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Scripture:
Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone
through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we
profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our
weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we
are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with
confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time
of need.
Every high priest is selected
from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to
offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who
are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. This
is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of
the people.
No one takes this honor upon himself;
he must be called by God, just as Aaron was. So Christ also did not take upon
himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
“You are my Son; today I have become your
Father.”
And he says in another place, “You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
During
the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud
cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard
because of his reverent submission. Although he was a son, he learned obedience
from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal
salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in
the order of Melchizedek. 
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