Fellowship Philosophy

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Intro: Priestly Robes

1 Peter 2:9–10 NIV
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Four descriptions

Chosen People

Psalm 105:5 NIV
5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
Ps. 104:43
Psalm 105:43 NIV
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
Ps. 103:43

Royal Priesthood

Holy Nation

Exodus 19:6 NIV
6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

God’s Special Possession

Malachi 3:17 NIV
17 “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
God’s Special Possession

Priests

1 Peter 2:9–10 NIV
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Why Pastors?

Ephesians 4:20–21 NIV
20 That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
Ephesians 4:11–13 NIV
11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
Picture of Boxing Coach in the corner of the ring

Implications of Priesthood of the Believer

Decentralized rather than Centralize
Function over Form
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