Study Article 46. This article will be studied during the week of January 19th through 25th.

Consider our sympathetic high priest, Jesus.

Theme text, We do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses.

Hebrews 4.15.

Song 17. I want to.

Focus.

How Jesus' sympathy and compassion qualify him as high priest and how we benefit from his priestly services today.

Paragraphs 1 and 2. Question A. Why did Jehovah send his son to the earth?

Question B. What will we discuss in this article?

Some 2,000 years ago, Jehovah God sent his most precious son to the earth.

Why? Among other things, it was to redeem the human race from the curse of sin and death,

and to undo the damage caused by Satan. Jehovah also knew that Jesus' experience as a human

would further prepare him to become a sympathetic, empathetic, and compassionate high priest for us.

Jesus began serving in that role after his baptism in 29 CE.

In this article, we will discuss how Jesus experiences on earth helped him to become more qualified to serve as a sympathetic high priest.

As we deepen our understanding of how Jesus was made perfect for his role,

we will find it easier to approach Jehovah,

even if we are discouraged by our sins or weaknesses.

Hebrews 5, 7 through 9 reads,

During his life on earth, Christ offered up supplications and also petitions with strong outcries and tears

to the one who was able to save him out of death, and he was favorably heard for his godly fear.

Although he was a son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered, and after he had been

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