THE LORD JESUS IS OUR PRIEST. He was anointed and sent to that office on our behalf. He made atonement for our sins, an atonement which is radiant with all the glories of deity, infinite in its value, and eternal in its efficacy. It has expiated our guilt, and made a perfect satisfaction for our offences. Now He is employed in interceding for us. In this work He is always engaged. He also presents our prayers, our various services, and our poor gifts to the Father, having perfumed them with the incense of His own merits. He averts every evil from us, procures every good for us, and pours down countless favours upon us. He is now in the holiest, officiating before the throne of God; He has sprinkled His blood, He offers the incense, and He will soon come to bless us. He is not only a Priest, but the "High Priest." Not only is He the High Priest, but a "Great High Priest." Superior to all others, in the dignity of His person, in the completeness of His qualifications, and in the efficacy of His services, He is our Great High Priest, and also the Son of God. He is gone into the presence of God for us, and He is before the throne pleading the merits of His blood for us tonight.

For Meditation:
He ever lives to intercede
Before His Father's face;
Give Him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father's grace.