Pastor's Bible Study

Jesus is the Mediator of the New Covenant which He has signed and sealed in His own blood. His sacrifices is a once for all time payment of sin. As a High Priest He only offered one sacrifice one time. He now appears in the heavenly tabernacle as our Great High Priest ministering the New Covenant benefits to all believers.

The Old Covenant along with its priesthood and sacrifices could never clean a person's heart or remove sin guilt. It could only "cover" the sin. The New Covenant along with its Great High Priest and one time sacrifice cleanses internally and removes all sin guilt. Our faith must be in the finished redemptive work of Jesus on the cross.

Jesus is superior person, but He is also superior in ministry because he administers a superior covenant. The New Covenant is greater than the Old Covenant and it is required to be so because Jesus' priesthood is superior.

Jesus priesthood is greater. Only Jesus allows access to God, the ability to draw near to God, and to grow spiritually. Jesus is the bridge-maker, the one and only mediator between God and man.

Jesus' High Priesthood is greater than the priesthood of Aaron because Jesus is of a different order and His priesthood is more efficacious.

Following the dark clouds of the difficult warning received in 6:4-6, the author now shines a ray of light as he seeks to encourage the Hebrew Christians in their spiritual progress.

The author implores his readers to quit being sluggish in their spiritual growth and dull of hearing God's Word. He exhorts them to move on to spiritual maturity. God will do His part if we do our part in growing spiritually.
This lesson deals with a very difficult passage of scripture that says it is impossible to be renewed unto repentance. What is it that we cannot repent of? We can repent of sin, but we cannot repent of the lost time, lost fellowship, lost opportunities, etc. as a result of spiritual regression.

Jesus is greater in His personage. Jesus is greater in His ministry. Jesus is our Great High Priest, and we surely need Him and are grateful to have Him. He is our faithful advocate, intercessor, and savior. He is not prejudiced against a single believer. He is constantly present and accessible 24/7. And He as our Great High Priest secures our salvation forever.

The Word of God is a scalpel in the hand of our master surgeon,Jesus our Great High Priest. Jesus will use the Word to do spiritual surgery to bring spiritual healing so that we can enjoy the rest He has for us. However, we must yield to the touch of our Physician and draw near unto Him.

God offers us spiritual rest for our souls. Regardless of the circumstances of our lives we can experience peace, hope, and joy when we trust God by faith and yield to Him.
Two enemies that we must be aware of that can rob us of our rest are panic and pride.
Panic leads us to run from our perceived giants in fear and miss out on God’s rest.
Pride leads us to fight our own battles without God and miss out on God’s rest.

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