Hebrew 4:14-5:10
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was. In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, "you are my Son; today I have become your father".
And he says in another place, "You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
The writer moves on from Jesus as the Son of God, to Jesus, our great high priest, a title has given him nowhere else in the New Testament.
Aaron was appointed by God as the first high priest of Israel. He was the intermediary between a holy God and a sinful people, the go-between who represented each to the other. The Jewish religion - the system these Jewish Christians were tempted to return to - still had its high priest. But in Chris, the writer says, we have a high priest who fulfills all the statutory requirements, and far more, because he has no need to atone for his own sins. He is the perfect high priest appointed by God as a mediator for all tome.
Why?
We may approach God's throne of grace with confidence. This is the grace from Jesus who erases our sins through his blood. What we need is faith.
Jesus Christ is the biggest priest forever before the Lord and prays for us, this priest is appointed by the Lord instead of by Arron the man.
Jesus became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, so anyone who obeys Jesus Christ could be saved.
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耶穌基督是超越亞倫的大祭司。
我們在想什麼,我們的軟弱,神都知道。耶穌基督能體恤我們的軟弱。看似很難,我們的大祭司會幫助我們。
1)耶穌是升入高天的大祭司:復活、升天,坐在寶座上掌權。而且不受時間、空間限制,為我禱告,向我施憐憫。
2)耶穌基督的身份是神的兒子,與神的關係是零距離。亞倫及其後代都是人所生的,也會陷在罪中。得自己先贖罪才能服事神。
3)耶穌基督也曾受過試探,沒有犯罪,更能體恤我們的軟弱。耶穌基督的完全成為我們的救贖。耶穌在肉體上也和我們一樣面臨各種試探,這種試探是耶穌靠著聖靈勝過了,耶穌沒有使用其神的能力來勝過。耶穌是完全的人,那種掙扎和我們一樣,但是耶穌沒有失敗,我們跟著耶穌,順從耶穌就可以得勝。
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How?
Jesus Christ is the son of the Lord, so we come to the Lord through Jesus Christ by faith.
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