PRIEST FOREVER

DAILY GRACE
WED. 14TH SEPT, 2016
TOPIC: PRIEST FOREVER
TEXT: HEB. 7:17 

A joyful day to you, the power of the God of all grace shall crush the plans of your adversaries this day and your joy shall be full in the name of Jesus Christ.
"For He testifies:
 You are priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."
God testifies that Jesus Christ is not only the King of kings but a priest forever.

 The Lord Jesus stands alone in His high priesthood and He did not receive it from another priest. He remains our high Priest forever.
Let's consider the following insights into His high priesthood;
(1.) Our Lord Jesus Christ is a priest: He was appointed and consecrated to that office and faithfully executes it. He is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins (Heb. 5:1) to make atonement for your sins and to recommend your services for God’s acceptance. He is God’s minister to us and your advocate with God, and so He is a Mediator between you and God.

 (2.) He is a priest for ever: He was designed for a priest, in God’s eternal counsels and agenda, He was a priest to the Old-Testament saints and He is also a priest for all believers to the end time (Heb. 13:8).
He is said to be a priest forever, not only because we are never to expect any other dispensation of grace than this by the priesthood of Christ, but because the blessed fruits and consequences of it will remain to eternity.

(3.) He is made a priest forever with an oath which the Apostle urges to prove the pre-eminence of His priesthood above that of Aaron (Heb. 7:20, 21). The Lord has sworn to show that in the commission there was no implied reserve of a power of revocation, for He will not repent, as He did concerning Eli’s priesthood (1 Sam. 2:30). This was intended for the honour of Christ and the comfort of Christians. The priesthood of Christ is confirmed by the highest ratifications possible, that it might be an unshaken foundation for our faith and hope to build upon.

(4.) He is a priest, not of the order of Aaron, but of that of Melchizedek, which, as it was prior, so it was upon many accounts superior to that of Aaron and a more lively representation of Christ’s priesthood. Melchizedek was a priest upon his throne, so is Christ (Zech. 6:13), king of righteousness and king of peace. Melchizedek had no successor, nor has Christ; his, is an unchangeable priesthood.
                                    
    The apostle Paul commented largely upon these words (Heb. 7:1-28) and built on them his discourse of Christ’s priestly office, which he showed was no new doctrine, but built upon this most sure word of prophecy. For, as the New Testament explains the Old, so the Old Testament confirms the New, and Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of both.
Friend, have you allowed Him to be the priest forever over your life and family?
Enjoy your day!

Personal Confession: Lord Jesus, l receive you now as a priest forever over my life in Jesus' name.

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