379 So look at verse 5. 00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:02.599 The first part of verse 5 says, 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:05.759 Christ did not exalt himself as high priest. 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:08.759 So then you expect the rest of the verse to say, 00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:10.879 so God exalted him as high priest. 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:13.319 But it doesn't say that. 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.879 Instead, 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.079 he quotes from Psalm 110, 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.960 verse 4, 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:22.279 where David speaks of the Lord who sits at God's right hand, 00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:25.799 and as a priest of the order of Melchizedek. 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.480 So, 00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:30.720 what the inspired writer is trying to say in Psalm 110, 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.460 by citing that, 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:36.359 is Christ is the fulfillment of that scripture. 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:39.920 A priest after the order of Melchizedek. 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:42.140 Melchizedek mentioned again, 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.400 right, 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.180 in verse 10. 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.680 So his name is brought up twice. 00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:45.960 But, 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:48.980 there are plenty of other passages to come 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.039 that are talking about 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:53.120 Jesus' relationship to Melchizedek. 00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.940 I'm going to turn that over to Nathan, 00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:56.400 or whoever else is going to take that. 00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:58.580 Because there's a lot brought up later. 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.919 But, 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.859 just real simply, 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.439 real quickly, 00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:05.919 the connection to Melchizedek's mysterious priesthood 00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:09.119 for a reader would have been like a shock, 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:12.939 like a bombshell to the readers. 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.859 And Psalm 110, 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.839 after that, 00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:18.779 becomes the main theme for the whole letter. 00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.339 It's quoted, 00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:21.960 it's cited three times, 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:25.379 and loosely quoted eight other times in the book. 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.480 So, 00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.340 it's a huge deal. 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:29.560 How many of you actually have studied Psalm 110 before? 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:29.920 Like, 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.540 go read it. 00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:34.460 Because the New Testament cites it almost just as much as any other psalm, 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.000 or even more. 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.820 So, 00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:38.060 about Melchizedek, 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.260 without going too deep, 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:41.580 you read about him in Genesis 14. 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:45.040 And this is kind of what it says about him. 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:47.560 He was the king of Salem, 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:50.300 and he was the priest of God, 00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.160 the Most High. 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.620 So, 00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.520 don't miss this. 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.879 So, 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:57.200 we don't really think that this was probably a Christology, 00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.539 or, 00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.559 of, 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.819 Christ appearing before his incarnation. 00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:04.740 What we really think is that, 00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:06.359 the writer's trying to say, 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.759 in this connection, 00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:12.019 that Jesus is the eternal king of peace, 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:14.759 and the eternal high priest. 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:17.200 And he's kind of combining this royal role, 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.559 with a priestly role. 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.599 So, 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:22.240 we have a royal high priest, 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:24.059 combining those two things together. 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.819 So, 00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.779 so, 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:28.319 only Jesus could do that. 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:31.179 He's the only one that could be a go-between, 00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:33.259 between God and man. 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.279 And like I said, 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:38.059 the earthly high priest chosen by God's mercy, 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.200 the others chosen, 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:43.240 Christ chosen by the Father, 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.359 because he was worthy. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:49.539 And he is the source of eternal salvation for you and I. 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:50.920 So, 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.920 so what happens is you have too many papers. 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.120 Flip over to, 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.240 there's just two places to turn, 00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.039 but stay, 00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.400 keep your hand in chapter five, 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:02.200 but look over at Hebrews chapter nine, 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.620 real quick. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.960 Hebrews chapter nine. 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:09.680 Just to give you a taste of what's to come soon, 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:11.160 in relationship to all this. 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.620 And remember, 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.079 these are, 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.920 these are types, 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:16.380 they're reporting forward to Christ as their fulfillment. 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.200 So, 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.059 chapter nine, 00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.860 verse 24, 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.559 it says, 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.680 for Christ, 00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.299 has entered, 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:27.120 not into holy places made with hands, 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.880 which are mere copies of true things, 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.220 so, 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:32.039 not in the tabernacle, 00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.039 or the temple, 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.840 in other words, 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.819 but in heaven itself, 00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:38.000 now to appear in the presence of God, 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.480 on our behalf. 00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:42.799 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:46.559 as the high priest enters the holy places every year, 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.619 with his own blood, 00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.959 not with his own blood, 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:51.759 for then he would have to suffer repeatedly, 00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.959 since the foundation of the world. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.740 But as it is, 00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.879 focusing on this verse, 00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.759 as it is, 00:25:59.459 --> 00:26:01.339 he has appeared once for all, 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.480 at the end of the ages, 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.819 to put away sin, 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:07.579 by the sacrifice of himself. 00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:09.519 So, 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:12.039 earthly high priests were sinful, 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.900 like you and I, 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.839 they could not offer themselves, 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:17.640 as a pure sacrifice before God. 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:19.259 They were sinful. 00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:22.000 Jesus was sinless, 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:24.059 so he didn't need to offer, 00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.759 a sacrifice for himself, 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:27.720 before going into the holy place. 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.100 So, 00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:30.759 he went into the holy place, 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.700 once and for all, 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:35.480 by the sacrifice of himself, 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.779 and when he had finished that work, 00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.680 he sat down, 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.480 at the right hand of God. 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.440 As a believer, 00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:44.380 you'll pick up on little phrases in the scripture, 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.380 that mean a lot, 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.380 that stand out a lot, 00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:48.500 that's in verse 26, 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.400 once for all. 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.120 Okay? 00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:52.720 And that, 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:54.900 that Greek word means, 00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:57.460 there was such a decisive act, 00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.340 that occurred, 00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:01.080 that it accomplished so much, 00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:03.540 that it needed never to be repeated. 00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.240 See that, 00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:07.160 that one decisive act, 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.580 accomplished so much, 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.540 that it never needs to be repeated again. 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.780 And in fact, 00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.820 to try to repeat it, 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:14.140 would be like to mock, 00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:16.180 that one decisive act. 00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.200 So, 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.160 that's kind of what we do, 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.600 when we try to beat ourselves up, 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:21.620 and dependence before God, 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.060 like God, 00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.980 I'm not good enough, 00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:25.240 I gotta go share Jesus with people, 00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.980 read my Bible. 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.200 Like that's, 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.840 that's saying, 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.039 this once for all, 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.940 was not enough. 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.539 It was, 00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.340 it was done. 00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.720 And so, 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.799 this sacrifice, 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.940 was not made again. 00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:38.000 Jesus didn't need to enter, 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.880 back out, 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.000 and then go back in again. 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.460 He's there, 00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.240 right now, 00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.299 standing on our behalf, 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.500 in heaven itself. 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.240 So, 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.539 go back to chapter 5. 00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:53.039 Like the earthly high priests, 00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:55.980 Jesus had to be one with us. 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.200 So, 00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:56.960 solidarity, 00:27:58.820 --> 00:28:00.140 verse 7 through 9. 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.560 So, 00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:06.320 in order to represent us rightly before God, 00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:11.920 Jesus had to participate in our full human experience, 00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:13.600 our condition. 00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.779 You see in verse 7, 00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:18.919 it mentions like the days in His flesh, 00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:22.699 meaning that His entire life on earth, 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.659 all that He did, 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.599 in His human flesh. 00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.240 So, 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.179 that same writer, 00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:28.899 who wrote, 00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:29.659 wrote this book, 00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.759 he uses the phrase, 00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:33.759 learned obedience through suffering, 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:36.539 and that He was made perfect through suffering. 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:38.480 It also says, 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.639 Jesus was without sin. 00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:40.819 So, 00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.460 remember in chapter 4, 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.859 verse 15, 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:46.039 in every respect, 00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.859 Christ was tempted as we are, 00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.460 yet without sin. 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:52.180 that's the consistent teaching of Scripture, 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:54.200 that Jesus was sinless, 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:57.960 even though He took on our entire human experience. 00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.460 He really was. 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.000 He was, 00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.980 He experienced our weaknesses, 00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.920 our temptations, 00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.900 our appetites. 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:06.660 We talked about that at length last week. 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.500 Right? 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.680 But here's what I want you to see. 00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:15.560 When it says that Jesus learned obedience 00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:17.320 through what He suffered, 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:20.840 it doesn't mean that He was, 00:29:22.040 --> 00:29:24.160 that He needed to stop disobeying God. 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.779 But what it does mean, 00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:28.920 that with each new trial Jesus faced, 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:31.540 He learned just how tough it is 00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:32.920 to be obedient to the Father 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.440 through everything He went through. 00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.180 Okay? 00:29:37.040 --> 00:29:39.380 And when it says that He was made perfect 00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.180 through suffering, 00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:42.540 it doesn't mean that He was gradually 00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.720 getting rid of defects. 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:46.800 It does mean that He was gradually fulfilling 00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:49.120 the perfect righteousness required 00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:51.259 in order to save us. 00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:53.519 And that's why at His baptism, 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:55.040 the John, 00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:57.480 it wasn't for His remission of sins, 00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.779 but as He said to John, 00:29:58.860 --> 00:30:01.120 it is to fulfill all righteousness. 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.460 This must be done. 00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:03.820 So, 00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.660 He became one with us. 00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:08.460 He suffered as we suffer, 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.140 but yet without sin. 00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.279 And it was tough for Him. 00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:15.519 If we remember in Hebrews 2, 00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.920 it says, 00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:18.940 it was fitting that He, Jesus, 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.960 in bringing many sons to glory, 00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:24.080 should make the founder of their salvation 00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.460 perfect through suffering. 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.079 So, it was right. 00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:27.799 It was proper. 00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:30.099 It was fitting that Jesus had to endure 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:32.919 these things in order to be a suitable Savior 00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:34.379 for us. 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.759 Right? 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:41.079 So, He is the source of eternal salvation. 00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.940 No one else could do it. 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.700 Right? 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.379 And then, thirdly, 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.700 sympathy. 00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:52.019 And we talked about this some last week, 00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:54.400 but we kind of see it again in verse 7, 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:58.019 this idea that Jesus was sympathetic towards us. 00:30:58.879 --> 00:31:01.299 And in verse 4, 15 through 16, 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:03.299 that's what we talked about last week. 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:05.680 So, Jesus is a royal, 00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:09.379 priestly sympathizer with us. 00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:12.079 Different than the priests of old 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.159 who also sinned like we have. 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:18.720 He didn't need to make a sacrifice 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.059 for His own sins, 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.359 but He understands our weakness 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:26.220 and He understands the battle that we are in. 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:28.680 And as I was studying, 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.900 I was trying to think about, 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.640 you know, when you're, 00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:33.140 when someone's trying to help you 00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.120 or encourage you, 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.640 give you counsel, 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:40.380 or you're trying to give it to someone else, 00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.940 how does sympathy play into this? 00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:45.740 And there's a lot, I thought. 00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:49.380 Have you ever kind of talked to someone hurting 00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.980 and kind of like, 00:31:50.020 --> 00:31:50.980 even with good intentions, 00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:52.340 just kind of hastily said, 00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:54.320 I know how you feel. 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:57.340 And they immediately snap back at you, 00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:59.300 no, you don't know how I feel. 00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:03.440 You don't get it at all. 00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:05.500 Well, 00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:09.400 Jesus can look you straight in the eyes 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.920 and say, 00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:12.640 hey, I really, truly do understand 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:14.020 what you're going through. 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.839 I deeply understand it. 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.480 And so, 00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.019 have you ever, 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.759 also, 00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:22.160 have you ever been so depressed, 00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.019 so overwhelmed 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:25.420 by the trials that you're going through 00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.299 and the temptations 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.139 that you're going through, 00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:30.200 and then constantly breaking under them, 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.160 sinning, 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:34.339 being defeated by them? 00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.379 Well, 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.279 you can know 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.720 that Jesus not only faced 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:41.240 the trials and temptations you have, 00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:43.420 He's faced greater trials 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.279 and temptations 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.560 than you have, 00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:46.840 and He's overcome them. 00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.060 Okay? 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.039 He's been through 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:52.120 more than you have, 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.820 and He's overcome. 00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.620 But, 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.680 a spinoff of that, 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.660 I don't, 00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.660 I don't understand this, 00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:00.019 maybe it's just a personality thing, 00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.680 how we're wired, 00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.519 but whenever I encounter someone 00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.900 who's been, 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.500 been through more than I have, 00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:07.000 I just feel like I need to shut up. 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.460 Like, 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.360 stop complaining. 00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.580 Their, 00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:12.380 their example encourages me. 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.480 Right? 00:33:13.520 --> 00:33:14.800 When I hear about suffering 00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:16.620 in other places of the world 00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.280 by believers, 00:33:17.340 --> 00:33:19.060 I feel like my sitting in traffic 00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:20.200 or my waiting in line, 00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:20.440 like, 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.820 is not a big deal. 00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:23.060 And even, 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:24.700 even just being treated harshly 00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.740 by somebody else, 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.440 not even close. 00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:27.720 So, 00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:28.300 I just can't, 00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.460 I don't even want to put myself 00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.240 in that category 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.840 because of seeing their example. 00:33:32.780 --> 00:33:33.780 But some of you out there, 00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:35.000 I don't understand it, 00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:35.220 but, 00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.580 it's okay. 00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:38.879 when you hear about 00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:40.839 what other people have endured 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:43.220 and it's more than you've endured 00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:45.000 and they've overcome it, 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.259 you're like, 00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.480 well, 00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.879 that doesn't make me feel any better. 00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:49.179 How many of you have been there? 00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.480 Like, 00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.659 I, 00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:51.680 I see that they overcame 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.680 more than I did 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.340 and that just discourages me 00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.060 like even further. 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.880 Well, 00:33:58.080 --> 00:34:00.700 I've done that shamefully 00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.740 to my wife before 00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.640 and other people. 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:05.220 and, 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:07.640 sometimes those people 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.340 can speak to you 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.780 in kind of a condescending manner 00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.920 and say, 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.500 come on, 00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.519 I've been through more than you have. 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.320 Just suck it up. 00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.539 Quit whining about things. 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.640 And they kind of, 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.519 in the process, 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.980 kind of take their foot 00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.039 and mash your face 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.280 into the mud of shame 00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:25.039 even deeper. 00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.300 So, 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.559 let's apply Jesus 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.380 in this situation 00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:32.300 so you're not just thinking 00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.619 in your head, 00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:32.879 wow, 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.359 Jesus overcame more than I did. 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.339 That doesn't encourage me. 00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.539 Well, 00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.900 it should and here's why. 00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:39.059 Knowing that 00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.000 even though he's tasted 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.879 greater trials 00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:42.199 and temptations with you 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:44.000 and he's overcome them, 00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:46.579 he is your high priest 00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.619 doesn't stand over you 00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:47.900 and say, 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.079 hey, 00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.920 you really stink. 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.139 You know, 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.799 get back up. 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.239 What he, 00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.440 what he does 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.379 is he kneels down 00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:56.539 and lifts your face 00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:58.960 out of the mud of shame 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:01.719 and he looks at you 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:03.419 with compassion 00:35:03.419 --> 00:35:04.439 and humility 00:35:04.439 --> 00:35:05.439 and just says, 00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.379 I know you're hurting. 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:08.559 I know what you've been through. 00:35:09.459 --> 00:35:09.879 I've, 00:35:09.959 --> 00:35:11.000 I've been there 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.319 and I know that 00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:13.619 at this point in the game 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.679 it probably feels easier 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.679 for you to lay there 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.859 in the mud 00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.519 and even try 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.500 to get back up again. 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:23.059 but I've suffered immensely 00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:25.420 by obeying my father 00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.480 and if you come to me 00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.880 in faith, 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.400 I can help you overcome as well. 00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:30.039 So he doesn't ridicule 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.599 and criticize. 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:32.079 He comes alongside you 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.840 and helps you 00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.860 and shows you 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.699 how to overcome 00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:36.400 what you're in front of 00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.820 and you can through him. 00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.980 So different. 00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.940 So think about that 00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:42.000 in terms of your own life 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.420 and ministry. 00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.099 Do you just kind of 00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:44.199 criticize and attack 00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:45.000 or are you saying, 00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.599 hey, 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:47.380 I want to come alongside you 00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.599 and help you 00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.619 through what you're going through 00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:52.339 because I've been there 00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:53.819 and God helped me. 00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.500 So Jesus is sympathetic 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.480 with us in that way. 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.179 He knows 00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.759 but he also has overcome 00:35:58.759 --> 00:36:00.059 and he wants to help you 00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:01.380 overcome as well. 00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.099 So another thing 00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:07.099 in terms of sympathy, 00:36:08.339 --> 00:36:09.539 have you ever been so overwhelmed 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.279 by your sin, 00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.799 your guilt, 00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.880 your shame 00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:14.119 that you couldn't even explain it 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.880 to somebody else? 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.400 Like, 00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.539 my life is terrible. 00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.559 That's like all you can say. 00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.099 And someone's like, 00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:19.980 tell me how you feel. 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.579 Explain it. 00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.140 And they just go, 00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:23.200 I don't know. 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:25.039 Like they can't even 00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:26.539 put into words 00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.460 what they're going through. 00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.579 Well, 00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.800 those kind of people 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.920 know how awesome it is 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.619 when someone can come 00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.360 alongside you 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.579 and say, 00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:33.760 hey, 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.340 I've been there 00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:36.099 and this is what it feels like. 00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.920 Doesn't it feel like that? 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.260 And they say, 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.480 yeah, 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.660 that's exactly how it feels. 00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:40.039 And they can explain 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.900 with such clarity 00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.640 the situation 00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.660 that you're going through 00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:43.920 that it's like healing 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.480 to your soul. 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.780 Like, 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.679 yeah, 00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:45.980 that was, 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.360 that's exactly how I feel. 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.240 That's what Jesus can do 00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:52.840 as your sympathetic 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.740 high priest. 00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.480 He can explain 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.280 what you're going through 00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.980 and he can do it 00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:59.519 on your behalf 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.159 to God. 00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:02.179 He can be your advocate. 00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:05.940 a man, 00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:07.219 Jonathan Edwards said 00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.159 about Christ, 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.960 like what we love 00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.619 about Jesus 00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:11.339 so much 00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:11.919 is this. 00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.239 He says, 00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:13.359 we admire Christ 00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:14.159 for his glory, 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:16.339 but even more 00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:17.460 because his glory 00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.179 is mingled 00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:19.000 with humility. 00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:21.619 We admire him 00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.599 for his majesty, 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:24.319 but even more 00:37:24.319 --> 00:37:25.519 because it is majesty 00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.419 and meekness. 00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:28.860 we admire him 00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.800 because of how worthy 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.260 he was of all good, 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.119 but even more 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.019 because this was 00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.539 accompanied 00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:36.820 by an amazing patience 00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.740 to suffer evil, 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.500 what we just read. 00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.740 We admire him 00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:41.720 because of his sovereign 00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:43.159 dominion over the world, 00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:45.260 but even more 00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:47.220 because that dominion 00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.860 is clothed 00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.460 with a spirit 00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.039 of obedience 00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.760 and submission. 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:51.500 So, 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:53.320 Jesus is our 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.720 sympathetic high priest. 00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.640 He can relate. 00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.920 He knows 00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:59.380 and he can help you overcome. 00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.900 And because he understands 00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.260 and because he can't explain 00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:03.920 well 00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:05.340 what you're going through 00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:07.160 on your behalf to God, 00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:08.700 it says he intercedes for us. 00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.140 Look at 00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:10.920 verse 7. 00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:12.660 It says, 00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.860 in the days of his flesh, 00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:15.220 Jesus offered up prayers 00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:16.100 and supplications 00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:17.200 with loud cries 00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:18.900 and tears to him 00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:20.280 who was able to save him 00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.980 from death 00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:22.860 and he was heard 00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.160 because of his reverence. 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.660 So, 00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:27.740 in his earthly life, 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:29.280 Jesus used supplications. 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.420 Kind of a rare word 00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.619 indicating kind of a humble, 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.740 submissive request. 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.099 So, 00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:36.039 when we're praying to God, 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.780 that's what we're doing. 00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:38.660 We're humbly asking him 00:38:38.660 --> 00:38:39.840 for something. 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.980 Not because we're entitled 00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:42.280 or because we deserve it, 00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.639 but because we know 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.220 he's gracious. 00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.639 So, 00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.639 that's how Jesus prayed. 00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.639 Furthermore, 00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.380 the prayers of our Lord 00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.360 weren't empty 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:53.599 words and rhetoric. 00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:57.180 They were heartfelt emotion. 00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.000 Jesus prayed, 00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.500 as we see, 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.619 with loud cries 00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.400 and tears, 00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:03.780 revealing his earthly prayers 00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:04.480 were heartfelt 00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.420 and earnest. 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.800 So, 00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.240 you remember 00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:08.160 the agonizing 00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:09.599 prayer 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.860 in Gethsemane 00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:13.220 where he really 00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:14.500 exposes his humanity. 00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.360 He wasn't like 00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.820 superhuman Jesus, 00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.039 like, 00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.559 I've got this, 00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.320 bring on the cross. 00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.539 Like, 00:39:18.580 --> 00:39:18.880 he was, 00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:20.340 nothing in him 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.880 fleshly 00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.539 and nothing in him 00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:22.940 spiritually wanted to go 00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:24.200 to the cross. 00:39:26.120 --> 00:39:26.519 Right? 00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:28.220 The fleshly side of him 00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:28.800 didn't want to endure 00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.320 the pain, 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.559 the physical pain, 00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:32.580 but the spiritual side of him 00:39:32.580 --> 00:39:33.460 did not want to face 00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.340 the Father's wrath 00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.860 because that's something 00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:36.039 he had never done before. 00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.360 But in Mark, 00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.220 Mark's gospel, 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.900 in Gethsemane, 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.460 it says he was 00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:41.680 deeply distressed. 00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:43.419 And knowing 00:39:43.419 --> 00:39:44.559 that he had to drink 00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.159 the full cup 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:46.099 of God's wrath, 00:39:46.899 --> 00:39:47.679 he said, 00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:49.139 my soul was overwhelmed 00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.000 with sorrow 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:51.379 to the point of death. 00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:54.339 And Luke records 00:39:54.339 --> 00:39:56.059 the same scenario 00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:57.059 that he knelt down 00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.599 and prayed, 00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:57.960 saying, 00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.379 Father, 00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.159 if you are willing, 00:39:59.279 --> 00:40:01.279 remove this cup 00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:01.899 from me. 00:40:02.839 --> 00:40:03.379 I said, 00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.599 like, 00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.719 if there's a way out, 00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.919 if there's another way 00:40:05.919 --> 00:40:06.779 for this to be accomplished, 00:40:07.819 --> 00:40:08.599 please do it. 00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.900 But then, 00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:11.380 he submits his humanity 00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:13.099 to the will of the Father. 00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.519 And he said, 00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.400 not my will, 00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.839 but yours be done. 00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.099 Right? 00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.559 And there appeared 00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.139 an angel 00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:20.199 from heaven 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:21.079 to strengthen him. 00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:23.219 And being in agony, 00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.880 he prayed more earnestly. 00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:26.679 And his sweat 00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:28.539 became like drops of blood 00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.900 falling down to the ground. 00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:32.579 So that's his humanity. 00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:35.380 And he understands 00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.900 what that's like for us. 00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:38.780 So, 00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.579 it says that 00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.880 because 00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:44.200 God was able to save him 00:40:44.200 --> 00:40:44.940 from death, 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.039 you see that in verse 7? 00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.820 That means like the resurrection. 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:49.539 So he was killed physically, 00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.639 but then he was raised 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:52.059 from the dead. 00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.160 It says, 00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.380 having been made human, 00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:55.980 the writer says, 00:40:56.180 --> 00:40:57.320 was heard because 00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.360 of his reverence. 00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:00.039 Jesus was heard 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:01.039 because of his reverence. 00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:03.579 And I love this word too. 00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.900 It means like a reverential 00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:06.880 regard or fear. 00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:08.160 for being in God's presence. 00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:10.740 So he prayed with reverence. 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:12.119 He was like this 00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:14.039 healthy fear that we have 00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:16.019 of being in the presence of God. 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.960 Like that's the attitude 00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:18.059 Jesus took on. 00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:20.160 And because of that reverence, 00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:21.180 the Father heard him 00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:23.680 and answered his prayer. 00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.519 And now, 00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.740 like right now, 00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.900 Jesus, 00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:29.740 our perfect, 00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:31.280 great high priest, 00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:32.160 makes intercession 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:33.079 for you and I. 00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.699 He's standing, 00:41:35.299 --> 00:41:36.339 he's with the Father, 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:38.579 making intercession for us. 00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:40.219 Hebrews 7.25 says 00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:42.779 that Jesus always lives 00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:44.920 to make intercession for us. 00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:49.059 He's pleading on our behalf 00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.739 to the Father. 00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:53.839 We all know Romans 8.33. 00:41:54.839 --> 00:41:55.959 Who shall bring a charge 00:41:55.959 --> 00:41:57.319 against God's elect? 00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:59.899 It is God who justifies. 00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:01.679 Who is to condemn? 00:42:02.939 --> 00:42:03.759 Christ Jesus, 00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.959 the one who died. 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.539 And more than that, 00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.339 who was raised? 00:42:07.879 --> 00:42:10.039 Who is at the right hand of God? 00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:14.639 Who indeed is interceding for us? 00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:18.019 Just take that in. 00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.639 You don't deserve 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.719 an advocate like that. 00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.420 I don't. 00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:22.299 But Jesus, 00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.779 the perfect, 00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.259 sympathetic, 00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:26.759 eternal high priest 00:42:26.759 --> 00:42:27.279 is standing, 00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:28.199 making intercession 00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:29.119 for you and I 00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:31.179 on to God's behalf. 00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.980 So the conclusion here, 00:42:34.859 --> 00:42:35.980 Jesus is the source 00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:37.259 of eternal salvation 00:42:37.259 --> 00:42:38.599 to all who obey him. 00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.980 Not to the people 00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:41.139 who think they know Jesus 00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:42.739 and live a life of rebellion. 00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:44.579 not to people 00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:46.419 who can spit out 00:42:46.419 --> 00:42:46.759 right, 00:42:46.879 --> 00:42:47.799 correct language 00:42:47.799 --> 00:42:48.439 about Jesus, 00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.219 but those who 00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:51.639 believe the right thing, 00:42:52.579 --> 00:42:53.639 love the truth, 00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.319 and obey. 00:42:54.939 --> 00:42:55.819 He is the source 00:42:55.819 --> 00:42:57.719 of eternal salvation. 00:42:58.759 --> 00:43:00.079 He is a sympathetic 00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.979 high priest 00:43:00.979 --> 00:43:01.879 who stands between us 00:43:01.879 --> 00:43:03.239 and the burning 00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:04.019 presence of God. 00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:05.119 If you or I 00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.859 tried to enter 00:43:05.859 --> 00:43:07.639 the holy presence of God, 00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.799 God would be dishonored 00:43:09.799 --> 00:43:12.139 and we would be dead. 00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:13.339 Eternally. 00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:14.399 We would be consumed. 00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:15.779 So now, 00:43:15.959 --> 00:43:16.559 in Christ, 00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:18.219 we can stand before him 00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:20.059 without being consumed 00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:21.379 and God is not dishonored. 00:43:21.979 --> 00:43:23.599 That's the beauty of this. 00:43:24.279 --> 00:43:25.139 Just take it in. 00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:27.779 And because of that, 00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:29.539 the writer wants us to have, 00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:31.139 wants this truth 00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:32.219 to be confidence 00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:32.879 before you 00:43:32.879 --> 00:43:34.599 so that when you die, 00:43:35.419 --> 00:43:36.159 when you face 00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:37.339 the throne, 00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.819 you can approach it 00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.599 with confidence. 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.839 Of course, 00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.339 with fear 00:43:41.339 --> 00:43:41.960 and with reverence, 00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.940 but with confidence 00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.460 because it's not 00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.199 what you've done, 00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:46.279 but what Jesus has done. 00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:48.259 My grandfather 00:43:48.259 --> 00:43:48.900 passed away 00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.619 a few weeks ago 00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.440 and all people 00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:51.099 could talk about 00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.940 was just how ready 00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.500 he was. 00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:52.799 Like, 00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:54.339 he had such confidence 00:43:54.339 --> 00:43:54.960 to stand 00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:56.299 before the throne of God 00:43:56.299 --> 00:43:57.719 because he knew 00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.420 his Redeemer. 00:43:59.139 --> 00:44:00.299 He knew Jesus 00:44:00.299 --> 00:44:01.599 would represent him 00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.799 and that Jesus 00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.659 had made atonement 00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.460 for his sin. 00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:06.159 and that brought 00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:07.019 such peace 00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.840 and confidence 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.240 to him. 00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.539 He knew it was coming. 00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:13.119 But he didn't just 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:14.400 spend his days in fear. 00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.260 He served the Lord 00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:15.659 all the way up 00:44:15.659 --> 00:44:16.699 until his last day. 00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:17.400 He really did. 00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:19.800 So, 00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:22.240 that's Charles Wesley's 00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:22.740 old hymn. 00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.460 By the way, 00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:25.380 you should look this up. 00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.960 Sovereign Grace 00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:27.860 has a great rendition 00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:28.460 of this song, 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:29.820 but Arise My Soul 00:44:29.820 --> 00:44:31.920 speaks of Christ's 00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.639 priestly work. 00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:34.359 It says, 00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:36.219 The Father hears him pray, 00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:38.440 his dear anointed one. 00:44:39.359 --> 00:44:40.900 He cannot turn away 00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.579 the presence 00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:42.460 of his Son. 00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:45.460 His Spirit answers 00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.400 to the blood. 00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:48.219 His Spirit answers 00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:49.000 to the blood 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:50.759 and tells me 00:44:50.759 --> 00:44:52.039 I am born of God. 00:44:53.319 --> 00:44:54.739 So Christ's obedience 00:44:54.739 --> 00:44:55.579 and suffering 00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:56.440 on this earth 00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:57.799 was so perfect 00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:59.559 that it doesn't need 00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.199 to be repeated. 00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:03.839 and we go to God 00:45:03.839 --> 00:45:04.619 through Christ. 00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.619 He's not going to 00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:06.259 turn us away 00:45:06.259 --> 00:45:06.839 because he won't 00:45:06.839 --> 00:45:08.199 turn his Son away 00:45:08.199 --> 00:45:09.839 if we are in him. 00:45:10.939 --> 00:45:11.299 So, 00:45:12.099 --> 00:45:13.579 in closing, 00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:16.179 I just want to read 00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:19.879 Hebrews 10. 00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:20.299 Look, 00:45:20.359 --> 00:45:21.259 I read last week. 00:45:21.779 --> 00:45:22.059 Therefore, 00:45:22.279 --> 00:45:22.719 brothers, 00:45:23.359 --> 00:45:24.779 since we have confidence 00:45:24.779 --> 00:45:26.199 to enter the holy places 00:45:26.199 --> 00:45:28.819 by the blood of Jesus, 00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:31.339 by the new and living way 00:45:31.339 --> 00:45:32.500 that he opened for us 00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:33.299 through the curtain, 00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.960 that is, 00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.859 his flesh. 00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.460 And since we have 00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:38.759 a great priest 00:45:38.759 --> 00:45:40.000 over the house of God, 00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:41.919 let us draw near 00:45:41.919 --> 00:45:42.939 with a true heart 00:45:42.939 --> 00:45:45.079 and full assurance 00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:45.779 of faith. 00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:48.220 So, 00:45:48.820 --> 00:45:49.420 as we enter 00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.160 into the presence 00:45:50.160 --> 00:45:50.680 of God, 00:45:51.240 --> 00:45:52.380 we do so 00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:53.000 through Jesus. 00:45:53.120 --> 00:45:53.780 He was the way, 00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:54.360 the truth, 00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:55.120 and the life. 00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:56.540 And no one goes 00:45:56.540 --> 00:45:57.700 into the Father's presence 00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:59.340 except through him. 00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:00.140 And I hope you have 00:46:00.140 --> 00:46:01.160 that confidence today. 00:46:02.080 --> 00:46:02.780 If not, 00:46:03.160 --> 00:46:04.140 please come and talk 00:46:04.140 --> 00:46:04.960 to us about it later. 00:46:05.060 --> 00:46:05.560 Talk with someone 00:46:05.560 --> 00:46:06.180 who brought you. 00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.180 But believer, 00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:09.100 know that you can have 00:46:09.100 --> 00:46:09.900 great confidence. 00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:11.000 And if you don't, 00:46:11.040 --> 00:46:11.820 it's because you don't 00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:13.019 know your Savior 00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:14.440 as well as you probably should. 00:46:14.560 --> 00:46:15.420 You should really think 00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:16.380 about what he's done 00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:18.300 and who he is. 00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:20.700 Let's pray together.