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Metamorphosis Hebrew 7:11-25 (NLT)

What does this mean?

The writer of Hebrew starts with the Question on vs 11- If there was an orderly way of priesthood that was established by God- That priests should only come from the order of Levi and Aaron- why would God establish another order of priesthood?Jesus could not be priest according to the Mosaic law because He was from the tribe of JudahThe answer – Jesus came to be the High Priest not by the meeting the physical requirement but by a life that would last foreverHebrew 7:16 (NLT)- Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.If perfection would come through Levitical priesthood, there would be no need for another priest Because its inability to justify the sinner before GodThe law does a great job of setting God’s perfect standard, but it doesn’t give the power to keep that standard It didn’t allow man to walk with God – God was only reachable via a priest 

The old law shows us Gods standard, the new law draws us close to GodAlthough the law performed a valuable function, its essential weakness was that it could not give life and vitality even to those who kept it, let alone to those who did not. In fact, its function was not to provide strength, but to provide a standard by which man could measure his own moral status. Its uselessness must not be regarded in the sense of being totally worthless, but in the sense of being ineffective in providing a constant means of approach to God based on a totally adequate sacrifice.” (Guthrie)The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem which is absolutely necessary, But the law does not provide the cure for our sin problem- Only Jesus can save us from our sin problemWe can’t go back and build laws of old things because we now have a relationship with JesusLaw is not the dominating principle in our lifeNew covenant is based on What Jesus did and not what we do – Even though you have a part to playA way was established where we didn’t have to go through priests and we could go through Christ to Jesus In order for us to understand this we have to go back and look at our nature 

We don’t talk about death & hell enough

Revelation 21:8 (NLT) – All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”Everlasting separation from GodRevelation 20:13-15 - The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave[a] gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fireJudgement is coming 

Our ultimate goal here in Church and a Christian is to make sure that you finish the race wellBeing a good Christian does not keep you out of hellWe see in the old testament – many priests that started well but didn’t end up well Church has become a live you best life now – Lets love everyone – But the goal is to love them enough to say, bro--- this path is leading you to hellAll these political, social, changes and lack of therefore are not to make you miserable – They are geared to lead you to hell If the devil to find knock out opportunity – he will take it – Stop taking these sermons as self-improvement message Time is short and your life is at stake – Let paint the real picture – hell is re...