Priestly Legacy

This is Your Life?

This is your life: Are you who you want to be?

vs. 10-11 (Legacy language) As you get older, you start to think about things like this. What legacy will I leave?

Keys to Leaving the Legacy You Desire:

You must transition from broken to whole:

We have seen- the poor, broke-hearted, captives to oaks of righteousness.

We can’t stay in love with our sin…

Your identity matter a lot: Who do you say you are?

Receive priesthood: vs 6- priests of the Lord. (1 Peter 2:9)

The priests- make sacrifices to God on behalf of the people.

Communicate God’s favor and blessing to the people.

citizens of the new covenant, are called upon to be priests representing all mankind before God—and God before all mankind.

citizens of the new covenant, are called upon to be priests representing all mankind before God—and God before all mankind.

Elwell, W. A., & Beitzel, B. J. (1988). Priests and Levites. In Baker encyclopedia of the Bible (Vol. 2, p. 1764). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.

3. Your life no longer belongs to you. Paul refers to himself as a bondservant-

We can choose to be bondservants…

We can choose to be bondservants…

4. Die to fear- Fear is the lack of reality…

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But as for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share is in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

No Cowards in the Kingdom... 1 john 4:17-19

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

What is holding you back from the life you should be living?

Are you willing to surrender it?