The Epistle to the Hebrews part CV

Philippians 4:6a
"Be careful (or in our present day language we’d say worry) about nothing; (be careful or worry about nothing) but in every thing…"

Now what does the word everything mean? Everything! God doesn’t limit. Now there are some people that say God doesn’t listen to anything unless it’s spiritual. We don’t buy into that. God listens to our every legitimate need when we are His, the key is this that we are His. Now we’re not going to be frivolous, or silly when we come into God’s presence. But there isn’t anything that is of any note that God isn’t willing to hear about, and wants to hear about it. So we’re not to worry about anything, but in every thing:


Philippians 4:6b
"…by prayer and supplication (but the secret is the next two words) with (what?) thanksgiving (in other words we thank the Lord before we even tell Him what we’re asking for and we thank Him for what He’s going to do and so with thanksgiving you) let your requests be made known to God."

Does God not know what we need? Of course He does. But what does the heart of God long for between Himself and the believer? His God-child. Communication. God wants us to talk to Him, God wants us to commune with Him. And that’s what prayer is all about. It’s a two way street. He speaks to us through His Word, Christ Jesus; we speak to Him through prayer, our Mediator Christ Jesus. We usually tell people, "Now that doesn’t say that He’s going to give a direct answer to everything we ask for. He may say yes. You may have an immediate answer. He may say no. He may not answer the way we think He should. Or He may tell us to wait a while.Or to stop asking altogether."

But the next verse is our immediate answer. The next verse is what we get every time we come to the Throne room boldly and what is it?

Philippians 4:7
"And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through (in) Christ Jesus."

That peace of God. Not the peace with God. We got that when we were redeemed but rather the Peace of God. But now as a believer we come into the Throne room boldly and we share all your needs and your desires of your heart and whether God says yes, no, maybe or later - but whatever the answer, we have that Peace of God that passes all understanding.



Hebrews 5:1a
"For every high priest taken from among men (from the Nation of Israel) is ordained for men in things pertaining to God."
Do you see the relationship there? The whole role of the priest was to present the needs of mankind to the Holy God. Alright, but now we’ve got another point to make in another verse or two, so we’re going to put that on hold. But this human high priest, starting with Aaron of course, came to God with:

Hebrews 5:1b
"…things that pertained to God that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:"
They had to take care of the sin problem that man constantly was bugged with, and the high priest brought this before God. Now verse 2. This high priest of Israel, following in the line of Aaron then, was a man:

Hebrews 5:2a
"Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way;…"
In other words, there was no one too low on the totem pole for the high priest to be aware of and to present him before God. So this high priest:

Hebrews 5:2
"Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity."

The high priest was human, and he was plagued with the same sins and temptations and passions as anybody else. So just because he was the high priest, that did not mean that he was above reproach. Or above sin.

Hebrews 5:3
"So by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer (that is a sacrifice) for sins."

Come back to Leviticus chapter 16, we have the Day of Atonement when the high priest would go in behind the veil and sprinkle the blood on the Holy of Holiest, or the Ark of the Covenant. Let’s drop in at verse 14 and we’ll just pick out the ones that pertain to establishing the fact that the high priest was just as much a sinner as the average Hebrew.