Hebrews 4:14-16
14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
We who are in Christ have Him as our Mediator and priest, but not an earthly one. He died as our permanent sacrifice and lives forever to minister forgiveness and grace in mercy at the heavenly altar. Because He shared in our humanity, He understands our frailty and propensity for sin. Jesus knows we are tempted, for He endured temptation as a man also - but as God, He never gave into sin (Hebrews 2:18). Therefore He can empathize with us and help us to put the desires for sin to death. He intercedes daily for us so that we can hold nothing back in approaching His throne where grace reigns, finding the mercy in forgiving grace we need, unearned and undeserved, yet given out of His priestly love and ministry to we who are in such great need every day. How can we hold back from coming to Him in our need as we fight to put sin reigning in these mortal bodies to death (Romans 8:13)? We are being transformed into the image of Christ by His Will and work (Philippians 1:6, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 3:18).
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