So that your calling is above that of angels: for they are _afterwards_ to minister to the heirs of salvation; but the sinner must be _first_ reconciled to God.

And you are called on from day to day to intercede with man as his friend, that you may win souls to Christ.

Christ is ascended up on high, to intercede with his Father for guilty sinners, and to plead for them the merits of his death.

So that Christ and his faithful ministers, through the operation of the blessed Spirit, are co-workers together.
Yet without him we can do nothing: our strength is his strength, and his is all the glory from first to last.
"It is my heart's prayer and desire, sir, that you may, by a living faith, cleave close to that blessed, exalted Lamb of God, who died to redeem us from sin--that you may have a sweet communion with Father, Son, and Spirit--that you may sink deep in humble love, and rise high in the life of God.

Thus will you have such discoveries of the beauties of Christ and his eternal glory as will fill your heart with true delight.
"If I am not deceived, I wish myself to enjoy his gracious favour, more than all the treasures which earth can afford.