Jesus Procures Our Salvation.

JESUS PROCURES OUR SALVATION.

Hebrews 2:14-18.

1. It was necessary that Jesus should partake of flesh and blood in order to procure our salvation (Hebrews 2:14).

a. Jesus overcomes death (Hebrews 2:14), and the fear of death (Hebrews 2:15), through His own death upon the Cross. Death is swallowed up in victory (1 Corinthians 15:54). The Lord’s people are delivered out of the very jaws of hell (Hosea 13:14).

b. Jesus destroys him that had the power of death, that is, the devil (Hebrews 2:14). He breaks our bondage (Hebrews 2:15) in a new exodus (Luke 9:31), and leads us into everlasting life. No angel could have accomplished this, so it was necessary that He should become man (Hebrews 2:16).

2.. Jesus became man, taking upon Himself the seed of Abraham (Hebrews 2:16) - in whom all nations are blessed (Genesis 22:18). He was made like unto His brethren, and therefore has the capacity to be a merciful and faithful high priest. As both High Priest and sacrifice, Jesus makes reconciliation with God for the sins of His people (Hebrews 2:17).

Jesus did not have His life taken from Him, but laid it down - and took it up again (John 10:17-18). The perfection of completion was punctuated in His last words upon the Cross: ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30).

3. Having undergone sufferings, and overcome temptations on our behalf (cf. Hebrews 4:15), Jesus continues to minister to us in the midst of the challenges and changes in our own lives (Hebrews 2:18).

Whether viewed as the babe in a manger, or as the man upon the Cross; as the risen Lord, or as the King upon the throne - Jesus is well able to identify with His people’s personal perplexities.