14 Seeing then that 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 cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Commentary
Vs. 14 "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession."
Vs. 14 "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession."
In the previous section it was revealed that the Word of God reveals our condition to us, so that by repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ we can have remission of all our sins and everlasting life. Having then believed and received the Lord Jesus Christ we are not then just left to ourselves to wrestle with all the temptations and trials that we will have to face in this life. For Jesus Christ is not just our Lord and Savior, He is our High Priest, who unlike the mere mortal high priests of times past who died and then their tenures ended, has past through the heavens, that is Jesus Christ the Son of God when He rose from the dead and then fifty days later ascended back to God the Father in heaven has established for Himself an Everlasting Priesthood, that does not and will not end. Therefore let us hold fast our confession because our High Priest has a Priesthood that does not end. From His Atonement for us, to His ongoing intercession to God for us, Jesus Christ the Son of God is for us all who believe in Him then is the point being made in these verses.
Vs. 15 "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin."
When God's Son Jesus Christ became a Man He did so not only to provide the Atonement for us all so that by faith in His Person we can be reconciled back to God, but He also did so I believe to answer the age old cry, that is God as Spirit, dwelling high up in heavens cannot possibly understand what we as mortal flesh in all of our physical weaknesses, limitations and fleshly temptations daily face (consider Job's despairing cry's in Job 10). Now I know that such cries are often born out of broken hearts and disenfranchised lives, just as I once was. Yet it was there in all of my darkness and despair that God not only saw me, but He also saved me, when I rejected the lies that I was beyond redemption and I just let my longing heart receive the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and with that and without hesitation God opened the door of His Kingdom to me, bringing all of His Son's life, love, grace and all that is His salvation into me. And so I also want you to know and believe that the same grace of God is available to you as well, for God is loving and kind and He is Omnipresent and He does see us, and He does care for us in all of circumstances of life. And so Jesus was subject to all of the same temptations and fleshly desires and weaknesses that we as human beings all face (or will ever face), and yet He did so without sin. And so now Jesus Christ as our High Priest can and will sympathize with all us in our of weaknesses and circumstances of life.
Vs. 16 "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
Therefore in light of God's love for us, and what Jesus has done to make His grace freely available to us all, let us all come boldly to the throne of grace. For it is from God's throne of grace that Jesus Christ as God's High Priest and Judge of all not only officiates as High Priest, but also makes intercession for us all. The invitation then is to one and to all, to come and have remission of all your sins and new and everlasting life by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore be reconciled to God today, receive Christ, and have new and everlasting life and all of the healing and cleansing and transforming of persons and lives that God's salvation freely brings to one and to all.
Scripture Quotations
The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.
Vs. 15 "For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin."
When God's Son Jesus Christ became a Man He did so not only to provide the Atonement for us all so that by faith in His Person we can be reconciled back to God, but He also did so I believe to answer the age old cry, that is God as Spirit, dwelling high up in heavens cannot possibly understand what we as mortal flesh in all of our physical weaknesses, limitations and fleshly temptations daily face (consider Job's despairing cry's in Job 10). Now I know that such cries are often born out of broken hearts and disenfranchised lives, just as I once was. Yet it was there in all of my darkness and despair that God not only saw me, but He also saved me, when I rejected the lies that I was beyond redemption and I just let my longing heart receive the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and with that and without hesitation God opened the door of His Kingdom to me, bringing all of His Son's life, love, grace and all that is His salvation into me. And so I also want you to know and believe that the same grace of God is available to you as well, for God is loving and kind and He is Omnipresent and He does see us, and He does care for us in all of circumstances of life. And so Jesus was subject to all of the same temptations and fleshly desires and weaknesses that we as human beings all face (or will ever face), and yet He did so without sin. And so now Jesus Christ as our High Priest can and will sympathize with all us in our of weaknesses and circumstances of life.
Vs. 16 "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
Therefore in light of God's love for us, and what Jesus has done to make His grace freely available to us all, let us all come boldly to the throne of grace. For it is from God's throne of grace that Jesus Christ as God's High Priest and Judge of all not only officiates as High Priest, but also makes intercession for us all. The invitation then is to one and to all, to come and have remission of all your sins and new and everlasting life by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore be reconciled to God today, receive Christ, and have new and everlasting life and all of the healing and cleansing and transforming of persons and lives that God's salvation freely brings to one and to all.
Scripture Quotations
The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.
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