Hebrews 7 – The priest forever

Melchizedek shows us what Christ is for us as a priest in the heavenly temple, which was only modeled on earth through the old covenant priesthood.

The Christian life sometimes involves frustration with ourselves—why did I do that?!? why did I say that?!?

Good news: although our perfection in Christ isn’t fully attainable now in the flesh, one day and forever, we will be sinless. Here’s how to live life now in anticipation of that great gift we’ll enjoy in the future. As John Newton said (paraphrasing): I am not what I WANT to be. I am not what I OUGHT to be. I am not what I WILL be. But I am not what I WAS, and by the grace of God, I am what I am.