If you are a Christian, you are a priest, chosen by God. As members of the royal priesthood we have constant access to the King. If there is ever a need in our life, we don't have to find an intermediary or enlist another priest in order to gain a hearing from the King. Our position as royal priests allows us direct access. This privilege describes our position as a priest.
"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9.
We need to also understand that priests also have a function. It is the responsibility of a priest to work within a priesthood. Scripture does not promote the practice of individual priests, each with a separate ministry. Priests are supposed to function together. (Lev. 9:1). An unbiblical sense of individualism can isolate us from functioning within God's royal priesthood as He intended.
Friends, we also need to learn that not only does the priest represent God to the people, they also take the people's concerns to God! Is there someone around you who desperately needs the intercession of one of God's priests? Maybe someone will only come to know God by seeing Him in our life? Our world hunger's for an expression of Christ as He really is, living out His life through His people. It is dangerous to put anything above our calling by God. We are called to be priests first, and then to hold onto other things. When we get these priorities out of order, everyone around us is denied access to the Father through us. God may have called us into other things such as a job or other vocation, but more importantly, He has appointed us to be His royal priests!
May God richly bless you today!! H Trent!
"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." 1 Peter 2:9.
We need to also understand that priests also have a function. It is the responsibility of a priest to work within a priesthood. Scripture does not promote the practice of individual priests, each with a separate ministry. Priests are supposed to function together. (Lev. 9:1). An unbiblical sense of individualism can isolate us from functioning within God's royal priesthood as He intended.
Friends, we also need to learn that not only does the priest represent God to the people, they also take the people's concerns to God! Is there someone around you who desperately needs the intercession of one of God's priests? Maybe someone will only come to know God by seeing Him in our life? Our world hunger's for an expression of Christ as He really is, living out His life through His people. It is dangerous to put anything above our calling by God. We are called to be priests first, and then to hold onto other things. When we get these priorities out of order, everyone around us is denied access to the Father through us. God may have called us into other things such as a job or other vocation, but more importantly, He has appointed us to be His royal priests!
May God richly bless you today!! H Trent!
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