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Hebrews 5

THE REQUIREMENTS IN REGARD TO THE PRIESTS (5:1-10):

Comparisons (5:1-4)

Both were selected by God from among men (5:1a, 4).

Both were appointed to represent people before God (5:1b).

Both were to pray and offer up sacrifices (5:1c).

Both were to demonstrate compassion (5:2a).

Both experienced infirmities of the flesh (5:2b-3).

Contrasts (5:5-10)

Only Christ is called God's Son (5:5).

Only Christ was given an everlasting priesthood (5:6a).

Only Christ was made a priest after the order of Melchizedek (5:6b, 9-10).

Only Christ cried out to God in Gethsemane "with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could deliver him out of death" (5:7-8).

THE REBUKE IN REGARD TO THE PEOPLE (5:11-14)

The frustration (5:11-12a)

The author has much to say, but his readers are slow to learn (5:11).

They should be teachers but instead need to be taught (5:12a).

The food (5:12b-14)

Baby believers can be fed only milk (5:12b-13).

Mature believers can easily digest solid food (5:14).