The Epistles to the Hebrews

Sess ion 6: Chr i st ’s Perfect ly Sympathet ic High Pr iesthood  59

b. The things he suffered were the tutor of his learned obedience, p. 82.

3. Christ now has become the source of eternal salvation.

a. Christ was made perfect in all of the testings he endured.

b. Through his perfection Christ can now become the source of eternal salvation for those who obey him.

4. Christ’s new office (superior to Aaronic office) is the priesthood according to the order of Melchizedek .

Insights for Today

• We ought to hold fast our confession because our high priest, Jesus the Son of God, sympathizes with our weaknesses, at our deepest and most fundamental levels. • Jesus was tempted in all ways as we are, yet he never gave in to those temptations even a single instance, whether in thought, word, or deed. • We can come to the throne of grace boldly, with grateful worship and confident anticipation of blessing because Jesus has become the source of eternal salvation (past, present, and future). • We should know that no struggle, fight, weakness, infirmity, problem, or need we face was not felt by Christ himself during his time here on the earth. He is fully human. • Jesus fulfilled, extended, and is superior to the high priestly order of Aaron, and has been appointed to the order of Melchizedek (no beginning or end, always potent, and final).