1. _Saviour._ (1.) What salvation is. (2.) Why we need a Saviour. What
it is to be _lost_--carry out the figure in imagination. Matt. 18:11.
(3.) From what Christ saves us. Matt. 1:21. (4.) How he saves us from
sin. Acts 15:8, 9. (5.) His willingness to save. Matt. 11:28-30. John
6:37, l.c. (6.) His Ability to save. Heb. 7:25. (7.) The expense of this
salvation. Rom. 5:7, 8. (8.) The ingratitude of neglecting so great
salvation. Heb. 2:2, 3.
2. _Redeemer._ (1.) What it is to redeem--contemplate the figure, and
form a clear perception of the condition of captives taken in war, and
held in slavery. (2.) Our condition by nature. Rom. 6:13, f.c. 16, 20.
7:14, l.c. Gal. 3:10. (3.) How Christ has redeemed us. Gal. 3:13. (4.)
The price paid for our redemption. 1 Peter 1:18, 19. (5.) How we should
feel in view of this. Rev. 5:9, 10. (6.) What this should lead us to do.
1 Cor. 6:20.
3. _Prophet._ (1.) What a prophet is. (2.) How Christ teaches his
people. John 1:18, 5:39. 16:13, 14. (3.) What encouragement we have to
go to him for direction, in all cases of doubt and difficulty. 1 Cor.
1:30. James 1:5. (4.) With what feelings we must receive him as our
great Teacher. Matt. 18:3, 4.
4. _Priest._ (1.) What a priest is. Heb. 5:1, 2. (2.) Why we need a
priest. Deut. 27:26. Rom. 3:20. (3.) How he was qualified to become our
priest. Heb. 5:7-9. 7:26-28. 4:15. (4.) How he has made atonement and
reconciliation for us. Heb. 9:11-14, 28. (5.) How this is rendered
available to believers in all ages. Rom. 8:34. Heb. 9:24. 7:25. (6.)
What benefits believers may derive from his intercession. Rom. 5:2. Heb.
4:16. (7.) The sympathy of Christ with believers. Heb. 4:15.
5. _King._ (1.) What a King is. (2.) In what sense Christ is our king.
Eph. 1:21, 22. (3.) The nature of the control he exercises over us.
Matt. 11:30. Rom. 6:9-22. 11:17. 2 Cor. 10:5. (4.)The need we have of
such a king. Matt. 12:29. (5.)Our duty to him as subjects. 2 Cor. 10:5.
6. _Mediator._ (1.) What a mediator is: one that undertakes to make
reconciliation between two parties at variance. Job 9:33. We are at
variance with God. Ps. 7:11. Ro. 8:7. (2.) What qualifications are
required in a mediator. [1.] He must be the mutual friend of both
parties. Christ both God and man. John 1:1, 14. The mutual friend of
both. Luke 3:22. Heb. 2:16, 17. [2.] He must be able to render
satisfaction to the injured party. Christ has done this. Isa. 12:21.
Gal. 3:13. He must be able to bring back the offender to his duty. This
Christ is able to do. Rom. 6:1-14. (3.) How we may become reconciled to
God. 2 Cor. 5:18, 19.
7. _Advocate and Intercessor._ (1.) What an advocate is: one that
manages a cause for another at court, and undertakes to procure his
justification and discharge. If his client is prosecuted for debt, he
must show that the debt has been paid; if for crime, he must show some
reason why he should not be punished. Jesus Christ can show both, in
regard to us. 1 Peter 1:18, 19. 1 Cor. 6:20. Isa. 53:5. What an
intercessor is: one that undertakes to present the petitions of a
criminal at the bar of his offended sovereign. When a petition is
presented for pardon, the person presenting it must become responsible
for the future good conduct of the criminal. Christ has become our
surety. When he asks for undeserved favor to be bestowed upon the
criminal, it must be on the score of his own merits. Jesus can present
our petitions with assurance on this ground. How blessed are they who
have such an Advocate and Intercessor at the throne of heaven! Rom.
8:34. Heb. 7:25. How we may come to the throne of grace through his
intercession. Heb. 4:16. No worship acceptable, which is not offered
through the intercession of Christ. John 14:13. Acts 4:12. Eph. 5:20.
8. _Friend._ What is implied in a friend. [1.] He must be able and
willing to help us. Christ is both able and willing to help all who come
to him. Heb. 7:25. Matt. 11:28-30. John 6:37, l.c. [2.] Friendship must
be cordial. Such is the friendship of Jesus. John 15:15, 16. [3.] A
friend must possess a sympathizing heart. Such is the heart of Jesus.
Heb. 4:15.
9. _Elder Brother._ (1.) The relation of an Elder Brother to the younger
members of the family. (2.) How we come into this relation to Christ.
Gal. 4:4-6. (3.)The blessings that we receive, through this relation.
Gal. 1:7. Rom. 8:17. (4.) The goodness of the Son, who would of his own
accord, receive a stranger into his Father's family, to be adopted, as a
joint heir with him to his Father's estate.
10. _Husband._ (1.)Proof of this relation between Christ and the church.
Isa. 54:5. Eph. 5:25-32. Rev. 19:7, 8. 22:17. (2.) What is implied in
this relation. [1.] Union. John 15:5. Eph. 4:31. [2.] Protection. Matt.
16:18. Ca. 8:5, f.c. [3.] Provision. Phil. 4:19. Eph. 5:29. [4.]
Sympathy and Love. Heb. 4:15. 8:6, 7. [5.] Fellowship. Ca. 5:1.