Hebrews 4:14-5:10.

Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Jesus Is the Great High Priest

We have a great high priest, who has gone into heaven, and he is Jesus
the Son of God. That is why we must hold on to what we have said about
him. Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted
in every way that we are. But he did not sin! So whenever we are in
need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God.
There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find
help. Every high priest is appointed to help others by offering gifts
and sacrifices to God because of their sins. A high priest has
weaknesses of his own, and he feels sorry for foolish and sinful
people. That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins and for
the sins of others. But no one can have the honor of being a high
priest simply by wanting to be one. Only God can choose a priest, and
God is the one who chose Aaron.That is how it was with Christ. He
became a high priest, but not just because he wanted the honor of
being one. It was God who told him, "You are my Son, because today I
have become your Father!" In another place, God says, "You are a
priest forever just like Melchizedek." God had the power to save Jesus
from death. And while Jesus was on earth, he begged God with loud
crying and tears to save him. He truly worshiped God, and God listened
to his prayers. Jesus is God's own Son, but still he had to suffer
before he could learn what it really means to obey God. Suffering
made Jesus perfect, and now he can save forever all who obey him.
This is because God chose him to be a high priest like Melchizedek."

God bless you.

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