Mon., 3/17/14 Devotion (Ex. 28:12b)

Today's encouragement comes from Exodus 28:12b, where we read these words:

" . . . So Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders as a memorial."

Whereas Aaron the high priest bore the names of the tribes of Israel before the Lord, as he entered the Most Holy Place--so our Lord Jesus Christ bears the individual names of all His redeemed churchmen, as He presents us to the Father as the beneficiaries of His atonement.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the church's high priest. If we are in Christ today--by faith and by baptism—let us not be overly disturbed by our sins. They have been dealt with at the cross.  A Person of infinite worth has died for them; and He is now forever risen from the dead, interceding for us in heaven.

[Puritan quote of the day: "It is not always high water with saints, sometimes they are reduced to a very low ebb." --Thomas Brooks, in, "Heaven on Earth"]