Prayer - Bunyan - VII - Section II continued

Required reading
Prayer by John Bunyan (Available from Amazon or free here) - Continue Section II (Throne of Grace) by reading Chapters 3 and 4.

My summary
Now we begin Chapter 5 which gives us motives for coming boldly to the throne of grace.

The first motive is that we have a high priest at the throne and today we learn about Jesus' legal qualifications to be that high priest:
(i) he had a legal call;
(ii) he wears a suitable garment;
(iii) he has been consecrated with blood;
(iv) he offers a sacrifice that is effectual and on an altar;
(v) he continues to offer intercession on behalf of his people.

What grabbed me
I liked one of the subpoints about the call of Jesus as high priest, that it is an eternal call: 'God, therefore, in that he hath made him a priest with an oath, and also determined that he will never repent of his so doing, declareth, that he is, and forever will be, satisfied with his offering. And this is a great encouragement to those that come to God by him; they have by this oath a firm ground to go upon, and the oath is, "Thou art a priest forever" :  thou shalt be accepted forever, for every one for whom thou makest intercession; nor will I ever reject any body that comes to me by thee. Therefore, here is ground for faith, for hope, and rejoicing : for on this consideration, a man has ground to come boldly to the throne of grace.'

What a fabulous truth.  Jesus will NEVER stop being our high priest!  Let us boldly approach the throne.

Next week's reading
Continue Section II (Throne of Grace) by continuing Chapters 5 and reading all of the second subpoint (The natural qualifications of Jesus Christ to be our high priest).

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.