Hebrews 7 - A Perfect Priesthood + A Primer on Trinitarian Theology

1. A Prayer For The People of God
Almighty God,
creator of heaven and earth
in whom all things are possible,
have mercy on us and heal us,
that sustained by the power of your word
and by the constant intercession
of our Lord and Savior,
we may draw near to you
and follow in your way as faithful disciples.
Amen.

2. Week #9Week #9 –– Dragons & Dragons,Dragons & Dragons,
and Misusing Divine Powerand Misusing Divine Power

4. mark 10:35-45
a PERFECT priesthood

5. The old priesthood of Aaron
perpetuated itself automatically,
father to son, without explicit
confirmation by God. But then
God intervened and called this
new, permanent priesthood into
being with
an added promise: God gave his
word;
he won’t take it back: “You’re
the permanent priest.” Psa 110:4
HEBREW
S
7:20-22

6. Earlier there were a lot of
priests,
for they died and had to be
replaced.
But Jesus’ priesthood is
permanent.
He’s there from now to eternity
to save everyone who comes to
God through him, always on the
job to speak up for them.
HEBREW
S
7:23-25

7. So now we have a high priest
who perfectly fits our needs:
completely holy, uncompromised
by sin, with authority extending
as high as God’s presence in
heaven itself. Unlike the other
high priests,
he doesn’t have to offer sacrifices
for his own sins every day before
he can get around to us and our
HEBREW
S
7:26-27

8. The law appoints as
high priests men who are
never able to get the job done
right.
But this intervening command of
God, (the “oath” or “promise”
from v.22)
which came later, appoints the
Son,
who is absolutely, eternally
perfect.
HEBREW
S
7:28

9. mark 10:35-45
a PERFECT priesthood

11. HERESY
a belief/opinion/teaching contrary
to orthodox Christian doctrine
(especially that which is specifically
covered in the Church’s historic
creeds)
HERETIC
a person believing in
and practicing/spreading
heretical teaching HERESIE

14. ATHANASIAN CREED
“...we worship one God in Trinity,
and Trinity in Unity; neither
confounding the Persons, nor
dividing the Essence.
For there is one Person of the
Father; another of the Son; and
another of the Holy Ghost. But the
Godhead of the Father, of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost, is all one; the
Glory equal,

15. NICENE CREED
“We believe in one Lord,
Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.”

16. MODALISM
the heresy that the persons of
the Trinity represent only three
modes or aspects of the divine
revelation,
not distinct and coexisting
persons in the divine nature.
ARIANISM
an influential heresy denying the
divinity of Christ; he’s a created HERESIE

17. PARTIALISM
the heresy that suggests
that the three members
of the Trinity are each
simply 1/3 parts of God
HERESIE

18. WHY THIS MATTERS
The early church worked for
decades
to defend and clarify the essence of
the apostolic faith they had
received,
especially as it relates to the
ESSENTIAL REALITY OF THE
CO-EQUAL/CO-SUBSTANTIAL
DIVINITY OF JESUS as expressed
throughout the New Testament.

19. In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the
beginning. Through him all
things were made; without him
nothing was made
that has been made.
JOHN
1:1-3
JOHN
10:30
I and the Father are one

20. Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly,
I say to you, before Abraham
was born, I am."
JOHN
8:58
COLOSSIA
NS
1:15-17
The Son is the image of the invisible
God,
the firstborn over all creation. For in
him
all things were created: things in
heaven
and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers

21. For in Christ all the fullness
of the Deity lives in bodily form
COLOSSIA
NS
2:9
JOHN
20:28
Thomas said to him,
“My Lord and my God!”

22. “The virgin will conceive and give
birth
to a son, and they will call him
Immanuel (which means “God
with us”).
MATTHEW
1:23
TITUS
2:13
...while we wait for the blessed
hope—
the appearing of the glory of our
great God and Savior, Jesus
Christ...

24. Numbers 6:24-26 +
The Lord bless you
and keep you;
the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace…
In the name of the Father
and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit
Amen.