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Hebrews 4:12-16

[12] For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. [13] Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Jesus the Great High Priest

[14] Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. [15] For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. [16] Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Notes:

Information from Sunday’s slides

• Review of Hebrews

  • Chapters 1 & 2: Better Than Angels

  • Chapters 3 & 4: Better Than Moses

  • Chapters 5-7: A Better High Priest

  • Chapters 8 & 9: Mediator Of A Better Covenant

  • Chapter 10: A Better Sacrifice

  • Chapters 11-13: Author Of A Better Salvation

• “We hate criticism because we hate to be looked at, the gaze of the other.” (Jean Paul Sartre)

• A Terrifying Standard

  • Hebrews 4:12-13

• Two Ways of Escape

  • First - The Written Word

    • Hebrews 4:12

    • We must allow the Bible to read us as we read the Bible.

    • I say with some shame, there has been no such gradual change in my own behavior. Writing the column has not made me even slightly more virtuous. What spending my workday thinking about ethics did do was make me acutely conscious of my own transgressions, of the times I fell short. It is deeply demoralizing. As I have grown old, I have grown more and more remorseful. (Randy Cohen)

  • Second - The Living Word

    • Hebrews 4:14-16