00:00jesus our perfect high priest in heaven jesus rises high above all other individuals and powers as our high priest forever jesus comes out of eternity and he moves into eternity
00:19he has no beginning and no end he is the beginning he is the end you can't go beyond him in the past and you can't get ahead of him in the future he encompasses all of time and all of eternity
00:34melchizedek came and ministered to abraham yet abraham submitted to him by offering a gift abraham paid tithes to melchizedek
00:44he recognized that melchizedek was above him and that he was the priest of the most high god this story would have resonated with these hebrew believers as a compelling example of humility and submission of a great individual even as great as abraham humbly blessing a revered priest like melchizedek
01:05and yet jesus is far superior to both abraham and melchizedek we come to god through christ jesus christ is a perpetual priest and he is a perfect priest the aaronic priesthood could never hit the high standard of perfection
01:22now we have a perfect priest in jesus god's promise to us in jesus is so much better than the promise he made to his people
01:31everything is fulfilled in jesus everything you could ever need is found in him because jesus eternally
01:38lives on your behalf he is able not only to save you but to intercede for your salvation into eternity
01:46that means his priestly ministry is superior and comprehensively above anything else in other words
01:53he is able to keep on saving you he is able to save you completely and perfectly
01:59once you belong to jesus you will always belong to him and he is able to keep you in that place of favor
02:07with god until one day he will present you before god the father perfect without a single fault
02:13colossians 1 verse 22 but there's so much more too jesus lives forever as your high priest to pray for you
02:23before his father in heaven he actively and graciously oversees your life and goes before you in prayer
02:30speaking your deepest needs before his father how wonderful to know we have a living savior and high
02:37priest in jesus you are not alone dot he is there and faithfully prepared to advocate for you no matter
02:44your need and he is exalted in all his holiness and perfection when was the last time you turned to him
02:51in prayer or set your mind on his promise to care for all your needs he became sin for you so that you
02:59could know god and stand before him in perfect righteousness that is how gracious jesus is for you
03:05christ is just what we need he is just right for us we couldn't have anyone better than he is
03:12one powerful thought you could consider if it were necessary for jesus to come to earth and die for you
03:19again he would return yet none of that is necessary because he died once for all and for you in jesus
03:28your sins have been removed and settled based on the perfect sacrifice of his own blood he accomplished
03:34all you need in his body on the cross his blood covers your sin past present and future eternally
03:42jesus lives for you and stands for you forever he has perfectly made a way for you to come to know god through
03:50his once for all perfect gift will you trust him forever
