_Melchisedec, king of Salem_
MELCHISEDEC
I. MELCHISEDEC WAS “KING OF SALEM.”
1. Salem was certainly in Canaan--the land where Melchisedec and
Abraham met.
(1) It is not a matter of course that Canaan was already wholly given
up to idolatry and crime; and therefore Melchisedec may have been
himse... [ Continue Reading ]
_A change also of the law_
CHANGE IN THE LAW
It is modified in these circumstances:
1.
In regard of justification (Acts 13:39). The law was first given to
justify the observers thereof; but now in regard of man’s corruption
that is impossible (Romans 8:3; Galatians 3:11). God therefore now
hath... [ Continue Reading ]
_Our Lord sprang out of Juda_
A NEW PRIESTHOOD
1.
Jesus sprang from the royal tribe of Judah, not from the sacerdotal
tribe of Levi. The apostle intentionally uses a term that glances at
Zechariah’s prediction (Hebrews 7:14) concerning Him who shall arise
as the dawn, and be a Priest upon His thr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Able also to save them to the uttermost_
CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF SINNERS
I. THE ABILITY OF CHRIST TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST. That Christ is able
to save, may be argued from His appointment to that work by the
Father, whose infinite wisdom could employ no means inadequate to the
purpose they were desi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Such an High Priest became us_
THE PRIEST WHOM WE NEED
I. WE ALL NEED A PRIEST, AND WE HAVE THE PRIEST WE NEED IN JESUS
CHRIST. In fair weather, when the summer seas are sunny and smooth,
and all the winds are sleeping in their caves, the life-belts on the
deck of a steamer may be thought to be un... [ Continue Reading ]