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Intro
In Ephesians 3: 18 God tells us that He wants each of us to fully comprehend the scope of our salvation.
To understand just how “being saved” has transformed us, blessed us and equipped us.
He says:
Within that huge scope of blessings lies one of the most important biblical truths for the Christian.
A truth so vital, that thousands of believers throught history have been killed to stop this truth getting out.
Lets begin by asking a few questions:
1: How many of you are older than 50?
2: How many of you are Christians?
3: How many of you are Apostels?
4: How many of you are Priests?
Right There!
The fact not all of you did not raise your hand is all the evidence that you need to see how hard Satan, to this day, is trying to keep this truth hidden - even from the church itself.
Here is what the bible says about each of us as Christians:
Each Christan is also a priest.
Under the old covenant, God’s people had a priesthood; but in the new covenant, God’s people are a priesthood.
“The priesthood of the believer” is a precious article of the Christian faith, the defense of which has cost many a life.
It means that all believers have the same acceptance before God and enjoy equal access to God through Jesus Christ, the Great High Priest.
“Therefore all Christians are priests,” said Martin Luther, “and accursed be the statement that a priest is something different from a Christian.”
His point is simply that all believers are priests, and no Christian should allow any other Christian to come between him and his Lord.
All Christians are invited to come boldly into God’s presence to worship him and present their needs.
Jesus Christ today is our High Priest in heaven, and there he represents us and intercedes for us before the Father.
As amazing as this is, we have only scratched the surface of this blessing.
Because God says, not only are we a priesthood, but we are a Royal Priesthood.
Thats why scripture says again:
Each and every Chriostian is a Christian, a King and a Priest unto God almighty.
Not knowing this, not believing this, not living this is like having the world best 4x4 off road vehical and just driving slowly down the lane.
There is all this incredible potential, but its never being used.
What does it mean that YOU are both a king and a priest unto God?
Lets start with the Priesthood
In the OT the Piests were only allowed from the tribe of Levi.
They were chosen by God to to the mediator between a Holy God and a sinful people.
The people could not go straight to God because of their sin, so they took their troubles to the priests, and then the priests went before God on their behalf.
At the same time, God could not go straight to the sinful people as his glory would simply analiate them all, o God went to the priests, and then the priests relayed the message to the people.
A single word can define the OT Priest that made him different from everyone else.
ACCESS
The Priest, by virtue simply of his calling, had access to God.
To call on him, to request of him, to offer unto him, to commune with him.
But when Jesus came, He usherout out the Old Covenenat and brought in the New Covenenat.
And this radically changed everything.
The Levitical priesthood ended and a nerw kind of priesthood was introduced.
This new priesthood was not Levitical order, but Melchisedec order.
And Arron, the hight priest of the levitical was replaced with Jesus Christ:
When Jesus made the final and ultimate sin sacrifice by dying for us on the cross, that sacrifice was so sufficient, so perfect that:
That veil was the access point.
Behind the veil was what the priest had access to.
But since the veil has been torn, each of us have the same access.
look cearfull at:
What we have?
ACCESS.
Not just ACCESS - Equal ACCESS to the Father as Jesus Christ.
Let me put this as plainly as possible:
Each and every born again Christian is a priest who has equall access to the Father as both eachother AND Jesus Christ.
Royal
As amazing as this is, its not the end.
For we are not only a priesthood but scripture tells us we are a Royal Priesthood.
This alone is a miracle.
Priests in the OT were only from those born of Levi
Only Levi’s could be priests.
And according to Scripture:
Only those of Juda could be kings:
This way no priest could ever be king and no king could ever be priest.
But under the new covenant we are BOTH KINGS and PRIETS in the service of God.
Our priesthood grants us ACCESS, but what does our Royalty grant us?
Well what is the OT kings have?
Well look here
The King has key.
That why Jesus hold the greatest of all keys because Jesus is the King of Kings.
Jesus hold the key
But what is the key of king david?
The answer is in:
A king has the authority to open and to shut.
This is exacally what Jesus said we have authority to do in His name:
Priests have ACCESS
Kings have AUTHORITY.
what authority do we therefore have as kings?
What is it we can loose and what it is we can bind?
Loose:
We have authority to speak the truth, preach the gospel, exhort the church and rebuke sinners.
Bind:
We have authority to bind Satanic attempts in our lives.
Conclusion:
Access and Authority.
Access by the blood of Jesus for each us to eneter into the holy of holies to come before the almighty with our praise, prayers and petitions.
Authority by the ressurection of Jesus to speak the word in season and out of season, to resist the Devil and deny him access into our lives and families.
Are you living as a royal priest or just a regular person?
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