FROM SHADOW TO SUBSTANCE: Confidence in the High Priest

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 4:14 - 5:10If you’ve been following our current sermon series, you know by now that the Book of Hebrews is a loving and theologically rich warning that we not turn away from Jesus after once claiming faith in Him. But the Christian life is, at times, more difficult than we ever expected. We are often tempted and greatly discouraged. Where or to whom can we go for help? We need a Great High Priest, one who perfectly represents us to God and represents God to us. God has given us such an advocate in His Son, Jesus. This Sunday Sermon from Hebrews 4:14–5:10 provides us with powerful reasons for trusting Jesus over the Old Testament priests, and also over anyone else — pastors and elders, parents and mentors, friends, podcasters, and YouTube influencers — for this help from heaven.Because Jesus is our Great High Priest, we can “with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” — which is all the time, really. May the Lord give us such confidence in Him, and may He give us mercy and grace to help as a result.