The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

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LVII.
SUCH A HIGH PRIEST, THE SON PERFECTED FOR EVERMORE.
VII. 26. For such a High Priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled,
separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ;
27. Who needeth not daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices,
first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people: for this he did
once, when he offered up himself.
28. For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity ;
but the
word of the oath, which was after the law, appointeth a Son, perfected
for evermore.
For such a High Priest became us was suited to us, as
being what we needed. The words refer to the whole chapter,
but specially to the verse that just precedes such a High
Priest, one who abideth for ever, one who is able to save
completely. It also refers to what now follows, in which His
Holy, in fellowship and
personal characteristics are summed up.
harmony with God ; guileless, in the purity of His disposition ;
undefiled, in His having conquered all temptation from sin
and the world ; separated from sinners, a true Man among
men, and yet one who had kept Himself free from their sin ;
made higher than the heavens, now exalted in the glory of
God, to communicate to us the life and the blessings of the
heavenly world.
Who needeth not daily like those high priests,
to offer
up sacrifices, first for His own sins, and then for the sins
of the people ;
for this He did once, when He offered up