Christ and His Threefold Office

Flavel explores the glory of Christ becoming a man to qualify and prepare Him for a full discharge of His mediatorship, in the office of our Prophet, Priest, and King.

Salvation, says Flavel, is revealed by Christ as a Prophet, procured by Him as a Priest, applied by Him as a King. In vain it is revealed, if not purchased; in vain revealed and purchased, if not applied.

Flavel’s treatment of the subject is polemical when necessary and painstakingly detailed when he believes the truth is at stake. It is an act of adoration, of meditations upon the transcendent excellency of Jesus Christ.

This treatment of the Mediator and His threefold office is extracted and abridged from Flavel’s classic, The Fountain of Life.

Table of Contents:

1. The Excellence of the Subject

2. Christ’s Essential Glory

3. The Covenant of Redemption

4. God’s Admirable Love

5. Christ’s Wonderful Person

6. The Authority of the Mediator

7. The Consecration of the Mediator

8. The Nature of Christ’s Mediation

9. The First Branch of Christ’s Prophetical Office: The Revelation of God’s Will

10. The Second Branch of Christ’s Prophetical Office: The Illumination of Man’s Understanding

11. The Nature and Necessity of Christ’s Priesthood

12. The First Act of Christ’s Priestly Office: Oblation

13. The Second Act of Christ’s Priestly Office: Intercession

14. The First Effect of Christ’s Priesthood: A Full Satisfaction

15. The Second Effect of Christ’s Priesthood: A Blessed Inheritance

16. The Kingly Office of Christ: Executed Spiritually upon the Redeemed

17. The Kingly Office of Christ: Executed Providentially for the Redeemed