JESUS, THE HIGH PRIEST
Hebrews 3:1-6, Matthew 24-29
THE HIGH PRIEST
V:1. \” Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; \”
A. From time to time, we need to reflect on who Jesus really is.
1. He is our Lord and Savior.
2. He is the payment for our sins.
3. He satisfied God\’s demand for justice for our disobedience.
4. He fulfilled all the requirements of the Law.
5. He is our righteousness.
6. He is our protector.
7. He is our provider
B. Jesus is our High Priest.
1. All prayers are directed to the Father in His name.
2. He is the mediator between us and the Father
3. He is the first born of the dead.
4. He is a brother to us
C. He is the author and the finisher of our faith.
1. He elected us to be the called out of the world.
2. He is the Way, The Truth and the Life.
3. It is His blood that makes us holy before the Father.
D. Jesus is an Apostle, that is an ambassador of the Father.
1. Even though Jesus is equal to the Father, He humbled Himself
to serve the Father.
2. While on earth, He only spoke the words of the Father.
3. Jesus came down from heaven as a representative of the Father.
THE FAITHFULNESS OF JESUS
V:2-3.\” He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.
3 For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. \”
A. Jesus was faithful unto death.
1. Jesus was appointed by the Father to be our salvation
2. He is a mighty good role model.
3. Like Moses He was appointed to be the salvation of a nation,
4, Unlike Moses He has no beginning or ending
5. Like Moses He delivered God\’s elect out of bondage.
6. Unlike Moses He did not have to be saved to become the nations deliverer.
7. Unlike Moses He did not begin in sin
8. Like Moses He proclaimed the Word of God.
B. Moses built God\’s house on the foundation the Word
1. Jesus is the foundation
2. Like Moses, His works glorified the Father.
3. Unlike Moses, Jesus is the glory of the Father.
4. Moses honored the Father with his obedience.
5. Jesus is the honor of the Father.
JESUS, ARCHITECT OF THE WORLD
V:4. \” For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. \”
A. God is the architect of all things.
1. Everything that is built is built according to His plans.
2. The nation of Israel was built according to God\’s plan.
3. The tabernacle that was built in the desert after Israel came out of
Egypt was built according to God\’s exact specification .
4. The order of worship for the Israelites was God\’s design.
B. God housed His spirit in our bodies designed by Himself.
1. The bodies of God\’s elect, which is us, is God\’s tabernacle, built by Him.
2. We were built for God, by God to give Him glory.
3. Our sole purpose for existing is to glorify God.
JESUS, A FAITHFUL SERVANT
V:5-6. \” Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;
6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house — whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. \”
A. Moses faithfully followed God\’s directions to bring Israel out of slavery and guided
them forty years in the desert.
1. For Moses, serving the Lord came with the constant complaining of his people.
2. From time to time, Moses counsel according to the Lord\’s word was rejected
by the nation.
3. Serving the Lord often comes with problems from the people who are
being served.
4. It is our job to faithfully serve the Lord with the confidence that He will see
through our trouble.
5. Our troubles are part of God\’s design for or lives. James 1:1-4
B. Jesus our Lord and Savior was faithful to serve unto death for the future
glory of salvation made available to all men/women.
1. Christ built the Church on his blood for the glory of the Father.
2. We all serve as building blocks in the Church of Jesus Christ.
3. Our hope is in Jesus who has prepared a place for us in heaven.
4. To serve God in spirit and truth we must exercise our faith day in and day out.
5. It is the confidence in God\’s Word that will guide us successfully through all
situations.
A WISE MAN
Matthew 7:24-29
V:24. \”Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. \”
A. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
1. Everything we need to know about every situation we will encounter is found
in the Word of God.
2. According to Ecc 1:9, there is nothing new under the sun.
3. You cannot find any counsel better than Word of the all knowing
Sovereign God.
4. Why would you take advise from someone who does not know the end from the
end from the beginning?
B. Jesus is the foundation for successful living.
1. A wise man takes time to study the Word of God.
2. A wise man meditates on the Word of God day and night,
3. When we meditate on God\’s Word, we are allowing Him to
talk to us. and give us guidance and directions.
THE EFFECT OF BEING WISE
V:25 \”And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.\”
A. We are not only required to study the Word of God but make
our plan of action based on the Word.
1. In life we are faced with difficult decisions.
2. Who knows the right decision to make but God?
B. We will always face storms in our lives.
1. We should not run from the storms but learn how to exist in the
storms according the Word of God.
2. Storms are actually good for us, because they teach to stand fast
and rely on God.
3. Jesus is our rock and our salvation.
C. Faith in the Word of God is the key to successful living.
1. Jesus told Peter, after his confession of faith, \”upon this rock I
will build my Church.
2. We are the house of God founded on the Word of God.
3. We must operate on the faith that God is our guide.
A FOOLISH MAN
V:26-27. \”Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 \”The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell — and great was its fall.\”
A. A man without the Word of God is left to the winds of the world.
1. No lasting truth will be in the world.
2. The world operates on what is popular and not what is right all the time.
B. Making decisions base on the worlds opinion can lead to disaster.
1. The opinions of the world changes as other thoughts become popular.
2. A foundation based on popular opinion is crumbling from the start.
3. The world is full of half truth mixed with personal opinions.
4. Truth can only be found in the Word of God.
5. It is foolish to make decisions without God\’s guidance.
GOD\’S AMAZING GRACE
V:28-29. \” When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29 for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.\”
A. It is possible that the leading Jews began developing their traditions once
they were taking into Babylonian captivity. 600 BC
1. By the time Jesus was born in the flesh, the Jews consider their traditions
as the authority over the Bible. Mark 7:8
2. The Word of God was read by the Jews doing the life of Jesus on earth but was not
considered the authority.
B. The Word of God is the authority.
1. Our traditions and opinions have no place in the study of God\’s Word.
2. You cannot depend on other people to have the correct interpretation
of God\’s Word.
3. The Lord has gifted each believer with indwelling of the Holy Spirit
who teaches the Word as we study. John 14:26
C. When you study the Word of God for yourself and apply it to
your situations, you will be amazed at the truth in the Word.
1. You can expect that God will do what His Word says He will do.
2. When you obey the commands of God you will be amazed at the unexpected
blessing that will come into your life.
3. There is power in the Word of God.
LIFE IS BLESSED WHEN WE FOLLOW JESUS
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia Baptist Church
5510 West Sam Houston Parkway
Houston, Texas 77010
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