Freed By Our Brother and High Priest (Hebrews 2:10-18)

1st Sunday after Christmas, December 26, 2021

What Child is This? Our Substitute and Sacrifice

First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9. While we have not always trusted God, Jesus demonstrated perfect obedience and trust, even when his Father asked him to be the sacrifice for our sin.

Second Reading and Sermon Text: Hebrews 2:10-18. Through his suffering and sacrifice, Jesus has made us holy. He now calls us his brothers and sisters.

Gospel Reading. Luke 2:41-52. Even as a boy, Jesus demonstrated obedience to the heavenly Father and respect for God’s holy Word.

Sermon: Hebrews 2:10-18. Freed By Our Brother and High Priest.

It is by being our brother that Jesus is our substitute. His perfect life, unjust sufferings and innocent death stand in for us. He doesn’t try to hide the fact that he is our brother.

Jesus work as our high priest frees us from the fear of death because we know what will be ours as Christians afterwards—-life in heaven with our loving Father, our brother Jesus, and every other Christian who has and is yet to come.

Pastor Tim Patoka