Followers of Christ ~ Good News!  We have a High Priest who can sympathize with our weaknesses and the assaults of temptations!  Why?  Because He has been tempted in all things as we are tempted, yet He was without sin! (Hebrews 4:15)

Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit (fully God) and birthed by Mary (fully Man).  As fully Man, He experienced life and faced what all people face.

Jesus became a High Priest – merciful and faithful in things that relate to the living God.

Jesus can sympathize with our weaknesses; He understands them from His own experience.

Jesus never sinned, but all people do.  (NASB) Romans 3:23 states: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

This is the reason He came to make atonement for your sins and mine.  (Hebrews 2:17)

Jesus – being fully human, He faced what you and I experience in daily life.
Jesus is merciful to you.  He is faithful to you…He atoned for your sins; He took your place on the cross because of those sins.  Jesus is Savior and High Priest.  Amazing God!

Jesus ~ was the Faithful & Merciful High Priest because of the following:
Jesus – experienced the same temptations we face.  Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness; yet, He never sinned.  (Luke 4:1-12)

He was tempted to use His power for Himself – but He used God’s word as His defense.  (Luke 4:3-4)
He was tempted to worship Satan by taking what Satan offered to Him – but He again used God’s word as His defense.  (Luke 4:5-8)
He was tempted to test God when challenged by Satan – again He used God’s word as His defense.  (Luke 4:9-12)

Jesus extends His mercy and His faithfulness to you in the pressures, the disappointments and in the challenges of life.  He has experienced what you face each day.

(NASB) Hebrews 4:15 “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.”

If you have not received Jesus as your Savior, then you need Him.  Only Jesus can save you from your sins.  Only Jesus is the High Priest who has atoned for your sins.

Remember Jesus: He is merciful and faithful.

(NASB) Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them (enemies), for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you.  He will not fail you or forsake you.”

Jesus ~ the Faithful & Merciful High Priest