Boldness To Approach Based In What We Believe.

BOLDNESS TO APPROACH BASED IN WHAT WE BELIEVE.

Hebrews 4:14-16.

1. “Let us hold fast our profession” (Hebrews 4:14).

Our “profession” is our confession of faith, our belief, in Jesus. It is based in several facts, some of which are evident in these verses.

Jesus is “our great high priest.”

Jesus is “passed into the heavens,” having come through death and resurrection. There He ever intercedes for us at the right hand of God (cf. Romans 8:34).

Jesus is “the Son of God” (cf. Romans 1:4).

The name “Jesus” itself speaks of the incarnation (cf. Matthew 1:21).

As man, Jesus CAN “be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;” being “in all points tempted like as we are.” But, unlike those other high priests, He was “yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15).

Let us “hold fast” to these facts (Hebrews 4:14), and so:

2. “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace” (Hebrews 4:16).

What is the “therefore” there for? It links our prayer with what we believe.

We can “come boldly” because of what Jesus has done at the Cross, offering Himself as the one full final sufficient sacrifice for our sins (cf. Hebrews 10:12).

We can “come boldly” because He has conquered death our behalf. ‘God raised Him up,’ and ‘death could not hold Him’ (cf. Acts 2:24). He has conquered death so that, for us, death has lost its sting (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:54-55).

We can “come boldly” because He has entered in as our forerunner (cf. Hebrews 6:20).

We can “come boldly” because the throne of God is the “throne of grace” (Hebrews 4:16). Our God is a merciful God (cf. John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:9), and there we “obtain mercy” (Hebrews 4:16).

Because Jesus is able to identify with our sufferings, it is there, at “the throne of grace,” that we find “grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

“Let us hold fast our profession,” AND “Let us come boldly to the throne of grace.” Amen.