Jesus Our Perfect High Priest Hebrews chapter five

Jesus is our perfect High Priest because 1 He was appointed by God. 2 He experienced what it was to be fully human 3 He had no need to make any sacrifices for His own sins for He is sinless. 4 He made sacrifice for sin when He offered Himself for the sins of the people. 5 He understands and has sympathy for each of us. 5:4-9

Jesus was never disobedient we know this because as the spotless lamb of God Jesus never sinned. It means that Jesus learnt what it meant to be obedient and actively sought obedience even though He knew it would lead Him to suffer the most terrible of all deaths. Jesus was always morally perfect His obedience demonstrates to us that when we face the most trying of circumstances, He is able to help us to obey 5:8

There is a time to drink milk (pre-digested solid food) referring to one who has just been saved, and a time to eat solid food. A new born baby needs milk at first, but needs to progress to solid food to grow strong 5:13 Its similar for us if we don’t desire to make progress we are in danger of stagnating and becoming deaf to the voice of God. 5:14 is a promise for the mature, those who have put what they have learned into practice. They will be able to discern what is true and what is false. How very important this promise from the Lord for the days in we live.

A verse to remember

So even though Jesus was God’s Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered. Hebrews 5:8 N.L.T.

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