Our High Priest (2)

"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathise with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin"                     Hebrews 4:15    NKJV 

Jesus knows exactly how it feels to be human in every aspect. Therefore, He is able to sympathise with our weaknesses. Sympathise means 'to suffer with' and expresses the feeling of one who has entered into suffering. His desire is to guide us through our troubles in a way that brings Him Glory but blesses us too and helps us on the road to being ambassadors for the Kingdom of God.

Note the word 'weaknesses' that is written in our verse.. This type of weakness is desiring something so much, that you just cannot resist it. This involves a person's thought life - mental weakness. The more you dwell on something, allowing your mind to fantasise about it, the more temptation becomes greater and then it is very difficult to be able to control this. This weakness may come from unsatisfied longing, something James mentions in his Epistle:

'But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.'

                                                                                                  James 1:14-15  NKJV

There is a serious need to take charge of our thought life; we look at something and our mind can process this in a sinful manner so much, that before long this is all that we think about. If we allow our desire to manifest, we can then be hooked into this. Jesus knows how this works and sympathises with us, He has been there but, never sinned once. Just the fact that He has been there gives us the benefit of first rate help when we call on Him. 

Just because sinful thoughts come into our minds, this does not mean that we have sinned. On the contrary, we can find it hard to stop the thought but, we can control the outcome. If we give this thought to Jesus - capturing it  (2 Corinthians 10:1-6), He will help us through it. This is approaching the Throne of Grace, as we will discuss tomorrow.

Our High Priest loves and cares for us, and as we involve ourselves, deeper in Him, He becomes deeper in us.

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