What does First B Jackson teach about high priest?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on the high priest begins with the Old Testament system and works forward to Christ. The old covenant required a high priest taken from among ordinary people, someone who could deal gently with those who sinned out of ignorance because he himself was beset with weakness. He entered the most holy place once a year on the Day of Atonement, carrying blood first for his own sins and then for the people's. That system was ongoing and repetitive precisely because it was never finished. The sacrifices had to be made again and again, which meant they could not actually cleanse the conscience. They were always a copy, a shadow, a preview pointing toward something better.
The teaching presses hard on what kind of high priest Jesus is. Pastors Mark, Wayne, Carl, and Chad have each returned to Hebrews 4 and 5 to show that Jesus qualifies not by tribal lineage but by divine declaration, God the Father naming him a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. He does not serve in an earthly temple built by human hands but in the true heavenly sanctuary, seated at the right hand of God. That posture matters: the old priests stood and kept working day after day, but Christ sat down because his single offering was finished. He brought his own blood, not an animal's, and secured redemption once for all time. Because he was tempted in every way we are yet without sin, he is a priest who genuinely understands human weakness without having accumulated a debt of his own that needed covering.
The new covenant Jesus mediates, foretold in Jeremiah 31 and quoted at length in Hebrews, is not like the old one. That covenant was external, written on stone, able to identify sin but with no power to change hearts. The new covenant is written on minds and hearts, and its foundation is God's own mercy: sins forgiven and remembered no more. The teaching consistently brings this to the Lord's Supper, letting the congregation sit with the reality that the entire old system, the tabernacle, the priesthood, the sacrifices, was always pointing toward the one who has now made the way to God complete.
Taught from Hebrews 4:14-5:10 · Hebrews 8:1-13 · Hebrews 9:1-10:20 · Jeremiah 31:31-34 · Psalm 110:4
The passage taught · 1 Corinthians 1:18
18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- November 3, 2019 Once for All Time Hebrews 9-10 traces how the old covenant sacrifices pointed forward to Christ's once-for-all death as the only sacrifice that truly removes sin.
- October 27, 2019 A More Excellent Ministry Hebrews 8 shows why Jesus, our High Priest seated at God's right hand, mediates a better covenant written on hearts, not stone. A sermon from First Baptist Jackson.
- October 27, 2019 A More Excellent Ministry by a Better Mediator Hebrews 8 shows Jesus as the mediator of a better covenant, fulfilling what the old covenant could only shadow, and writing God's law on our hearts.
- September 8, 2019 Christ Be All Around Me A sermon from Hebrews 4-5 on Jesus as our great high priest, exploring His humanity, suffering, obedience, and why He alone is the source of eternal salvation.
- September 1, 2019 Since We Have a Great High Priest Pastor Carl walks through Hebrews 4:14-5:10, showing why Jesus as our great high priest matters and how His sinless life lets us approach God with confidence.
- September 1, 2019 A Great High Priest Who Can Sympathize A sermon from Hebrews 4-5 on Jesus as our great high priest, who was tempted as we are yet without sin, and offers mercy and grace to all who draw near.
Mentioned along the way
- August 11, 2019 Think Carefully About This Jesus Blake walks through Hebrews 3:1-6, showing why Jesus deserves more glory than Moses and calling believers to consider Him carefully and hold fast in faith.
- August 11, 2019 Consider Jesus Ray McDaniel walks through Hebrews 3:1-6, calling believers to carefully and decisively fix their minds on Jesus, the apostle and high priest who is greater than Moses.