1 E very Jewish religious leader is chosen from among men. He is a helper standing between God and men. He gives gifts on the altar in worship to God from the people. He gives blood from animals for the sins of the people.

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2 A Jewish religious leader is weak in many ways because he is just a man himself. He knows how to be gentle with those who know little. He knows how to help those who are doing wrong.

who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

3 B ecause he is weak himself, he must give gifts to God for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.

And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

4 A Jewish religious leader does not choose this honor for himself. God chooses a man for this work. Aaron was chosen this way. Christ Is Our Religious Leader Who Has Made the Way for Man to Go to God

And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

5 I t is the same way with Christ. He did not choose the honor of being a Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. Instead, God said to Christ, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.”

So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

6 G od says in another part of His Word, “You will be a Religious Leader forever. You will be like Melchizedek.”

As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

7 D uring the time Jesus lived on earth, He prayed and asked God with loud cries and tears. Jesus’ prayer was to God Who was able to save Him from death. God heard Christ because Christ honored God.

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

8 E ven being God’s Son, He learned to obey by the things He suffered.

though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

9 A nd having been made perfect, He planned and made it possible for all those who obey Him to be saved from the punishment of sin.

and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

10 I n God’s plan He was to be a Religious Leader Who made the way for man to go to God. He was like Melchizedek. Do Not Fall Back Into Sin

called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

11 T here is much we could say about this, but it is hard to make you understand. It is because you do not want to hear well.

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

12 B y now you should be teachers. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the first things you need to know from God’s Word. You still need milk instead of solid food.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

13 A nyone who lives on milk cannot understand the teaching about being right with God. He is a baby.

For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

14 S olid food is for full-grown men. They have learned to use their minds to tell the difference between good and bad.

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.