Preciousness of Christ

To God — Mt 3:17; 1Pe 2:4.

To Saints — Song 5:10; Php 3:8; 1Pe 2:7.

On account of his

Goodness and beauty. — Zec 9:17.

Excellence and grace. — Ps 45:2.

Name. — Song 1:3; Heb 1:4.

Atonement. — 1Pe 1:19; Heb 12:24.

Words. — Joh 6:68.

Promises. — 2Pe 1:4.

Care and tenderness. — Isa 40:11.

As the corner-stone of the Church — Isa 28:16; 1Pe 2:6.

As the source of all grace — Joh 1:14; Col 1:19.

Unsearchable — Eph 3:8.

Illustrated — Song 2:3; 5:10-16; Mt 13:44-46.