Hebrews 1:3b

"...when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;" Which indicated when He sat down that the work was finished. And never forget that. That twice in God's dealings throughout the human history, He finished a work that was so perfect that He could sit down. The first one of course, was the work of Creation. Then the last verse of chapter 1 said, "and He saw that it was (what?) very good." It was perfect and then you get into chapter 2, it doesn't say He sat down but it says "He rested." And I make the point that if you're tired and you've had a long day what do you do to rest? Well, you sit down, and take a load off, as we say. And so God rested.


The work of the Cross is the same way. It was so perfect, there was not a flaw in that work. There was nothing that needed yet to be done. And so when He had purged our sins, He sat down. It was finished. And you know, ever since, what has mankind been trying to do? Add to it! One thing or another, adding to it. And, I think God is almost beside Himself that mankind cannot accept the fact that it was a finished work. Now let's begin with verse 10.


Hebrews 5:10

"Called of God an high priest (not after the order of Aaron but) after the order of Melchizedek." Who, remember, was the high priest of the Most High God, which was the definition of God concerning the non-Jewish world. Now we'll move down into verse 11 and we're going to again depart from the priesthood of Melchizedek for a little bit and we're going to come down into the life of the ordinary believer. The ordinary Hebrew in this case, but we're no different.


Hebrews 5:11

"Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing you are dull of hearing." What is Paul referring to? It was hard for him to talk to them about the priesthood of Christ and after His finished work. Why? Because they were so thick-headed. They just couldn't get it through their heads. And so he says, "You are dull of hearing." Now verse 12, why were they dull of hearing? Well it was a malaise, I think - it was just no real interest. In fact, I think, I can safely say, anyone of you, I don't care what church you go to, it's no different denomination by denomination. Large churches or small. How many of your fellow-church people have a hunger for the Word of God? How many of them can honestly say, I just can't wait until I can get into another Bible study.