WHO THE HECK IS MELCHIZEDEK? (13 OF 29)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Hebrews 7:1-19
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Who the Heck Is Melchizedek? (13 of 29)
Series: Once and For All
Bob Ingle
Hebrews 7:1-19
Please open your bibles to Hebrews 7. I have always enjoyed the little story of a teacher who was teaching her kids how to spell. She told the class she wanted each one of them to tell what their father did for a living a then spell his occupation. A girl named, Mary, went first. She said, ‘‘My dad is a baker. B-A-K-E-R. If he were here, he would give everyone a cookie.’’ Next came Tommy. He said, ‘‘My dad is a banker. B-A-N-K-E-R. If he were here he would give everybody a dollar.’’ The third kid was Jimmy. He said, ‘‘My dad is an ophthalmologist.’’ He tried several times to spell the word, but he just couldn’t do it. Finally, the teacher asked him to sit down and think about it while she called on somebody else. She turned to a kid named Johnny. He said, ‘‘My dad is a bookie. B-O-O-K-I-E. If he were here, he would give you 10 to 1 odds that Jimmy ain’t ever going to spell ophthalmologist.’’
If I were a betting man, I would bet not more than a handful of you can ever remember hearing a full message focused on the biblical character we’re studying today. His name is Melchizedek. Not only that, I would also bet, giving you great odds, that not more than five of us in this room could fully explain why Melchizedek is of such great importance and how he fits into God’s redemptive plan. A couple reasons.
1. Biblical information on Mel is so MEAGER. He is only referenced twice in all of the OT. Gen 14 and Ps 110. And both of those instances seem to be pretty bland. I’m sure none of us ever saw him on a flannel graph board in SS class growing up. He doesn’t kill a giant. He doesn’t part a sea. He doesn’t do a miracle. He doesn’t grab a jawbone of a donkey and kill 1,000 men. At first glance, what the OT says about him seems very benign and unnoteworthy. Yet, the writer of Hebrews spends nearly an entire chapter extolling his importance when it comes to God’s redemptive p ...
Series: Once and For All
Bob Ingle
Hebrews 7:1-19
Please open your bibles to Hebrews 7. I have always enjoyed the little story of a teacher who was teaching her kids how to spell. She told the class she wanted each one of them to tell what their father did for a living a then spell his occupation. A girl named, Mary, went first. She said, ‘‘My dad is a baker. B-A-K-E-R. If he were here, he would give everyone a cookie.’’ Next came Tommy. He said, ‘‘My dad is a banker. B-A-N-K-E-R. If he were here he would give everybody a dollar.’’ The third kid was Jimmy. He said, ‘‘My dad is an ophthalmologist.’’ He tried several times to spell the word, but he just couldn’t do it. Finally, the teacher asked him to sit down and think about it while she called on somebody else. She turned to a kid named Johnny. He said, ‘‘My dad is a bookie. B-O-O-K-I-E. If he were here, he would give you 10 to 1 odds that Jimmy ain’t ever going to spell ophthalmologist.’’
If I were a betting man, I would bet not more than a handful of you can ever remember hearing a full message focused on the biblical character we’re studying today. His name is Melchizedek. Not only that, I would also bet, giving you great odds, that not more than five of us in this room could fully explain why Melchizedek is of such great importance and how he fits into God’s redemptive plan. A couple reasons.
1. Biblical information on Mel is so MEAGER. He is only referenced twice in all of the OT. Gen 14 and Ps 110. And both of those instances seem to be pretty bland. I’m sure none of us ever saw him on a flannel graph board in SS class growing up. He doesn’t kill a giant. He doesn’t part a sea. He doesn’t do a miracle. He doesn’t grab a jawbone of a donkey and kill 1,000 men. At first glance, what the OT says about him seems very benign and unnoteworthy. Yet, the writer of Hebrews spends nearly an entire chapter extolling his importance when it comes to God’s redemptive p ...
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