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5\u00a0<\/strong>For every high priest chosen from among men\u00a0is appointed to act on behalf of men\u00a0in relation to God,\u00a0to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.\u00a02\u00a0<\/sup>He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself\u00a0is beset with weakness.\u00a03\u00a0<\/sup>Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins\u00a0just as he does for those of the people.\u00a04\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God,\u00a0just as Aaron was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \u201cgifts and sacrifices for sins\u201d reminds us that not every sacrifice offered a blood atonement for sin. Many of the ritual sacrifices were intended as simple gifts to God, expressing thanks and desiring fellowship.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 <\/sup>So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are my Son,
    today I have begotten you\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 <\/sup>as he says also in another place,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are a priest forever,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0after the order of Melchizedek.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObedience is a trade to which a man must be apprenticed until he has learned it, for it is not to be known in any other way. Even our blessed Lord could not have fully learned obedience by the observation in others of such an obedience as he had personally to render, for there was no one from whom he could thus learn.\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 <\/sup>In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a<\/a>]<\/sup> offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8 <\/sup>Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9 <\/sup>And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 10 <\/sup>being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warning Against Apostasy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

11\u00a0<\/sup>About this we have much to say, and it is\u00a0hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These Christians who felt like giving up with Jesus were also\u00a0dull of hearing. The dullness usually comes first, then the desire to give up. When the Word of God starts to seem dull, we should regard it as a serious warning sign.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12\u00a0<\/sup>For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again\u00a0the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need\u00a0milk, not solid food,\u00a013\u00a0<\/sup>for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is\u00a0a child.\u00a014\u00a0<\/sup>But solid food is for\u00a0the mature, for those who have their powers\u00a0of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These Christians demonstrated immaturity by both their lack of discernment between\u00a0good and evil\u00a0and in their contemplation of giving up with Jesus. The mature Christian is marked by their discernment and by their unshakable commitment to Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7132,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7130\/revisions\/7132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}