Sermon: The Uniqueness of Jesus

Rev. Mike Werkheiser

Outline

1. The Uniqueness of Jesus’ Priestly Mediation (4:14-5:1)
2. The Uniqueness of Jesus’ Priestly Appointment (5:2-6)
3. The Uniqueness of Jesus’ Priestly Character (5:7-10)

Quotes

A religion without doctrine or dogma is a thing which many are fond of talking of in the present day. It sounds very fine at first. It looks very pretty at a distance. But the moment we sit down to examine and consider it, we shall find it a simple impossibility. We might as well talk of a body without bones and sinews. No man will ever be anything or do anything in religion, unless he believes something. […] No one ever fights earnestly against the world, the flesh and the devil, unless he has engraven on his heart certain great principles which he believes. —J.C. Ryle
I could not say to you, “Pray,” not even to you saints, unless it were a throne of grace, much less could I talk of prayer to you sinners; but now I will say this to every sinner here, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner that ever lived, cry unto the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you: go to your knees, by simple faith go to your Savior, for He, He it is who is the throne of grace. —C.H. Spurgeon
The basis of this confidence is that the throne of God is not marked by a naked majesty which overpowers us, but is adorned with a new name, that of grace. This is the name we ought always to keep in mind when we avoid the sight of God. […] The glory of God cannot but fill us with despair, such is the awfulness of His throne. Therefore, in order to help our lack of confidence, and to free our minds of all fears, the apostle clothes it with grace and gives it a name which will encourage us by its sweetness. It is as if he were saying, Since God has fixed on His throne a banner of grace and of fatherly love towards us, there is no reason why His majesty should ward us off from approaching Him. —John Calvin