Christ as Priest – Some Lessons¹

Thomas Boston

1. How wonderful is the love of God in appointing an Intercessor for us, not an angel, but His own beloved Son! Were we left to ourselves, and to our own pleas, our least sins would ruin us, and all the grounds of intercession we could plead upon would be rejected, as unworthy of acceptance before the throne of God.

¹An edited extract from Boston’s Works, vol 1.

1. How wonderful is the love of our Redeemer, in condescending to act so friendly a part to us, notwithstanding all our unworthiness and foul transgressions against Him! How it should fill our hearts with wonder, that He who is our Judge, should take upon Him to manage our cause in the court of heaven; that He who has a mouth to condemn us, and wrath to consume us for our sins, should bind the arms of His wrath, and employ His tongue to pursue our cause in the court of heaven, and procure us the richest blessings!

2. Then true believers have a friend in the court of heaven, who is their agent in their cause, managing their concerns, and will make all things work together for their good. Whatever their cause is, and however fearful they may be about the outcome, all shall go right at length, through the interest of their mighty Intercessor.

3. Believers cannot finally and utterly fall away: for they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. Their Redeemer ever lives to make intercession for them. So that neither their own sins, nor all the temptations of Satan, nor the frowns or allurements of the world, shall ever prevail to make them fall from their steadfastness, or from the favour of God: for Christ, as their High Priest, has died for their sins, and will never intermit His pleas to God in their behalf till they are safely brought to glory.

4. Use the Lord Jesus Christ as your High Priest, to bring you to God, depending on His merit as the ground of the expiation of your guilt, and giving you a title unto eternal life. And make use of Him as your Advocate with the Father, to procure you all the blessings you stand in need of for time and eternity.