What Christ is Doing Now as our Priest

Introduction

• Our sin has made us blind and ignorant, and thus we need a Prophet to reveal to us the will of God for our salvation
• Our sin has made us wretched and depraved before God, and thus we need a Priest to reconcile us back to Him.
• Our sin has made us rebellious and got us into a very precarious state before God, and thus we need a King to conquer us and to save and defend us.

I. Jesus and the Priests of Old

A. The Work of a Priest

B. The Weakness of the Priests

C. The Wisdom of God

II. Jesus and His Present Work as Our Priest

A. Benediction

 1.	The Reality of His Sanctifying Spirit

 2.	The Realization of His Finished Work

 3.	The Regular Administration of His Sacraments

B. Intercession (Rom. 8:33-34; 5:10; Lk. 22:31-32)

Conclusion