Hebrews 5:1-10 (Part 2)

I.  Christ was appointed high priest by God.

 -chiasmic structure of v. 1-10

A  The old office of high priest

   B  The sacrifices offered by the high priest

       C  The weakness of the high priest

           D  The appointment of the high priest

           D`  The appointment of Christ, the new high priest

       C`  The suffering of the new high priest

    B`  The sacrificial provision of the new high priest

A`  The new office of high priest in Christ

 

      a.   The Son who is King has become our final High Priest.

      b.  The Son is High Priest forever.

 

  II.  Christ made the sacrificial offering of Himself.

     a.  The high priest offered gifts and sacrifices; Christ offered prayers and supplications in offering Himself.

-John 17:5

    b.  The high priest was beset with weakness; Christ learned obedience.

-F.F. Bruce "He set out from the start on the path of obedience to God, and learned by the sufferings which came his way in consequence just what obedience to God involved in practice in the conditions of human life on earth...So the sufferings which Jesus endured were the necessary prices of His obedience - more than that, they were part and parcel of his obedience, the very means by which he fulfilled the will of God."

   c.  The high priest could only deal gently with the offenders; Christ completed all to fulfill the role of high priest and make atonement.

-having been made perfect = teleioo = complete, perfect

-George Guthrie, three levels of application

1) Jesus is the final high priest to whom I owe praise and obedience.

2) Jesus being a "righteous sufferer" makes Him able to identify with those who suffer for the kingdom of God.

3) Jesus offers the example of deferring to the will of God.

 

  III.  Christ is the source of salvation for those who obey.

-source = aitios = cause, source

-obey = hupakouo = obey, be subject to; literally to hear under; idea is to submit to the will of another, submit allegiance to

-John 14:15

 

  IV.  Christ's high priesthood supersedes the priesthood of Aaron.

-designated = prosagoreuo = to salute, designate, hail, name; idea is of ascribing a formal title