It is a blessing that He does so, and a sign that we are pardoned, if we rightly use it.
IV. The vehicle of the divine forgiveness.
The Mediator. Moses here may be taken as a dim shadow of Christ.
'Moses was faithful in all his house' but Jesus is the true Mediator, whose intercession consists in presenting the constant efficacy of His sacrifice, and to whom God ever says, 'I have pardoned according to Thy word.'
Trust utterly to Him. You cannot weary out the forgiving love of God. 'Christ ever liveth to make intercession'; with God is 'plenteous redemption.' 'He shall redeem Israel out of all his iniquities.'
SERVICE A GIFT
'… I have given your priest's office unto you as a
service of gift.'—NUM. xviii. 7.
All Christians are priests—to offer sacrifices, alms, especially prayers; to make God known to men.
I. Our priesthood is a gift of God's love.
We are apt to think of our duties as burdensome. They are an honour and a mark of God's grace.