If a priest's job is to repair and maintain people's relationships with God, and if you are priest, then it is your job to repair and maintain both your own and others' relationship with God. How on earth are you supposed to go about that? Two weeks ago I talked at length about praying for one another. If you are a priest like Jesus — and you are — then you need to pray like Him for your fellow Christians. But what about the other things that our text this morning ascribes to Christ as our priest? He not only prayed; He also learned, suffered, obeyed, was perfected, and became the source of salvation. Are we as priests called to do all of those things too?
Brothers and sisters, the answer is yes. With God's help I will show you this morning that Scripture ascribes all of the priestly tasks (including self-sacrifice) not only to Jesus, but to all believers — to all those who are united to Him by faith, anointed with His Spirit, and therefore rightly called "Christians" or little Christs. Your high priest prayed, learned, suffered, obeyed, and became the source of eternal salvation, and you should do all of these things as well in union with Him.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
