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Welcome to Community bible study. http://Woodbridge.cbsclass.org. Genia Welburn 703-244-0079 genia_welburn@msn.com. A GREAT HIGH PRIEST. Hebrews 4:14 – 5:10 December 7, 2011. A Great High Priest , Heb 4:14 – 5:10. T he Priesthood of Israel The Role of the High Priest
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Welcome to Community bible study http://Woodbridge.cbsclass.org Genia Welburn 703-244-0079 genia_welburn@msn.com
A GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 4:14 – 5:10 December 7, 2011
A Great High Priest, Heb 4:14 – 5:10 • The Priesthood of Israel • The Role of the High Priest • Jesus: The Great High Priest • Confidence, Obedience & Hope in God
A Great High Priest, Heb 4:14 – 5:10 • The Priesthood of Israel • God’s plan for Israel. (Exodus 19) • God calls Aaron and establishes the priesthood. (Exodus 28:41) • God’s plan corrupted. (Exodus 32+)
A Great High Priest, Heb 4:14 – 5:10 • The Role of the High Priest • The High Priest was selected from among men and called by God. (Hebrews 5:1, 4) The “boss” over all other priests. • Represented God to the people; taught them the Word of God. • Represented the people to God in making Atonement for their sins and his own. (Leviticus 1-4, 16) • He wore sacred clothes. (Leviticus 8) • He earnestly cared for those under his care.
PRIEST OFFERING INCENSE PRIEST SACRIFICING A GOAT
A Great High Priest, Heb 4:14 – 5:10 II. Jesus: The Great High Priest • Lived His life in the will of God; designated by God. • Approached God in reverent submission. Intercedes for us. • Sympathizes with our weaknesses (4:15). • Patiently persevered in obedience; endured the process to become perfect forever; God’s plan fulfilled. • God’s plan is extended to all believers. (1 Peter 2:9)
A Great High Priest, Heb 4:14 – 5:10 What shall we do…? • “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 • “Pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.” Hebrews 2:1 • Hold firmly to your faith…“Donot cast away your confidence, which has great reward.” Hebrews 10:35 • “…know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.” Ephesians 1:18-19
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6-7 “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:8-9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9
“The full flood of my life is not in bodily health, not in external happenings, not in seeing God’s work succeed, but in the perfect understanding of God, and in the communion with him that Jesus himself had. Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.” Oswald Chambers