Intro We don’t do all the smells and bells and incense and sacrifices and offerings of the Old Testament. You might read through your Leviticus and other Torah books, and you’ll say “we don’t do any of this stuff when the local church gathers for corporate worship” So what was the point of it? Why was…

Intro Recap: Jesus is the High Priest, but not Levitical, like Melchizedek Aside about maturity - stop being sluggish and become skilled in the word of Righteousness There is hope - The certainty of God’s promised based on swearing to Abraham Now, Abraham into Mel Who Is Melchizedek ? A question we haven’t…

Intro Hook - Weirdness of priests? Isn’t that a catholic thing? Recap Hebrews So far. Main theme: Jesus is our High Priest, draw near to God through Him! Jesus - Sympathetic High Priest (4:14-16) Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us…

Exegetical Purpose: To remind the Corinthians about the centrality of the Resurrection. Homiletic Purpose: To remind the Church about the centrality of the Resurrection. IntroductionEaster If you asked any old person on the street: “What is the most important part of Christianity?” What answer do you…

Intro Dense passage. I thought about dividing it up, but it is all one extended argument. Let’s look at it in 6 Sections. Where did we leave off? Jesus is like Moses (who lead the exodus, who gave the Law, who was faithful). Moses was a faithful Servant, but Jesus is greater! Moses is a servant in the…

Intro Recap: Jesus Is Supreme - the heir of all things and the final Word of God. He made atonement for sins and is seated at the right hand of the Father. Jesus is greater than Angels, he is the Son prophesied by Scripture. Jesus is the founder and High Priest of our Faith - he has become a man to free…