Christ's Eternal Priesthood: Strengthening Our Faith

"Melchisedec is symbolically a pointer toward a priesthood that will be outside Aaron and outside Levi and outside the law of a holy different nature and then he Ponders well what kind of pointers might there be well he just appears and we don't know who his parents were and we don't know who his lineage was and poof he's gone we don't know where he went and so there it appears like there was no beginning and there's no ending and that's exactly what he says in chapter 7:3 Christ realizes what Melchisedec symbolizes namely he is without beginning and without ending." [00:03:53]

"The order of Melchisedec Simply means an eternal etal order no beginning no ending the priests of Aaron they died all the priests of the Old Testament leading up to Jesus lived and died lived and died and now you have Jesus who is eternal in the order of Melchisedec why does this matter I I'll I'll put put it this way do you want to be an oak tree Saint or a cattail Saint I have very clear images in my mind of a particular oak tree and a particular group of cattails." [00:04:54]

"Be an oak tree Saint by meditating on the word of God which brings us finally to the last one, Purity he becomes the source of Eternal salvation because he has the purity of fiery testing now some people ask this I asked it does the dignity and The Eternity of the Son of God mean that his Purity was automatic of course he's going to be pure he's Son of God Eternal Son of God pure automatic now this text is written to say alow no to that." [00:09:00]

"Although he was a son and you see in the word although that he's saying something unexpected here you would think that the son wouldn't have to learn obedience through suffering and he says oh no although he was a son he learned obedience from the things which he suffered now that does not mean he started as disobedient and he became obedient it means he started as untested and he became proven all eternity the son has obeyed the father perfectly every will that the father has the son has every inclination every desire that the father has the son just resonates perfectly with it because they are one in a profound way." [00:09:58]

"Jesus whole life was one of wrestling with God now you ask I ask for what when it says in verse S at the end that he's praying to the one who is able to save him from Death does that mean what he's crying for is to escape physical death and that in the days of his flesh all his days daily life he was praying not to die is that what that means I find that really hard to believe because the Bible pictures Jesus was his with his face set Like Flint the son of man must go up to Jerusalem and there be rejected by the chief priests and the scribes and be spit upon and beaten and they will crucify him and on the third day he will rise." [00:12:49]

"Jesus knew there was a death worse than death namely sin there would have been something infinitely worse than dying on the cross and that is for the Son of God to sin to be impure to have one impure lustful thought toward Mary Magdalene would end our Salvation that was what was at stake that's what caused crying and agonizing and praying and tears and sweating oh my God yes my flesh does not like the thought of nails piercing and swords or Thorns but God I fear sin I fear not enduring to the end I fear not being able to lay myself down as a pure and holy sacrifice spare me save me all the days of his life he prayed that." [00:14:19]

"Day by day by day the son of man was saying this day Lord Almighty God my father prevent me from making shipwreck of Salvation by sinning and being an impure sheep and God answered him this is this is one of my reasons for thinking this do you see that in verse 7 he was heard I don't think that means god picked up on the wave oh I hear a voice I hear a voice that's not what that means that means he answered him he answered him which means his prayer succeeded because his prayer was oh God don't let me be impure don't let me sin don't let me ruin the cross don't let me ruin the Plan of Redemption save me keep me hold me don't let me sin and day by day just like with you and me we need to fight it and Jesus Christ bless him oh we should love him he fought this thing every day and he won every day." [00:15:25]

"Obedience in the book of Hebrews is first and foremost obedience to the command to trust the promises of God it is very interesting that in the first I believe it is not nine chapters of this book there's not one practical ethical command but there are many commands to believe to hope to trust to hold fast your confession to draw near to God to rest in his promises so the first thing we must hear when it says obey is will you obey this morning the command trust me have I not enough dignity have have I not enough eternity have I not enough Purity that when I lay down my life that you might have forgiveness and acceptance forever you can trust me that's the command to be obeyed first every other kind of obedience flows from that obedience." [00:18:41]

"Are you willing this morning right now to look at the promises of sin you got them in your mind got some sins planned for this week the only the only reason anybody is sinning is because sin makes promises look at the promises of sin and say to them you are a liar and then look at the promises of God and say you are true and embrace these believe them Trust them Bank on them hold fast to them as Hebrews says and you will know that you have eternal salvation." [00:19:51]

"Melchisedec king of righteousness melenic king of righteousness and He blesses Abraham and Abraham pays him tithes and the text says simply he was Priest of God most high and he's gone for a thousand years you don't hear from him again or about him and then one more time in the whole Old Testament boom there he is again Psalm 110 verse4 and never again and what you see in Psalm 110:4 is David quoting God saying about the Messiah he is a priest forever according to the order of Melkisedek now the next time you hear of him is the book of Hebrews boom right here and that's it nobody else in the New Testament refers to him and nowhere else in the Old Testament that's amazing." [00:02:08]

"Melchisedec coming out of nowhere blessing Abraham receiving ties poof he vanishes out and then and then David saying that the Messiah will be a priest not according to the aonic or the levitical line but the meisd order what is that the order of Melkisedek he just was there for a verse and he's gone and he thinks and he Ponders and this is what he concludes." [00:03:27]

"Melchisedec is referred to in the Old Testament twice Genesis 14:18 Abraham is coming back from the defeat of the Kings he's near Sodom and here comes out of nowhere Melchisedec king of righteousness melenic king of righteousness and He blesses Abraham and Abraham pays him tithes and the text says simply he was Priest of God most high and he's gone for a thousand years you don't hear from him again or about him and then one more time in the whole Old Testament boom there he is again Psalm 110 verse4 and never again and what you see in Psalm 110:4 is David quoting God saying about the Messiah he is a priest forever according to the order of Melkisedek." [00:01:50]