Daily Bread 2010 - Hebrews 5
Hebrews 5
1 Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. 3 This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. 4 And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.”
6 And he says in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
A “priest” is a mediator, or a go between God and man. The high priest was the priest that oversaw all the other priests who worked in the local temple, accepting sacrifices on behalf of the people for the forgiveness of their sins. But every priest being a man, had to make sacrifices for their own sins, because they too had gone astray from God’s commands.
A priest did not take on this position by their own volition, but was called by God through the community, like Aaron (Moses’ brother) was called to be the first High Priest and the head of the priesthood. In the same way Jesus was called by God in the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek, was a unique priest in that he was both a priest and king. He was mentioned in Genesis 14 in the account of the call of Abram, and also in Psalm 110. Jesus was both a priest, a mediator between God and man with the once and for all sacrifice on the cross, and also a King forever, when he rose victoriously from the grave and defeated sin and death forever.
Sometimes we say Jesus is both “Savior and Lord”. He is Savior because he saved us from our sins and made us right with God. And He is Lord because God has exalted him to the highest place and at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess He is Lord.
That is why to follow Jesus is first accept him as our Savior, but also to realize he is Lord, or Master. Ie. You can’t separate out salvation from Lordship. This is really important in the sense of many people come to Jesus as Savior, but then refuse him to be their Lord by the way they live. In biblical terms this is not an option because of the close relationship of the two.
Is Jesus both your Lord and Savior?
Jesus we thank you that even though you were God, you humbled yourself and became our Savior even unto death on a cross. We accept you as our Savior, realizing that you are also our Lord! We submit to your Lordship know you are the King of the Universe and that one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that you are Lord to the glory of God the Father in heaven. Amen.
1 Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. 3 This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. 4 And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.”
6 And he says in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
A “priest” is a mediator, or a go between God and man. The high priest was the priest that oversaw all the other priests who worked in the local temple, accepting sacrifices on behalf of the people for the forgiveness of their sins. But every priest being a man, had to make sacrifices for their own sins, because they too had gone astray from God’s commands.
A priest did not take on this position by their own volition, but was called by God through the community, like Aaron (Moses’ brother) was called to be the first High Priest and the head of the priesthood. In the same way Jesus was called by God in the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek, was a unique priest in that he was both a priest and king. He was mentioned in Genesis 14 in the account of the call of Abram, and also in Psalm 110. Jesus was both a priest, a mediator between God and man with the once and for all sacrifice on the cross, and also a King forever, when he rose victoriously from the grave and defeated sin and death forever.
Sometimes we say Jesus is both “Savior and Lord”. He is Savior because he saved us from our sins and made us right with God. And He is Lord because God has exalted him to the highest place and at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess He is Lord.
That is why to follow Jesus is first accept him as our Savior, but also to realize he is Lord, or Master. Ie. You can’t separate out salvation from Lordship. This is really important in the sense of many people come to Jesus as Savior, but then refuse him to be their Lord by the way they live. In biblical terms this is not an option because of the close relationship of the two.
Is Jesus both your Lord and Savior?
Jesus we thank you that even though you were God, you humbled yourself and became our Savior even unto death on a cross. We accept you as our Savior, realizing that you are also our Lord! We submit to your Lordship know you are the King of the Universe and that one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that you are Lord to the glory of God the Father in heaven. Amen.
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