Hebrews 7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Commenting on this verse, David Dickson observes:
Commenting on this verse, David Dickson observes:
Christ is here called the surety of the covenant. Then
1. Christ must see the covenant kept, and be good for it.
2. God hath Christ to crave for our performance of the covenant; and we have Christ to crave, for God’s part of the covenant: yea, and Christ to crave, to give us grace to perform that which God requireth of us in his covenant.
3. Jesus is content to be surety; and the Father hath consented, and ordained, and made him surety. So it resteth only, that we be content also, and make much of Christ, that he may do all our work for us, and all God’s work in us.
1. Christ must see the covenant kept, and be good for it.
2. God hath Christ to crave for our performance of the covenant; and we have Christ to crave, for God’s part of the covenant: yea, and Christ to crave, to give us grace to perform that which God requireth of us in his covenant.
3. Jesus is content to be surety; and the Father hath consented, and ordained, and made him surety. So it resteth only, that we be content also, and make much of Christ, that he may do all our work for us, and all God’s work in us.
