1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Good morning family. 2 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:22,000 All right, please turn to Romans Hebrews five. 3 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Anyway, let's pray and let's get into Hebrews five. 4 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Father, I want to thank you so much for your goodness and faithfulness. 5 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Thank you for just your kindness as you have provided for us, a high priest who can once for all 6 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:51,000 intercede and advocate for your people, who can once for all bring in the sacrifice. 7 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 And that very high priest is the sacrifice also. 8 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:04,000 What an amazing, perfect plan, all the intimate details of salvation accomplished in and through Christ. 9 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Lord, we praise you and thank you that he has fulfilled all the obligation as high priest for your glory. 10 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 In Jesus name, amen. 11 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:18,000 So that's one of the things I'm going to that we really need to start paying attention to when we're dealing with the issue of high priest. 12 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 There's a lot here. 13 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,000 I'll be honest with you. 14 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,000 I was going through this, I'm like, how do we explain the whole Melchizedek? 15 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Because it seems really confusing. 16 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:34,000 I think it's one of the reasons why Hebrews is probably one of the least preached on. 17 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,000 That's bad English. 18 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,000 I know. 19 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,000 I'm not an English major. 20 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,000 I'm a preacher. 21 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:45,000 So books that I think I've watched. 22 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:56,000 I look for several and the one that pops up the most when I'm listening to others preach on and talk about Hebrews is John Piper. 23 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:04,000 But what I found is there's these two ideas when it comes to Christ, the high priest. 24 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 And to be honest with you, both of them are right. 25 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,000 They're not wrong. 26 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 But I think there's something missing. 27 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,000 We're missing something between these two thoughts. 28 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:31,000 And I think when we take the context of all of the letter to the Hebrews and we really start to dig down and get into the root and the crux of what the writer is saying, 29 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:38,000 we end up finding something so remarkable that if we don't really pay attention, we could miss it. 30 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:42,000 And as we go through this message, I think you're going to hear it and see it. 31 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,000 So we're going to start reading through Hebrews chapter five, verse one through four. 32 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 I'm going to go right into five and six. 33 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:57,000 And then we'll start expounding on the rest of the scripture to verse eight, which is I was really hoping, but it's not going to happen. 34 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 I wanted to get to ten, but it's not going to. 35 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Anyway, so verse one, for every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 36 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:23,000 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward since he himself is beset with weakness. 37 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Because of this, he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins, just as he does for those of the people. 38 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:42,000 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. 39 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:53,000 So also, Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, You are my son. 40 00:03:53,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Today I've begotten you, as he also as he says, also in another place, you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 41 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Now, that's verse five and six. 42 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:16,000 I'm going to get into seven and eight in a minute, but I want us to kind of think through this process of what does this high priest thing look like? 43 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Why is it necessary? 44 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:29,000 So when you're looking at the plan of salvation, in order for salvation to be accomplished, every detail that is required for salvation must be met. 45 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,000 That's the first thing I want us to understand when we're looking at Hebrews, right? 46 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 There has to be a message. 47 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 If there's a message, there must be a messenger. 48 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:44,000 If there's a messenger, there must be a prophet, a prophet who brings a message and leads a people. 49 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:54,000 If there is a prophet who brings a message and leads a people, then there must be someone who can go in on behalf of the people to deal with the sin of the people, which is the high priest. 50 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 That is the structure. 51 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:00,000 So far, what we're seeing is salvation requires these four things so far. 52 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:05,000 OK, the message, the messenger, the prophet and the priest. 53 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Christ is all of those things. 54 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Now, that being said, all of this is accomplished through the gospel. 55 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Now, principle number one, God appoints the high priest, not men. 56 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 God appoints the high priest, not men. 57 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Christ was appointed by the Father once for all, just as men who were chosen and appointed to be high priest for a time. 58 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:42,000 What I mean by this is every high priest that has been appointed, called by God, have been there for a period of time. 59 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,000 But Christ is forever. 60 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000 He is a high priest forever. 61 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 That's verse six. 62 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 You are a priest forever. 63 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,000 No more high priests, not necessary. 64 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,000 And trust me, people will be trying to create priests. 65 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Why? 66 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Because they don't want the priest that was given. 67 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:08,000 And it's necessary for this particular type of priest to be present. 68 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 And I'll show you this in a minute. 69 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,000 So verse five says, so also Christ did not exalt. 70 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,000 This word exalt means dox azo. 71 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:25,000 The word dox azo means to cause the dignity or worth of a person or a thing to become acknowledged. 72 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:32,000 In other words, that the exaltation of Christ is not something that he demanded. 73 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,000 It's not something that he had caused. 74 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,000 The Father has to do that. 75 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:48,000 And so he, Christ, did not cause the dignity or worth of himself to become acknowledged. 76 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 God the Father says that. 77 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,000 And if you have any questions about that, do you remember when Jesus got baptized? 78 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,000 He says, this is my son in who I'm well pleased. 79 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Okay? 80 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 This adds, this is in addition to understanding, verse five. 81 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 And you'll see that in a minute. 82 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Now, if Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, then obviously God the Father had appointed him. 83 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Right? 84 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Now, here's the interesting part. 85 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:25,000 This word, this term, this phrase, but was appointed by him is not in the original language. 86 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 It's implied. 87 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 That doesn't mean it's wrong. 88 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Okay? 89 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 That's important. 90 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Now, this idea of appointment is seen in verse one. 91 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:46,000 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God. 92 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:54,000 So it is a proper statement and rightly so to be implied, but was appointed by him. 93 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 The original kind of sounds like this. 94 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:10,000 So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made high priest, but who said to him, you are my son, today I've begotten you. 95 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Now, why would God the Father inspire this man to write this statement? 96 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Why would he go from priesthood to sonship? 97 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Here's the idea. 98 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Because only God can be the final forever high priest. 99 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,000 There can only be one. 100 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 He had to be the high priest. 101 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:45,000 And the only way he was going to be the high priest is he, the son, must be the high priest. 102 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,000 There has to be a final high priest. 103 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 And I think that's one of the reasons why he's mentioned here. 104 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 You are my son, today I've begotten you. 105 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,000 I have made you high priest. 106 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 My son is high priest. 107 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Now, what's interesting, because when you understand verse six concerning Melchizedek, 108 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:13,000 then you understand why the son is high priest. 109 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Okay? 110 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Now, the son, today I've begotten. 111 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,000 So now we know who the high priest is, Christ, we know that. 112 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:27,000 And we know who appointed or who has chosen and sent the high priest, the Father. 113 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 That's why this is here. 114 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,000 The Father has appointed a high priest, not men. 115 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:39,000 He has set Christ as the final forever high priest for all mankind. 116 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Now, verse six says this. 117 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Who said to him, you are my son, today I've begotten you, 118 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:56,000 as he says also in another place, you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 119 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,000 What's interesting is that's Psalm 104, if I believe correctly. 120 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Psalm 104 is a psalm by David. 121 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:09,000 And David states this, that this priest will be a forever priest. 122 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,000 And this priest comes from the order of Melchizedek. 123 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,000 And I'm not going to expound on this right now because chapter seven does. 124 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,000 And if I do that, then I might as well not preach chapter seven. 125 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 So we're not going to go there. 126 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:28,000 I'm going to make you sit in and look back and go, okay, 127 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:32,000 I'm really excited about the next part of this. 128 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 So your own way, it's okay. 129 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:41,000 These two Old Testament verses are used so you will know who has doxadzo, 130 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:48,000 who caused the dignity or worth of Christ to become acknowledged. 131 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 That's why these are here. 132 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 In other words, God has appointed the son. 133 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 He has begotten the son who has been given all authority. 134 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 You are my son today, I've begotten you. 135 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,000 That idea is there, all authority has been given to him. 136 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 We will clarify that in John 17. 137 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Okay, so and second that he comes after the order of Melchizedek, 138 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 the priest of the most high God. 139 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Okay, that's all I'm giving you on that. 140 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Now this clarifies because this is crucial to understand 141 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:30,000 because the obligation of a priest is to offer sacrifice for the people. 142 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:37,000 The salvation is not possible without the high priest offering the sacrifice. 143 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Now what's amazing is Christ is the sacrifice, the offering, and he's the priest. 144 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 It's a complete salvation. 145 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,000 I want you to think about that. 146 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Now how in the world can we have any part of that? 147 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 It's an amazing thought. 148 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 So the high priest, second principle, 149 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,000 the high priest serves the will of the Father, not his own. 150 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,000 The high priest serves the will of the Father, not his own. 151 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Father, this is what it says, saying, Father, if you are willing, 152 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:15,000 remove this cup from me, nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. 153 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 That's Luke 22, 42. 154 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,000 The clarification of this is in verse 7. 155 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:27,000 In the days of flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications 156 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:34,000 to loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death. 157 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,000 And he was heard because of his reverence. 158 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Now why is this an important thing? 159 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Because here's where the two ideas come from. 160 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,000 One of the ideas concerning Christ is the days of his flesh. 161 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 The days meaning all the days of his life. 162 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Jesus went before the Father on behalf of the people and behalf of himself, 163 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,000 and he offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears. 164 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,000 I can see that. 165 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:09,000 That's not an unreasonable thought that throughout all of Jesus' ministry, 166 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,000 when he would go after he would serve and care for the people 167 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:18,000 and see the suffering of their sin, after he resurrects Lazarus from the dead, 168 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,000 and he's heartbroken and he's angry at the reality of the condition of sin 169 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:27,000 upon the human life where Jesus would go and pray. 170 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:32,000 But I don't think that's what this means. 171 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:36,000 And the reason why I don't think that's what this means is because it says, 172 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:43,000 in the days of his flesh, I believe, means before his resurrection. 173 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:51,000 So in the days before his resurrection, Jesus offered up prayers and supplication 174 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,000 with loud cries and tears to him who was able to save him from death 175 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,000 and was heard because of his reverence. 176 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Now, there's a particular time when all of this stuff happens, 177 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000 but before we get there, I need to clarify a couple words here. 178 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,000 The first word is the word save, sozo. 179 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,000 So for us, it's to save from punishment, from God's wrath. 180 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,000 It's to save from torment, right? 181 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:26,000 But this word sozo for Christ is that God the Father doesn't have to save the Son from his wrath. 182 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,000 Jesus is the object of God's wrath for us. 183 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:39,000 It's really the issue of to save a suffering one, that Christ suffered for you. 184 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:47,000 And we know that because it states that he became like us in all things 185 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:51,000 so that he can offer the sacrifice. 186 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,000 He understands our pain and our struggles in chapter four. 187 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 He knows what we go through. 188 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:03,000 And as a result of our sin, we suffer in death. 189 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 And so Christ suffering in death. 190 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Death is a suffering. 191 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 It's a suffering. 192 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Death is not something that God had intended from the beginning. 193 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 It's the consequence of sin. 194 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 So it is a suffering. 195 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:23,000 And so Christ suffered in death. 196 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,000 And God saves him from the suffering of death. 197 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 God the Father saves him. 198 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:32,000 He brings him out of suffering. 199 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000 How do we know that? 200 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Because it says here, he who is able to save him from death, 201 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,000 how do we know that Jesus was saved from death? 202 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Is he still in the grave? 203 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 He's resurrected. 204 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,000 So he's not in death anymore. 205 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 He's the life giver. 206 00:15:53,000 --> 00:16:01,000 And so if he is able to save him from death, then here is why he saves him from death. 207 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 He was heard because of his reverence. 208 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000 For who? 209 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 For the Father. 210 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,000 And so here we go. 211 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 You ready? 212 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,000 This word death means thanatos. 213 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Thanatos means death comprising all the miseries arising from sin. 214 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Second Corinthians 521, turn there. 215 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:30,000 How do we know that Jesus understands the miseries, all the miseries that comprise from sin? 216 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Second Corinthians 5. 217 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,000 If you will turn there. 218 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Second Corinthians 521 says, for our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 219 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:54,000 So does Christ understand the reality of suffering because of sin? 220 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Absolutely. 221 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 He became sin for us. 222 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 And yet he did not sin. 223 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,000 That's crazy. 224 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 In other words, he became the object of God's wrath. 225 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:16,000 He became the reason and the focus of God's punishing or judgment upon mankind. 226 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 For his people. 227 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 And so here's the amazing part. 228 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Turn to John 17. 229 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 Turn to John 17. 230 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:31,000 In John 17, we see something very important. 231 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,000 And we start to understand verse 7. 232 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:45,000 That in the days before his resurrection, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears. 233 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:50,000 There's no doubt that Jesus offered up prayers for his people. 234 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 And continually. 235 00:17:52,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Chapter 17 is what a high priest would do before he would go in to offer a sacrifice. 236 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:12,000 He would go before the father, go before God, before Yahweh, and offer prayers and supplications and loud cries and tears. 237 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Do you know who else did that? 238 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Daily? 239 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Job. 240 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:26,000 Job is a picture of Christ going before the God of all creation. 241 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Offering prayers for his, prayers and supplications for his children. 242 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 And so did Jesus. 243 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 And chapter 17 is proof of this. 244 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Chapter 17 is the high priestly prayer. 245 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 This is the Lord's prayer. 246 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:49,000 And what most people don't understand is this is the night he's going to be arrested. 247 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 This is right before he's going to be arrested as a matter of fact. 248 00:18:53,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Jesus, as he goes out and he walks with his disciples, he looks up and he says in chapter 17, verse 1, 249 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:04,000 when Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, 250 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Father, the hour has come. 251 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Glorify your son that the son may glorify you since you have given him authority over all flesh 252 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:25,000 to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 253 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:34,000 The father has given Christ all flesh whom he will redeem. 254 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Not man's decision. 255 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,000 God's work. 256 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,000 And this tells you there's a limit to that flesh. 257 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 And that's a hard thing. 258 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:55,000 But the reality is Jesus goes before the father, offers up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears. 259 00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:04,000 And because he says glorify your son that the son may glorify you, God honors and hears that prayer. 260 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:10,000 And so the high priest has entered the holy place. 261 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Now, if we keep reading verse 3, he says this, and this is eternal life. 262 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000 I want you to hear this. 263 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Eternal life is not your prayer. 264 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Eternal life is this. 265 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 This is eternal life. 266 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,000 This is how you know who is born again and who is not. 267 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Eternal life that they may know you, Father, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 268 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 That is eternal life. 269 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Eternal life is Christ. 270 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Eternal life is to know the Father through Christ, to know Yahweh Elohim. 271 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,000 That is eternal life. 272 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000 It's not heaven. 273 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 He is. 274 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 It's not your house on a hill. 275 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 He is. 276 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 It's not the room of your mansion. 277 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 He is. 278 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 It's not the reward you get. 279 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 He is eternal life. 280 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Him. 281 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,000 He is the reward. 282 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,000 He is all you will need and want. 283 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Now, understanding that, go to verse 25. 284 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,000 This clarifies a little bit more. 285 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:32,000 I encourage you read this prayer because this prayer is for you. 286 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Not only does he pray for his disciples, he also prays for his people for future. 287 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 He prays for you here. 288 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Okay? 289 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Verse 25 says this. 290 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Oh, righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 291 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Who are these? 292 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,000 The world? 293 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,000 No. 294 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000 His people. 295 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 His disciples. 296 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:12,000 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known. 297 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,000 Do you know why you know the name of Yahweh? 298 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Why you know the name of the living God? 299 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Why you know the name of the Savior? 300 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Because Christ has brought that name to you. 301 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:29,000 The Holy Spirit has come into your life and so revealed to you the glory of the name of God. 302 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:35,000 And your response is to, Lord, you are my God and Savior. 303 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 That's it. 304 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 He's done that. 305 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Now, let's keep reading, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them and I in them. 306 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:56,000 So when it says that he was heard because of his reverence for the Father, that's for the Father is an italics. 307 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:00,000 That's my stating that based upon the context here. 308 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,000 That's why the high priest was heard. 309 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:09,000 A high priest goes before God and offers prayers and supplications for you. 310 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,000 Why? 311 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Because when you read Hebrews 5, Hebrews 5 verse 1, for every high priest is chosen from among men and is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins, then you know. 312 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:34,000 And you also know because in verse 2 it says he can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward since he himself is beset with weakness. 313 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:41,000 He can and is obligated to come before the Father on your behalf and pray for you. 314 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:48,000 But in order for a priest to be able to pray for you, he has to understand his condition before the Father. 315 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,000 And Jesus understood that. 316 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Yet without sin. 317 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,000 What an amazing thing. 318 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:02,000 He can fulfill every obligation of the high priest. 319 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Now, here's the interesting part. 320 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:13,000 You got this beautiful prayer in John 17 and it doesn't end there because every every high priest, this is what it says. 321 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Because of this, verse 3 in Hebrews chapter 5 verse 3, because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins just as he did for those of the people. 322 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,000 How did Jesus fulfill that? 323 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Turn to Luke 22. 324 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 I'm glad you asked. 325 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 Glad you asked. 326 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 Luke 22. 327 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:41,000 So understand, chapter 17. 328 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 Oh, I can get there. 329 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Chapter 17 is Christ praying on behalf and bringing supplication on behalf of his people. 330 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:55,000 In Luke 22, Christ prays for himself. 331 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Now watch. 332 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:03,000 So not only does the priest go on behalf of the people, but he goes on behalf of himself. 333 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:12,000 And if he who knew no sin became sin for us, he had to go to the Father and beseech him. 334 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,000 And he did. 335 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Isn't that amazing? 336 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 There's a reason why it's written here. 337 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:22,000 There's a reason why that verse is written here. 338 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,000 For us to understand why the high priest must do it. 339 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:34,000 The complete requirement of the high priest's work is here. 340 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 The whole thing. 341 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Now, chapter 17, Jesus is praying. 342 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 He's done praying. 343 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:46,000 And the scripture says in chapter 18 that he goes to the Garden of Gethsemane. 344 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:53,000 And when he gets to the Garden of Gethsemane, some short time after that, Judas shows up and arrests him. 345 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:59,000 But what happened, there's a part in John 17 to 18 that's missing. 346 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,000 You know what's missing? 347 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:06,000 The high priest offering sin for himself. 348 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Offering a sacrifice for himself. 349 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 And he offers himself for himself. 350 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 That's the amazing part. 351 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 And this is here. 352 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Chapter 22, verse 39. 353 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 So he just got done praying. 354 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000 He walked into the Garden of Gethsemane. 355 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:30,000 He says to his disciples, verse 39, and he came out and went as was his custom to the Mount of Olives. 356 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,000 And the disciples followed him. 357 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:39,000 And when he came to that place, he said to them, pray that you may not enter into temptation. 358 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Isn't that interesting? 359 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:49,000 So Judas knew that he was going to be there because this was the custom of what Jesus would do on a regular basis. 360 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:53,000 And so they go and he's like, please pray that you don't enter into temptation. 361 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000 I mean, I just got done praying for you. 362 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:00,000 I prayed that the enemy would not come and kill you and take you. 363 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,000 I prayed that you would be glorified and grow. 364 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,000 And he's used beautiful prayer. 365 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000 Verse 40. 366 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:14,000 And when he came to the place, he said to them, pray that you would not enter into temptation. 367 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:26,000 And he withdrew from them about a stone throw away and knelt down and prayed, saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. 368 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. 369 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 There he is. 370 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Praying for himself, offering prayers and supplication for himself. 371 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,000 Exactly what a high priest should do. 372 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000 He understands you. 373 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 That's the point. 374 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,000 The point is the high priest is the representative of you. 375 00:27:52,000 --> 00:28:05,000 And if Christ could not represent you and understand you, how would he be able to go in and offer a sacrifice from a person he does not understand? 376 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,000 Remember, he was God. 377 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,000 He is God without sin. 378 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,000 He didn't know. 379 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,000 He's never experienced the reality of death. 380 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:20,000 But Christ died. 381 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:25,000 He is hypostatic union, truly man, truly God. 382 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,000 He had to die. 383 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 In order to die, you have to understand sin. 384 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,000 You have to understand what sin does to the human to the human life. 385 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000 Suffering. 386 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,000 Death. 387 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:43,000 And so he is a perfect high priest. 388 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:48,000 Now, last principle, because I can't go into verse nine. 389 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:53,000 Christ is our high priest, our advocate and our sacrifice. 390 00:28:53,000 --> 00:29:05,000 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 391 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,000 Hebrews 415, there it is. 392 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000 Exactly what I just said to you. 393 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,000 Isn't the context of God's word so beautiful? 394 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:22,000 Isn't it wonderful to be able to take scripture and interpret scripture? 395 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,000 God doesn't need us to figure things out a lot of times. 396 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,000 The word does it on its own. 397 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,000 You just got to do the work. 398 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:43,000 And so for we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weakness, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 399 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:52,000 Hebrews 5 says this, although he was the son, they have a son in ESV. 400 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,000 It's supposed to be the. 401 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,000 The it's this, that or the. 402 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,000 Even though he was a son, he learned. 403 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:09,000 Manfano Manfano that sounds so Italian. 404 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,000 But it's not. 405 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,000 But it sounds like a fun word. 406 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,000 You guys can Manfano. 407 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:21,000 Manfano means to be informed or to become accustomed to. 408 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:26,000 How can the perfect God learn obedience? 409 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:32,000 How can he be informed or become accustomed to obedience? 410 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:36,000 Because if he doesn't, then he doesn't understand us. 411 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,000 Because we have to learn to be obedient. 412 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,000 We have to. 413 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:47,000 He became accustomed to obedience because of the reality of his goodness. 414 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,000 But we. 415 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,000 We have to really learn obedience. 416 00:30:54,000 --> 00:31:02,000 Now, what's interesting about this word, obedience, the scripture says that it's necessary to fulfill the plan of salvation. 417 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,000 Obedience is the necessary thing. 418 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:09,000 The requirement to fulfill the plan of salvation. 419 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:17,000 If Jesus did not become accustomed to obedience, salvation is not possible. 420 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,000 He had to leave us an example. 421 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:28,000 And if he's been tempted in every way as we are, then he knows he knows the battle that we go through to be obedient. 422 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,000 What's amazing is he was always obedient. 423 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,000 But that doesn't mean he didn't understand the struggles that we went through. 424 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,000 He was tempted in every way as we were. 425 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:44,000 So that's why he said, not my will, but yours be done. 426 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000 Do you see the difference? 427 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,000 You know, we would say not your will, but my will. 428 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000 I don't want to die. 429 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000 And I'm going to do my best not to. 430 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,000 That's how we feel. 431 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,000 Not Christ. 432 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,000 He says, I'll die. 433 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:08,000 Now, how did he learn obedience through what he suffered? 434 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,000 Through what he suffered. 435 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,000 How many of you guys like to suffer? 436 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000 Anybody? 437 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,000 You know you don't learn obedience unless you suffer. 438 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:24,000 When life is good and it's on cruise control, it's easy not to obey. 439 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:28,000 But when you suffer, you learn obedience real fast. 440 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,000 Because if you don't obey, it's a heck of a lot worse. 441 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,000 You're like, yeah, I'm not all about that. 442 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:40,000 Christ learned obedience through what he suffered. 443 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,000 Pasco. 444 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:48,000 Pasco means to be affected or have a sensible experience to undergo. 445 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,000 You see, he was without sin. 446 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:56,000 But that doesn't mean that he did not have a sensible experience of what sin was like. 447 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:00,000 That doesn't mean that he wasn't affected by our sin. 448 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:08,000 That doesn't mean that he didn't undergo the struggle of sin because of us. 449 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,000 Do you remember? 450 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:17,000 If it would be, take this cup from me. 451 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:31,000 But at the end, because he's God and he's perfect and he's without sin and he has a sensible experience of sin because of us, 452 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:35,000 he says, not my will, but yours be done. 453 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:42,000 I hope you're starting to see why Christ as high priest is necessary. 454 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:50,000 Why, if you look at the reality of the high priest is the one who offers the sacrifice on behalf of the people, 455 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:56,000 the high priest is the one who comes in prayers and supplication for his people and for himself 456 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:03,000 in order that the requirement, the obligations necessary for the offering are accomplished. 457 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:10,000 And that is not possible without a messenger, a prophet who will come on behalf of God, 458 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:16,000 speaking to the people concerning God and his will. 459 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:21,000 And in order for the prophet to speak, he must be a messenger sent by God. 460 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,000 And if he's a messenger, he must have a message. 461 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,000 Do you see the connection here? 462 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,000 That's the point of Hebrews. 463 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:36,000 The point of Hebrews is not just that Christ is the true and better. 464 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:42,000 The point of Hebrews is the plan revealed. 465 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:49,000 The plan of salvation revealed right before your eyes. 466 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:57,000 So what we're going to learn next week is who is this Melchizedek guy? 467 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:01,000 Or what is Melchizedek? 468 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:06,000 And Melchizedek kind of sounds cool. 469 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:11,000 If I was to have another kid, I think I would call him Melchizedek. 470 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,000 Yeah, I know, I'm talking about if I was younger. 471 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,000 I'm old now. 472 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,000 But that's the sound. 473 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:22,000 You know, so when you read about Melchizedek, I want you guys to take some time, read verse 9 and 10. 474 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,000 And then I want you to go and read chapter 7. 475 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:31,000 And I want you to think about who is Melchizedek? 476 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:37,000 I think the answer I'm going to give you probably going to shock you. 477 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000 I'm excited about that. 478 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000 So we'll get to chapter 7 eventually, a couple weeks. 479 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:48,000 But we're going to finish up on chapter 5, verse 9 and 10, and the rest of the chapter in two weeks 480 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:54,000 because of the senior Sunday graduation celebration next week. 481 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,000 So all right. 482 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000 Father, I want to thank you so much for your word. 483 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,000 Thank you for your faithfulness to you. 484 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:25,000 And I want to thank you for your love and your support and glory forever in Jesus name. Amen.