SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 01/21/2005
My Worship Time Focus: Believers are part of the kingdom and are
priests
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Rev 1:6
Message of the verse: 6 and He has made
us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the
dominion forever and ever. Amen.
(NAS95)
6 He has made us his Kingdom and
his priests who serve before God his Father. Give to him everlasting glory! He
rules forever and ever! Amen! (NLT)
Each
and every believer is a priest before God and is a king, and this is made
possible because of God’s love for us in sending His Son to purge our sins on
the cross. 1Peter 2:1-10 gives more
details about believers being kings and priests before God, and verse nine give
details of this: “9 But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” The word translated royal has the meaning of
being a king, and thus believers are kings before God.
The
OT priests had to come from a single family of Israel, who were related to
Aaron, but when Christ was crucified the wall between the holy place and the
Holy of Holies was torn apart so that all true believers can come directly into
the presence of God, and thus all believers are priests before God.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There is much responsibility in being a king
and a priest before God, and one of them is to intercede to God on behalf of
other believers, and also unbelievers.
As a king and a priest before God, I am to represent God to other. I guess you could say that I am an ambassador
of the kingdom of
God
The Word of God has been very
challenging to my heart as I read it this morning.
My Steps of Faith Today:
Trust in the Lord to give me the power and the knowledge to represent
Him to others he leads into my life.
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