Hebrews 7:23-28.

I preached a couple of weeks ago, at the Thornbury Salvation Army. Here's some of the notes from that message...

Hebrews 7:23-28 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25Therefore he is able to save completely[c] those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
26Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

1. He is able to save unto the uttermost – It doesn’t matter how deep people go into sin, God can save them. Paul said ‘’Christ came to save sinners, of whom I am the chief’’ Look at Paul when he still bore the name of Saul. He was a Pharisee, he thought he was about the best man God put in the world. But he hated Christ and Christians. He thought he was doing God a HUGE favour when he looked for Christians and put them to death. Can God do anything with such a man? YES! One day on the Damascus road He stopped this man, convicted him of his sin and transformed him COMPLETELY. The chief of sinners became the chief of saints. ‘’He saves them to the uttermost’’

2. God is able to transform lives – Some people think that salvation is intended only to save from hell. No, as we come to Christ, not only does He save our souls, He changes our lives. Has your life been changed? When you come to Christ as the old preachers used to say ‘’the things you once loved, you now hate and the things you hated, you know love.’’ The truly converted person has an altogether changed attitude about everything. Before they were saved they saw no harm in many worldly practices. After they have been saved they say ‘’I can’t do that now, I am a child of God’’

3. God is able to keep us from falling – Do you believe it? Jude 24 says ‘’Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy’’ ! Paul says that ‘’For I am persuaded , that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.’’ What a promise!! HALLELUJAH!

4. God is able to keep His promises – God called Abraham and told him that from his loins there would come a great nation and from that nation would come the world’s Messiah and Saviour. But Abraham was 100 years old and his wife, Sarah was 90 years old. How could they have a child? But God made His promise and Abraham believed it, although Sarah laughed at it. To her the idea was ridiculous. But God performed a miracle and Isaac was born. God kept His promise! God’s book is full of promises of God and God is ABLE to keep every one of them. A dear old lady put the two letters ‘’T & P,’’ by many of the promises in the Bible. When she was asked what she meant by using these letters alongside these promises she replied, ‘’I meant that they had been tried and proved’’

Hebrews 7:25 - Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

HALLELUJAH!!

If you want full notes, let me know. Blessings!!