Hebrews 4:12-16

Our Great High Priest:

His Word Searches Us and Stresses our Accountability before God;

His Work Sympathizes with Us and Secures our Access to God”

Introduction:

• His speaking ... commands our attention ...

• His seeing ... clarifies our accountability ...

• His sympathy ... causes our access & cultivates appreciation of him.

I. His Word Searches us & Stresses our Accountability to God (12-13)

II. His Work Sympathizes with Us & Secures our Access to God (14-16)

A. The Prestige of Our Great Priest [Strong Priest] (14)

1. Provides for Our Primary Problem … SIN (14a)

2. Presses for Our Perseverance (14b)

B. The Pity of Our Great Priest (15) [Sympathizing Priest]

C. The Proximity Our Great Priest Permits and Promotes (16)

[Sufficient and Satisfying Priest]