Hebrews 7:11-28 (Part 3)

I.  Christ is superior because of His character and status.

-holy = hosios = holy, pious

-Ps. 145:17

-innocent = akakos = without evil, without guile, innocent

-undefiled = amiantos = without defilement, unstained, untainted

-separate = choriz = to separate, perfect passive participle

-"for it was fitting" literally rendered = "Now such a high priest was precisely appropriate to us."

 

  II.  Christ is superior because of the finality of His sacrifice.

   a.  Christ had no need of offering repetitive animal sacrifices.

   b.  Christ offered Himself once for all.

-once for all = ephapax = once for all time

-O'Brien "He offered himself, once for all, an expression that signifies not simply that it happened on one occasion but also that it was unrepeatable and definitive, with the result that it secured an eternal redemption."

-Is. 53:4, 10

 

  III.  Christ is superior because of the means of appointment.

-made perfect = teleioo = to perfect, make perfect, bring to the goal