Jesus Our High Priest
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Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,
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The command is clear! If we are partakers of the heavenly calling, we are commanded to consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus Christ. I write it often but it is ever true; what you think of Jesus Christ determines your eternal destiny! Some have said that the day of there being apostles is over; however what can not be denied is the office of apostle continues on with Jesus Christ. Jesus has brought the good news of redemption. Jesus is identified as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. Salvation is based upon the confession that Jesus is the Christ! Any other teaching is heresy! Jesus is indeed the sent one and the only one who is every believer’s High Priest!
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1 Timothy 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
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Jesus is the one Mediator between God and man and there is no other. Yes, this includes Him being our High priest and our Apostle! Jesus is the heralding voice we must hear!
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Hebrews 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
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The voice of Jesus always has an eternal ring to it! God speaks through Jesus; what a great word He speaks as our High priest and Apostle. Jesus Himself purged our sins and sat down at the right hand of the Father.
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Hebrews 3:2 who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. 5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, 6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
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Many do not understand the household they belong to. Moses was faithful as a servant; Jesus was faithful as a Son over His own house. This is the household we belong to if we hold fast to the end!
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Jesus our High Priest has done great things! Those who have been made sons in the house have been set free from sin.
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John 8:34 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 "And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
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Our High Priest has made us sons and because we belong to the house we are free indeed!
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1 John 2:1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
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Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession! If we do sin we need to run to Jesus Christ Himself as our Advocate before God the Father! Our hope at salvation is Jesus as the propitiation (The means by which the sins of the world were punished or atoned for)! Our continuing hope in salvation is Jesus our propitiation! The wrath of God was appeased by the sacrifice of Jesus; you can say Jesus is both the High Priest and the Lamb in making atonement for our sin.
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Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord! So many have not valued Jesus our High Priest. Therefore they have been unable to reckon themselves dead to sin and alive unto God! How many believers see themselves free from sin? Let us consider our High Priest further!
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Hebrews 7:11 Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.
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A changing of the priesthood made necessary a change of the law!
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Hebrews 7:18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness, 19 for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
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The law exposes sin and makes sin exceedingly sinful; however we needed a covenant that could bring life. It is the covenant that bring a better hope through which we draw near to God!
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Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
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Our High Priest has become the Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. Yes, Jesus came with the power of an endless life! Jesus is truly the way the truth and the life!
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Hebrews 7:20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: "The LORD has sworn And will not relent, 'You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek'"), 22 by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
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Jesus Himself is the surety of a better covenant! Consider Him the perfect High Priest!
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Hebrews 7:23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. :25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;
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As a perfect Priest, He is able to save to the uttermost. Jesus is and ever will be our interceding High Priest. Notice Jesus is separate from sinners but looks good on the believers. The King James says in 26 Our High Priest becomes us. Down south you will hear the ladies say that dress really becomes you! Jesus our High Priest looks good on us. Let us consider further the Apostle and High Priest of our confession!
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Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, 20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. 21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled 22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight; 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul , became a minister.
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We have peace through the blood of His cross. Hold on to the confession of your faith! Jesus will indeed present you to God the Father holy, blameless, and above reproach in His sight! What a promise but don’t miss the if! Let us look to the Author and Finisher of our Faith. Jesus alone is our Apostle and High Priest of our confession of our faith!
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The question begs to be asked what does it mean to continue in the faith; how does one continue to hold on to the confession of their faith? Let the Word bring definition to where the object of your faith should rest!
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1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world; our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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The object of your faith must ever be in our High Priest Jesus Christ!
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1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
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Jesus our High priest is the means of our atonement and the way of our salvation. True biblical faith is the object of your faith in the crucified one and the completed work of the cross. Keep on believing!
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1 Peter 2:25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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Jesus entered into the presence of the Father on our behalf; God is expecting us to show up in His throne-room.
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Jesus our Lamb, High Priest, Apostle, Shepherd, Overseer, Advocate, Forerunner, and our soon coming King! Consider Him!
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