Saved To The Uttermost

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

In the seventh chapter of Hebrews, the Levitical priesthood of the Israelites under the old covenant is compared to the priesthood of Christ, the great high priest of the new covenant. He said, under the old covenant, there were necessarily many priests because they were mortal and needed to offer sacrifices over and over, first for their own sins, then for the sins of the people. But Jesus, as our great high priest, needed only to offer himself once as the supreme sacrifice for man's sins: that he lives eternally and has an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able to save us to the uttermost if we come to God through faith in him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for us. He not only atoned for our sins by shedding his blood on Calvary's cross, he not only assures us of a resurrection unto eternal life, he saves us from the uttermost temptations, having faced and overcome all temptations common to man. It is difficult for me to imagine Jesus being tempted to sin, yet Hebrews 4:15, 16 says, "For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace in time of need."

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