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Jesus is able to save us completely. Just let that thought sink in. We need to be saved in so many ways. Above all else, we need to be saved from our guilt, we need forgiveness. We need to be set free from the things that bind us, we need to be set free from the fear of death. He saves us from the failings and weaknesses that reside within us. A priest was a means of approaching God, we approach God through Jesus Christ. Now Jesus said we would pray to the Father directly, but why do we have the right to do this? How can we sinners possibly imagine that we can approach the Father? It is because of what Jesus has done, He has given us His righteousness. And Jesus is continually interceding for us. Whatever we are facing today, Jesus is at the right hand of the Father interceding for us (Rom 8:34).
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The Hebrews were looking for alternative priests, but why do this? The Levitical priests were highly imperfect, Jesus is the perfect high priest, who fully meets our needs. We can all be tempted to do the same sort of thing. We may not go looking for someone we call a “priest”, but we look for someone or something other than relying purely on Jesus. Jesus truly meets our need. Why does He do this? He is holy, blameless, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. What more could we want? When we look to individuals we generally look for someone who is better than us, someone whom we think is somehow closer to God than we are, better equipped than we are. Jesus more than fulfils all these requirements, and a million times better than any normal human being. Now this does not mean we don’t receive help from each other, but everything is done through Jesus.
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