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Hebrews 4:14-5:14

A Great High Priest

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A Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:14-5:14

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This song belongs to the Hebrews collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

Bible book
Hebrews
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Hebrews
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Classical
[Intro] Beyond the opened heavens stands Jesus, the Son of God, our great High Priest. [Verse 1] Hold fast the confession. He feels the weight of our infirmity, tempted in every point as we are, yet the stain of sin never touched him. [Chorus] Come boldly to the throne of grace; mercy waits there, grace arrives there, help is given in the hour of need. [Verse 2] Earthly priests are taken from among men, offering gifts with compassion for the wandering. Honor is received by God's call, as Aaron did not crown himself. [Bridge] The Son did not seize the priestly glory. With strong crying and tears he prayed; through suffering he learned obedience, and became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him. [Verse 3] Leave the milk when the season asks for strength; exercise the senses to discern. The word is deep, the calling holy, the mature receive the stronger food. [Outro] Hold fast. Come near. The great High Priest has passed into heaven.

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About the passage

Hebrews 4: The rest still promised and the throne still open

The Book of Hebrews keeps the promise of rest open by reading creation, the wilderness, and Psalm 95 together. Canaan did not exhaust the word, because a later psalm could still say "To day" and speak of entrance. The rest reaches back further than Joshua to God's own completed work on the seventh day and forward to a Sabbath rest that remains for the people of God. The chapter then turns from promise to exposure. God's word is living and penetrating, able to discern what public appearance cannot reveal, and every creature stands open before the one to whom account is owed. Yet exposure is not the chapter's final note. The same people who cannot hide are given a high priest who can sympathize with weakness without sharing sin. Jesus has passed into the heavens, and the throne before which people stand uncovered is named as the throne of grace. The chapter joins seriousness and access without softening either one.

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Hebrews 5: The priest learns obedience; the hearers need milk again

The Book of Hebrews explains priesthood by beginning with ordinary human priests: they are taken from among people, appointed for people, able to deal compassionately with weakness because they share it, and unable to appoint themselves. Christ fulfills that structure while also breaking its limitation. He does not seize priestly honor, but receives appointment through God's word. His Sonship does not make obedience painless or suffering imaginary. "Strong crying and tears" belong to the description, and his completion as the source of eternal salvation comes through the path actually endured. Just as the argument reaches Melchisedec, however, the letter stops and looks at its hearers. The problem is not simply that the subject is difficult. They have become dull of hearing. Enough time has passed for maturity, but the class has regressed to milk. The chapter therefore makes priestly depth and human responsiveness part of the same issue. Difficult teaching requires trained hearing, not permanent retreat to the foundation.

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