The Supremacy of Christ

Hebrews 8:1-5 presents Jesus as the great high priest who ministers in the true heavenly sanctuary. The sermon shows that His perfect priesthood provides perfect access and a perfect salvation for His people.

Hebrews 7:20-28 declares Jesus to be the holy, perfect, and eternal high priest of a better covenant. The sermon calls believers to worship with gratitude because His priesthood is greater than the Levitical priesthood.

Hebrews 7:11-19 shows that the old Levitical priesthood has been set aside because a better hope has come in Christ. The sermon presents Jesus as the greater priest who gives His people access to God.

Hebrews 7:1-10 returns to Melchizedek to show that his priesthood was greater than Levi's and pointed beyond itself to Christ. The sermon presents Melchizedek as a type of Christ while urging sinners to come to the greater priest and live.

Hebrews 6:9-12 encourages true believers to persevere after the severe warning about apostasy. The sermon calls saints to steady faithfulness to the end while urging the merely professing to come to Christ.

Hebrews 6:4-8 gives a sober warning about apostasy and the danger of being almost Christian. The sermon calls professing hearers to come to Christ and urges believers to pray for and evangelize those near the cliff.

Hebrews 5:11-6:3 interrupts the teaching on Christ's priesthood with a call to spiritual maturity. The sermon warns against dullness and drifting while urging believers to press forward in the faith.

Hebrews 5:1-10 presents Christ as the perfect high priest who sympathizes with His people and became the source of eternal salvation. The sermon calls believers to draw near to Him with confidence.

Hebrews 4:14-16 calls believers to hold fast to Christ and draw near to the throne of grace with confidence. The sermon emphasizes the mercy, grace, and help found in the sympathetic great high priest.

Hebrews 4:11-13 closes the warning to make sure of entering God's rest by bringing hearers under the searching power of God's Word. The sermon urges sober self-examination and disciplined attention to Scripture.