¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.   

¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been(faced) tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.  

¹⁶ Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence (come boldly), so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.  

(Hebrews 4:14-16)

¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess 

5 In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,

“You are my Son;
            today I have become your Father.” 

6 And he says in another place,

“You are a priest forever,
            in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 5:5-6)

¹⁴ Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— ¹⁵ and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. ¹⁶ For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. ¹⁷ For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. (Hebrews 2:14-17)

• Jesus, our Great High Priest, came to save us from our sins which separate us from God.
• In Christ’s righteousness we are well-pleasing to God, our Holy Father.

¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.  

³⁰ And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” ³¹ And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’” ³² And he looked around to see who had done it. ³³ But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. ³⁴ And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” (Mark 5:30-34)

• In Christ’s presence, we find healing of all our sicknesses. 
• Jesus, our High Priest, is touchable and cares for us in our weaknesses.

KJV- ¹⁵ For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

• Jesus, our True Elder Brother, understands us completely in our temptations.

³ During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴ Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:3-4)

¹⁶ Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.  

Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” (John 20:17)

• Jesus, our Lord and King, crowns us with unfailing love and unending mercy
• In His loving presence, Jesus, our Gentle High Priest, transforms us and our fears to trust.

• In Christ’s righteousness, we can enter our God’s presence believing that we are welcomed, dearly loved, and free from all condemnation.