Hebrews 4:14 -- "Having, then, a great High Priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession."
A GREAT HIGH PRIEST, JESUS THE SON OF GOD
The name SON OF GOD speaks of His divinity, and His power as High Priest, really to bring us to God, into the very life and fellowship of the Holy One. It is in His Son that God speaks to us; it is to the perfect fellowship and blessedness of the ever-blessed One that our great High Priest that is passed through the heavens can, and does indeed, bring us.
HAVING, THEREFORE, A GREAT HIGH PRIEST, LET US HOLD FAST OUR CONFESSION
We become partakers of Christ IF WE HOLD FAST. Our faith in Christ must be CONFESSED. The knowledge of what He is -- is our strength to hold fast our confession.
If we have Him as our great High Priest, He is worthy of it; our souls will delight in rendering Him this homage; without it failure will speedily come; without it, the grace of steadfastness and perseverance, cannot be maintained.
WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH THE HEAVENS
Having passed through the heavens beyond all thought of space and place, into the mystery of the divine glory and power.
And why?
That He might in divine power breathe that heavenly life into our hearts. His whole priesthood has, as its one great characteristic -- heavenliness.
He communicates the purity, the power, the life of heaven to us.
We live in heaven with Him.
He lives with heaven in us.
With Him in our hearts we have the Kingdom of Heaven within us, in which God's will is done through carrying out God’s purpose for our life and bearing fruit that remains for His Kingdom here on earth.
Let us not fall short of the rest, as partakers of the heavenly calling -- consider the Apostle and High Priest of our CONFESSION -- Jesus.
Having Jesus, let us HOLD FAST.
A GREAT HIGH PRIEST, JESUS THE SON OF GOD
The name SON OF GOD speaks of His divinity, and His power as High Priest, really to bring us to God, into the very life and fellowship of the Holy One. It is in His Son that God speaks to us; it is to the perfect fellowship and blessedness of the ever-blessed One that our great High Priest that is passed through the heavens can, and does indeed, bring us.
HAVING, THEREFORE, A GREAT HIGH PRIEST, LET US HOLD FAST OUR CONFESSION
We become partakers of Christ IF WE HOLD FAST. Our faith in Christ must be CONFESSED. The knowledge of what He is -- is our strength to hold fast our confession.
If we have Him as our great High Priest, He is worthy of it; our souls will delight in rendering Him this homage; without it failure will speedily come; without it, the grace of steadfastness and perseverance, cannot be maintained.
WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH THE HEAVENS
Having passed through the heavens beyond all thought of space and place, into the mystery of the divine glory and power.
And why?
That He might in divine power breathe that heavenly life into our hearts. His whole priesthood has, as its one great characteristic -- heavenliness.
He communicates the purity, the power, the life of heaven to us.
We live in heaven with Him.
He lives with heaven in us.
With Him in our hearts we have the Kingdom of Heaven within us, in which God's will is done through carrying out God’s purpose for our life and bearing fruit that remains for His Kingdom here on earth.
Let us not fall short of the rest, as partakers of the heavenly calling -- consider the Apostle and High Priest of our CONFESSION -- Jesus.
Having Jesus, let us HOLD FAST.
