Tag; Our High Priest Knows Our Temptatins - Hebrews 1-4

Hebrews 4:14-16

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Tag:  Our High Priest Knows Our Temptations

It is not just that God, through the work of Christ, is empathic to our struggles on this earth.  The fact is, as the above verse states, Jesus has been tempted, in the exact same manners we have.   Yes, He is the Son of God and cannot sin.   Yet, He was in a human body and felt the same suffering.  When He was pierced through the side with a spear, the bile that came out was the same as it would with any human being.   The central nervous system would have registered the pain in His head the same as with you and me.  When He was struck in the face by the Roman soldiers, the same pain you and I would feel was His pain.   When He went 40 days in the desert without food, the same hunger pains we would feel, He felt.   Sleeping on the ground with a rock as a pillow would be the same for Christ as it would be for us.   Having His family reject Him would have felt the same to Him as it does when our family rejects us.  Having His best friends desert Him in His time of need would be no different than when our friends desert us.   

In the above verses we see that Christ was tempted in  “every respect” like we were - yet, without sinning.   The emphasis of the above text is for us to see He felt our pain and suffering.   His death (and the pain associated with it) was not unlike any other human being.  When He died, He died.  Therefore, SINCE we have a high priest who has been touched by temptation, pain and suffering like us, we can come boldly to the throne of Grace to ask for help in time of need - knowing He feels our pain and can more than be empathetic.  He can heal us with His power and enable us to endure by His grace.   We have this confidence.