The document discusses Jesus as the new high priest who can sympathize with human weaknesses and struggles in a way that the old high priests could not. It provides examples of how Jesus understands those who have lost loved ones, are lonely, sorrowful, hated, or are sinners, because he experienced similar hardships himself through his life and death. The key point is that as the perfect God-man, Jesus is able to fully empathize with the human condition.

1. Jesus the
Sympathizing
Savior
HEBREWS 4:14-16

2. The Old High priest
 We had a High Priest that could not sympathize with our
weakness.
 He was just a man. His understanding of me was limited.
 He was of an elite status. I am just another person.

3. The New High priest
 We had a High Priest that could not sympathize with my
weaknesses
 Can sympathize with me
 He was just a man. His understanding of me was limited.
 He has a perfect understanding of me (Luke12:7)
 He was of an elite status. I am just another person.
 He humbled himself by becoming just like me (Matt 13:54)

4. He can sympathize with
 Those that have lost loved ones
 He loses people everyday spiritually
 The Father watched His Son die on the cross
 Jesus lost Lazarus (John 11: 3-35)
 The lonely
 John 6:60-67
 The sorrowful
 Matt. 26: 36-40

5. He can sympathize with
 The Hated
 John 15:18 – “If the world hates you, you know
that it hated Me before it hated you.”
 NIV – “"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it
hated me first.”

6. He can sympathize with
 The Sinner
 Heb. 5:1-3 “For every high priest taken from among
men is appointed for men in things pertaining to
God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for
sins. 2 He can have compassion on those who are
ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also
subject to weakness. 3 Because of this he is required
as for the people, so also for himself, to
offer sacrifices for sins”
 Luke 7:36-50