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right in. Manifesting the kingdom of God, priesthood,
and we're going to continue. So I'll just do
a bit of recap and then we'll just continue.
In Exodus chapter 19, Exodus chapter 19, from
verse 3 to 6, we see the plan of God or the original
plan of God or the desire of God consigning the
children of Israel and the kind of priesthood
that he wants them to have. to have right and
he says in from verse 3 he said that moses went
up to the lord and the lord called called to
him from the mountain and said those you shall
say to the house of jacob and tell the children
of israel and tell the the children of israel
you have seen what i've what i did to the egyptian
and how i bore you on eagle wings and brought
you to myself now therefore if you will indeed
obey my voice and keep my covenant then you shall
be a special treasure to me above all people
from all the earth for for all the earth is mine
and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and
a holy nation these are the words which you shall
speak to the children of israel so we saw that
this is the original plan of God consigning his
children that there will be a nation of priests
there will be a nation of priests the kingdom
of priests a special people to him people that
he desires people that are special to him a country
of priesthood this is what he is God has ordained
and this is what God intended to have with the
children of Israel but if you see in Numbers
chapter 18 that he then went to Aaron and his
children and his brethren, which are the Levites.
So we were trying to find out why that went to
them. Was it that the children of Israel did
not follow the things that God wanted them to
follow? Why did it go to them? Praise the Lord.
And we see in Exodus chapter 20, we see that
God was speaking to the children of Israel as
they have come to the mountain. 18 to 19 says
and the people witnessed the thunderings and
the lighting flashes and the sound of the trumpets
and the mountain spoken when the people saw it
they trembled and stood afar off and they said
to Moses you speak with us we will hear but let
not God speak with us lest we die praise the
Lord so this is the confession of what the children
of Israel desired or what they wanted because
they were afraid and they were trembling and
all those things but this is not the intention
of God the intention of God was that he has fellowship
with them that he's not just speaking to Moses
that he's not just speaking to somebody else
before them but we saw that he they did not accept
the proposal of God for fellowship they did not
accept the proposal of God to have fellowship
with him to come and hear him that no longer
should somebody else speak to them consigning
the things of God. So God wanted to have fellowship
with them, but they rejected this proposal or
they didn't want this proposal. Or we can call
this wanting Moses to speak to them rather than
God, an act of unbelief because they have not
believed or they don't believe in what God has
intended for them or the proposal of God. so
there was an unbelief there in their side and
so this unbelief i mentioned on sunday was what
brought about a was brought about the moving
of the priesthood from the children of israel's
entirety to moses who is a levi and the aaron
and his brethren but with correction and also
looking more into the world it wasn't just that
it wasn't that the children of israel they said
the levi accepted this invitation praise the
lord so it wasn't that the children of levi affected
this invitation that's why it was given to them
the whole of israel rejected this the whole of
israel reject rejected the proposal of god so
the giving of the priesthood The Levite was not
as a result of their belief. It was not as a
result of their belief because of what God has
said. Right. It was allotted to them. Praise
the Lord. So they refused the proposal of God.
Like I said, we can call that unbelief. Even
the Levite did not believe. They didn't want
to have that fellowship. Right. So it was the
unbelief that made it was the same. And we can
also see a pattern afterwards. is because of
unbelief, because if the Levite has believed,
I think that Aaron would have had a different
opinion when the children of God asked him to
make a golden calf, right? So we see that in
Exodus chapter 32, from verse 1 to 6. So Moses
has come from the mountain, Moses has gone to
the mountain, the instructions has been given,
he is receiving instruction concerning the different
things that the children of Israel... would have
to abide by the treatment of servants right the
the personal requirements that god wants from
them the responsibility and how the people should
function as a nation he was receiving the laws
and the rules and the regulation of oppression
on how the children of israel should operate
so but then moses was taking too long and so
they told aaron to make a calf for them we see
that in exodus chapter 20 32. So we also see
clearly here a clear sign of unbelief. Again,
from the children of Israel, concerning the things
that God is doing in their midst and concerning
the proposal and the things that God intends
to do with them. So we see that a little bit
of delay forced them to begin to seek for another
God. Maybe somebody else brought them out of
Egypt. They say that they should make a God for
them, right? They don't know what has become
of Moses. And then Eros said to them, break off
the golden earrings which are in your ears. ears
of your wife your sons and your daughters and
bring them to me so all the people broke up the
golden earrings which were in their ears and
brought them to aaron and he received the gold
from their hands and he fashioned it with an
engraving tool and made a mold calf and they
said and then and then they said this is your
god o israel that brought you out of the land
of Egypt. So Aaron saw it and he built an altar
before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and
said, tomorrow is a feast of the Lord. Then they
arose on the next day, offered burnt offerings
and brought these offerings. And the people sat
down and ate and drank and rose up to pray. Praise
the Lord. So when the people as well spoke to
the priest, or supposedly the people who should
lead them, we see also instead of instead of
saying no this is not the the priest should know
the the instruction of god right he went on to
agree or to listen to what the people were saying
praise the lord so that i brought that up to
point towards that it wasn't just that the the
levite accepted this priesthood as a result of
belief it wasn't because there were people that
were separate from the israelite or the attitude
were separate because that was i love her to
them that was given to them by god and by moses
praise the lord so we saw that aaron as well
displayed a sign of unbelief in the things that
god was doing praise the lord so after so the
priesthood was given to them as as as an instruction
was given we can see in numbers chapter 18 read
numbers chapter 18. Numbers chapter 18. Then
the Lord said to Aaron, you and your sons and
your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity
related to the sanctuary and your sons with you
shall bear the iniquity associated with your
priesthood. Also bring with you your brethren
of the tribe of Levi or the tribe of your father
that they may join with you and serve you while
you and your sons are with you before the tabernacle
of witness. They shall attend to your needs and
all the needs of the tabernacle, but they shall
not come near the articles of the centuries and
the altar lest they die. Then they and you also,
they and you also, they shall be joined with
you and attend the needs of the tabernacle of
meeting for all the works of the tabernacle.
But an outsider shall not come near it. You shall
attend to the duties of the sanctuaries and the
duties of the altar, that there may be no more
rot on the children of Israel. Behold, I myself
have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among
the children of Israel. They are gifts to you
and given to the Lord. Do not to do the work
of the tabernacle of meeting. Therefore, you
and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood
for everything at the altar behind the veil,
and you shall serve, and I will give your priesthood
to you as a gift for service. But the outsider
who come near shall be put to death. Praise the
Lord. So we see that this was given to them.
Praise the Lord. So it wasn't that, okay, they
believed what? what God intended for them or
what God intended for the nation. It was given
to the children of, it was given to Aaron and
the children of Levi, praise the Lord, and the
tribe of Levi. So, so God, so we saw also this
from on Sunday, we also saw the example or the
sample of what the kingdom priesthood looked
like in the life of Melchizedek right the king
a king who is a priest right that is able to
bless and he's also to he's able to execute right
so that is the intention of God and so today
we're going to try to see some because there
were kings also in the scriptures that offered
sacrifice they were not from the tribe of Levi
neither were they associated with Iran and then
there were some that they offered sacrifice and
they did so many things around the altars and
the tabernacle and nothing happened to them but
then there were some who did that and there was
declaration of punishment to them praise the
lord so why were why was that the why is there
differences between these two set of people whether
kings or people who mistakenly came near either
the ark of the covenant than dying because that
was not their responsibility to carry praise
the lord so let's go to first chronicles first
chronicles so we're going to look at what made
david different from souls offspring so the offering
that david gave or offered to the lord what made
it different from the offering that saul in first
sabbath offered to the lord praise the lord So,
in 1 Chronicles chapter 11, right? In 1 Chronicles
chapter 11, this is after the death of Saul.
After the death of Saul and the Philistines have
looted and scattered the whole people. So, we
saw here from verse 1 to 3, it said, Then all
Israel came together at David, at Hebron, saying,
Indeed, we are your bone and your flesh. Also,
in time past, when even when saul was king you
were one who led israel out and brought them
in the lord your god said to you you shall be
you shall shepherd my people israel and be ruler
over my people therefore all the elders of israel
came to the king at hebron and david and made
a covenant with them at hebron before the lord
and they anointed David, king over Israel, according
to the words of the Lord by Samuel. Praise the
Lord. So this David, who is a king, after the
death of Saul, so they anointed him king over
Israel. So from chapter 11, after Naoti, chapter
13, it was discussing about the mighty men of
David, the people of war, the strong men that
he went out with. From verse 14, it talks about
how he defeated the Philistines. So this was
how he defeated the Philistines. So 11 to 13
talks about his mighty men, the men of battle
and all of those. And then 14 talks about how
he defeated the Philistines, which were the enemies
of Israel. And then in verse 15, we see something
that after David has built, so we're trying to
see some of the attributes. Whether David had
this priesthood or he has this priesthood calling
to him. So in verse 15 now, from verse 1 to 4,
we see that David built houses for himself in
the city of David. He prepared a place for the
ark of the Lord and pinched a tent for it. So
we see here that David... He built the house
and he was thinking about the ark of the Lord.
So he was thinking about putting the ark of the
Lord somewhere. So he built a tent for the house
of the Lord. And then verse 2 says, So David
said, No one may carry the ark of the Lord but
the Levite, for the Lord has chosen them to carry
the ark of the Lord and to minister before. before
him forever. So David says this because he understands
the law consigning who carries the act of the
covenant. So he knows the law of the temple.
He understands the precepts of the temple and
what should be done. Praise the Lord. So we see
a king here understanding what happens in the
house of the Lord. Praise the Lord. And verse
3, David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem
to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place,
which he had prepared. So David assembled the
children of Aaron and the Levite. Praise the
Lord. So we see here again that David gathers
the children of Israel, not just knowing who
should be in charge of what, regarding the work
of the Lord, or regarding the house of the Lord.
He also gathered the people because he knows
that. This is not just an ordinary location.
It wasn't a location of just carrying the Ark
of the Covenant and just bringing it to the place.
He knows that there has to be reverence. This
has to be something powerful and great. And so
the people need to come out. They need to come
out and experience this thing that is happening.
They need to come out and experience what is
happening. So the activity of the Lord is not
something that or the things that happen around.
the house of the lord it's not something that
just one man does but the nation has to come
out and celebrate it and see what is going on
praise the lord so he assembled the children
of aaron and the levite because he knows that
they are supposed to be carrying the ark of the
covenant giving the sacrifices so he knows the
law on what the children of israel to do and
some of these on who should carry it also he
knew that also from experience because somebody
tried to touch the the I can die, right? So he
knows what the children should do and he was
giving them instructions in the things they should
do. So we see in verse 12, from verse 12 now,
from verse 12, and he said to them, right? So
he was talking to the priests of the Levite,
right? And he said to them, you are heads of
your father's house of the Levite. Sanctify yourself,
you and your brethren. that you may bring up
the ark of the Lord, God of Israel, to its place,
to the place I have prepared for it. For because
you did not do it at the first time, the Lord
our God broke out against us, because we did
not consult him about the proper order. So the
priest and the Levites sanctified themselves
to bring up the ark. of the Lord God of Israel.
And the children of the Levites bore the ark
of the Lord on their shoulders by poles, as Moses
had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites
to appoint their brethren to be singers accompanied
by instruments of music, string instruments,
harps. So we see here that David understands
what the people, He was giving instruction. He
gave them instruction on what they should do.
So he knows that the priest does not just go
into carrying the ark or doing the things of
the Lord without sanctification. They don't just
walk into that place. So he knows what they should
do and he was giving them instruction. So in
many senses, we can see here that it seems like
he's playing the role of Moses or what Moses
was doing with the children of Israel. Because
he was giving them instruction regarding the
things they should do. Praise the Lord. He appointed
leaders. He told them to sanctify themselves.
He knows what they should do. So he was more
like acting or suggesting to us that he's acting
the way Moses would act. Praise the Lord. To
know what Israel should do. Who should do what.
So he gives instruction, consigning administration
to the Lord. Praise the Lord. So in verse 25
now. So David, the elders of Israel and the captains
over thousands went up to bring up the Ark of
the Covenant from the house of Obed -Edom with
joy. And it was so when God blessed the Levite
who bore, sorry, when God helped the Levite who
bore the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, that
he offered seven bulls and seven rams. Divided.
Divided. Sorry, David was clothed with a robe
of linen, of fine linen, as were all the Levites
who bore the Ark of the Covenant and the singers.
And the charahana, the music masters with the
singers. David also wore a linen apron. So all
Israel brought up the Ark of the Covenant of
the Lord with shouting, with sounds of horns,
with the trumpet, making music with string instruments.
So we see here that he gathered the people from
where we saw initially, right? We saw here that
they had cymbals, that they have music instruments.
they have string instruments they have harps
right so they came up to worship god to to to
carry this thing the way traditionally they would
do it praise the lord so in many senses david
led the precision of the priest like as though
he was one of them because he was wearing a linen
a fine a fine linen clothes he was wearing a
linen what Moses has given instructions that
a priest or the children of Levi should wear,
right? In ministering to the Lord. So we see
him here clothed like this, like one of them.
So he was clothed like a priest. Praise the Lord.
So he led the procession of the priest who carried
the Ark of the Covenant, wearing the robe of
fine linen, right? Linen ephron, clothes of the
priest. And so in chapter 16, we also see that.
Chapter 16, we see that. Chapter 16, verse 1.
So, they brought the ark of the Lord and set
it in the midst of the tabernacle that David
had erected for them. And they offered burnt
offerings and peace offering before the Lord.
And when David had finished offering the burnt
offering and the peace offering, he blessed the
people in the name of the Lord. praise the lord
then he distributed to every one of israel both
male and female to everyone a loaf of bread and
a piece of meat and a cake of raisin so david
offered bond offering right and this offering
certainly involves the the levites so he offered
this thing and he was also he's in a group of
levites he was not just doing it alone They did
it, right? In verse one, he tells us. He said,
they offered burnt offering and peace offering
before the Lord. And then verse two tells us
that then when David had finished offering the
burnt offering and the peace offering, he blessed
the people. So he did this amidst the, he did
this amidst the Levites, right? Amidst the Levite
priests. And then verse two says that, says that,
then David went, David had finished offering
the belt offering and the peace offering. He
blessed the people in the name of the Lord. This
indicates that he had a lead role in what was
happening. So amidst what the Levites were doing,
he had a leading role in it. Praise the Lord.
Because he said that he offered. So David blessed
the people. In the name of the Lord. We see that
in verse 2. And this is not an unmistakable action.
It's not something that we can miss. He blessed
the people. So who are the people that usually
bless people? So in Numbers chapter 6. In Numbers
chapter 6. Numbers chapter 6. Verse 24. Numbers
chapter 6. Verse 24. 24 says, okay, let's start
from 22. 22 said, the Lord spoke to Moses saying,
speak to Aaron and his son saying, this is the
way you should bless the children of Israel.
Say to them, the Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face to shine upon you and
be gracious to you. The Lord lift up his countenance
upon you and give you peace. So they shall put
my name on the children of Israel and I will
bless them. Praise the Lord. So we see that at
the end of what David, after he has offered the
sacrifice, he blessed the people. Right? And
we said that it's not something that is just
by mistake or it's not a mistake that he blessed
the people. This was an instruction that was
given to God that the priest should do. which
Aaron and his sons should do. So God granted
Aaron and his son the role of blessing the people.
And we see here that David was doing the same
thing. We saw that this is what David was doing
as well. Because this role was just given to
the priest. But then David was also displaying
the same thing. So the blessings, and again,
the blessing came from the altar. This was after
the... the of the peace offering and this is
after the burnt offering and the peace offering
was given so he blessed the people so and usually
when these when the when the priest blesses the
people they bless them from the altar because
they have come and they have sacrificed so they
bless them from the altar and so we see also
david here blessing them from the altar which
the priest as well as their practice do so it
was the priest place to mediate blessings So
we see here again David blessing the people after
he has offered God's offerings. And then verse
3 tells us that then he distributed to everyone
of Israel, both male and female, to everyone
a loaf of bread and a piece of meat and a cake
of raisin. So David shared a meal with the people
of Israel. So we learn from Moses that only the
priest could eat the sacrifice, which Israel
as nation, sorry, only the priest could eat the
sacrifice. But when Israel as a nation offers
sacrifices during the various feasts, whether
the feast of Passover, various feasts, they function
as a kingdom of priests when they do all of that.
they function as a kingdom of priests thus eating
and distribution of bread meat and cake of reason
suggests that David suggests a priestly action
by David praise the Lord so we see here again
that suggesting that David was also acting in
that regards as a priest and then lastly from
this place in verse 17 now we see 1 Chronicles
17. We see here again that it says, Now it came
to pass, when David was dwelling in his house,
that David said to Nathan the prophet, See now,
I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the
covenant of the Lord is under a tent, the curtains.
Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in
your heart, for God is with you. So we see here
again that David cared about the house of the
Lord. So it wasn't just that he was a king. He
cared about the house of the Lord. He gave instructions
regarding what a priest should do. He gave instruction
in regards to how they should perform what they
need to perform. He was there with them performing
the things they would perform. Praise the Lord.
So what then we now see, when we look at Saul
now, we now see that Saul totally did something
that was quite opposite to what David was doing.
Praise the Lord. So we're just going to look
at Saul briefly. So we see in Saul, 1 Samuel
chapter 13. 1 Samuel chapter 13, verse 7. And
some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to
the land of Gad. and Gilead. As for Saul, he
was still in Gilead. He was still in Gilgah,
and all the people followed him trembling. Then
he waited seven days, according to the time set
by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgah,
and the people were scattered from him. So Saul
said, bring me a bond offering and a peace offering
here to me. And he offered a bond offering. Now
it happened as soon as he had finished presenting
the bond offering that Samuel came and Saul went
out to meet him that he might greet him. Praise
the Lord. So Samuel gave an instruction that
he should wait for him. He gave him an instruction
that he should wait for him. in Gilgah but then
the people he was concerned about you know the
people were afraid so many things were happening
he needed to show that he's a king right so he
went and offered sacrifice that he shouldn't
be offering right and he said the time has passed
because obviously they were waiting for for Samuel
to come and offer the sacrifice so that they
will bless them just like we saw in in our previous
studies that when the people went out for war
and they are afraid when the priest comes to
them right he comes and he blesses them he tells
them not to be afraid right he we see that in
Deuteronomy chapter 24 verse 4 to 1 to 1 to 4
that he the priest speaks the promises of God
to his people he's strengthening the people right
he reminds the people of the presence of God
with them as they go to battle so he's not a
priest to come and do that Saul was more concerned
about, oh, these people are scattering, so many
things are happening, let me just offer and then
we can go. Praise the Lord. In essence, disobeying
the instruction of God. And then we see in verse
11, and Samuel said, what have you done? Saul
said, when I saw that the people were scattered
from me and that you did not come within the
appointed time, that the Philistines gathered
together at Mithmash. Then I said, the Philistines
will now come down on me at Gilgah, and I have
not made supplication to the Lord. Therefore,
I felt compelled and I offered bonds of faith.
Praise the Lord. And Samuel said to him, you
have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandments
of your God. which he has commanded you. For
now, the Lord will have established your kingdom
over Israel forever. But now your kingdom shall
not continue. The Lord has sought for himself
a man after his own hands. The Lord has commanded
him to be commander over his people because you
have not kept what the Lord has commanded you.
Praise the Lord. So in essence, he was telling
him that the instruction to wait is from the
Lord and you have not followed him. Praise the
Lord. so the two scenarios of David and what
David was doing and Saul was doing were completely
different there's one who received instruction
to wait for the Lord but then because of the
people and he did not trust God he did not believe
that God was going to help them in the battle
so okay I'm going to do this or maybe it's a
it's like a tradition it's a tradition obviously
but It doesn't matter who does it. Let's just
do it because God will accept that sacrifice.
Not knowing that God is looking for something
much more than just the sacrifice that he was
going to get. It's going to be offered to him.
So he cared about his reputation with the people.
So these two scenarios are different. That's
why we saw one was a blessing and one was pleasing
to God and the other one wasn't pleasing to God.
Praise the Lord. And so, so many examples like
that in the scripture where we see a priest,
a king who practices priesthood or an individual
who practices priesthood. And one is a blessing
in the Old Testament. One is a blessing and the
other one is not a blessing. There are many more
examples like that. So we're going to now look
at the... We're now going to now look at the...
The duties of the priest, as we said. So the
duties of the priest is to teach God's covenant
people. Leviticus chapter 10. Leviticus chapter
10, Proverbs 10 to 11. Okay. It said that you
may distinguish between holy and unholy, between
unclean and unclean, that they may teach the
children of Israel all the statutes which the
Lord has spoken to them by the hand. of Moses.
Praise the Lord. So this was being told consigning
the priest, right? And we see that from verse
8. It says, Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying,
Do not drink wine or intoxicate on indiscating
drink. You know your sons with you when you go
into the tabernacle of the meat unless you die.
And there shall be a statue forever throughout
your generation that you may distinguish between
that which is holy and unholy, between unclean
and unclean, right? And they may be able to teach,
right? They might be able to teach. So he's telling
them, don't do this. Do not intoxicate yourself
with wine or be a drunkard, right? Because so
that you're able to distinguish that which is
clean and that which is not clean. Your head
is straight concerning the things you're doing
in the house of the Lord. And again, so that
you are able to give instruction to the children
of Israel. You're able to tell them the statutes
of the Lord. You're able to tell them the things
concerning... the kingdom of God. So the priest's
duty is to teach God's covenant people, is to
teach God's people. Praise the Lord. Is to teach
God's people. We also saw in Malachi 2 verse
7 that he is to speak the word of God. Right?
The priest is to speak the word of God. He's
a messenger of the Lord. He's a messenger of
the Lord. in Numbers chapter 6 Numbers chapter
6 Numbers chapter 6 verse Numbers chapter 6 verse
Numbers chapter 6 verse 22 we also saw that right
so he says to them we read that before right
Moses and then the Lord spoke to Moses saying
speak to Aaron and his son saying this is the
way you shall bless the children of Israel and
say to them, the Lord bless you and the Lord
keep you. The Lord makes his face shine upon
you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up
his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Praise the Lord. So we see here that the priest
is to communicate the blessing of God to the
people. He is to communicate the blessing of
God to his people. And then in Leviticus chapter,
from chapter one to chapter seven, we see also
that he is to apply the blood of sacrifice to
the altar right the sacrifice that people bring
that is to apply that blood to the altar so and
we said that the failure of the children of israel
in regards to the purposes of god did not stop
god he did not stop the plan of god he did not
stop the plan of god the plan of god was not
he stopped because of how they have decided or
whatever they have decided to do praise the lord
he didn't stop it because the plan of god prospered
in jesus right the kingdom of priesthood was
restored in jesus the kingdom of priesthood was
restored in jesus revelation chapter 5 the relations
of the five from this the relations of the five
from his mind he says he said when he had taken
the school and the four living creatures and
his four elders fell down before the lamb each
one having a harp and a golden bowl full of incense
which was a prayer of the saint it's nine i said
and they sang the song saying you are worthy
to take the scroll and to open its seals. For
you were slain and have redeemed us to God by
your blood out of every tribe and tongue and
people and nation and have made us kings and
priests to our God. And we shall reign on the
earth. Praise the Lord. So the original plan
of God prospered. in Jesus. The original plan
of God prospered in Jesus because of what he
has done on the cross for us. He has made us
a kingdom of priests, of kings and priests. So
he has brought back the original intention of
God. Every child of God has this calling upon
their life. And then 1 Peter that we famously
know also tells us that We are a choosing generation
and a royal priesthood. We are a choosing generation
and a royal priesthood. God has called us who
we are not people, and now we are people of God.
Praise the Lord. 1 Peter 2, verse 4. He said,
coming to him as a living stone, rejected by
men, but chosen by God and precious. He said,
you also, a living stone, are built of a spiritual
house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifice acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
And then verse 9 to 10 now tells us that while
you were a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, his own special people, you should
proclaim the praises of he who has called you
out of darkness. Into his marvelous light. Who
were once not a people, but now are the people
of God. Who had not obtained mercy, but now have
obtained mercy. Praise the Lord. So the initial
plan and the original plan of God for a kingdom
of priesthood was restored in Jesus. So we are
able to have this. kingdom priesthood. We're
able to exercise this kingdom priesthood for
those that believe in what Christ has done on
the cross. Praise the Lord. We're able to exercise
it. We're able to demonstrate. We're able to
bring about the rule of God on the earth. Praise
the Lord. So in every child of God has received
this holy calling. A people that can serve God
and a people that manifest the power. of god
that is what the address is some of the things
that we have received that we can serve god and
we can also manifest the power of god a people
that can teach the world just as we saw in the
priests people that teach the world people that
bless these people that declare god's blessings
for lives and people and nations praise the lord
people that reminds people of of of the promises
of god strengthens the weak and bear one another's
burdens bring deliverance to those in need and
preach the gospel to the lost so we're able to
serve and we're able to execute the judgment
or the power of god on the earth because of what
christ has restored to us a kingdom of priests
to our god praise the lord and he says that we
shall reign on the earth so he says that part
of the duties of a priest is that they teach
The covenant people of God. Praise the Lord.
So the priest teaches the covenant people of
God. So we teach one another. We teach one another.
We teach one another. These are the duties of
priests. Colossians. Colossians. Colossians chapter
3 verse 6. It says. Sorry, 3 verse 16. Colossians
3 verse 16. It says, Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace, singing with grace
in your heart to the Lord. Praise the Lord. we
see here that he tells us that he said let the
word of the lord dwell richly in you so the priest
is somebody who who who should allow or who the
word of the lord dwells richly in them right
so they they they receive the word they are eager
to learn the word they study the word they listen
to the word they hear the word so let it dwell
richly in you that you may be able to teach So
the world is a blessing to you, but it's also
that you are able to teach, that you're able
to instruct, right? That you're able to instruct
one another and admonish one another. That you're
able to warn, that you're able to exalt one another.
Praise the Lord. And he says that in doing that
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Praise
the Lord. So when the world dwells in you richly,
It means that psalms will come and that hymns
will come and spiritual songs will come. And
he's saying, singing with grace in your heart
to the Lord. Praise the Lord. So the priest is
somebody who keeps the word. So as we are children
of God, as we are people of God who have the
spirit of God in us, it is therefore our effort.
It is also needful for us to... Let the word
of Christ dwell richly. Let it dwell. Praise
the Lord. As we are receiving it, we should want
to receive more. We should go back to hear it
again. We should listen to it. We should not
be people that are just looking for, okay, what
is new? What is new? What are you saying that
is new? We should be people that allow the word
of the Lord to dwell richly in our hearts because
that helps us to teach. Praise the Lord. He blesses
us, but he helps us to teach. Romans chapter...
15 verse 14. Romans 15 verse 14. Verse 14 says,
Now I myself am confident concerning you, my
brethren, that you also are full of goodness,
full with all knowledge, able to admonish one
another. Praise the Lord. We're able to teach.
We're able to encourage. we're able to exalt
one another so we are filled with the knowledge
of we are filled with the knowledge of god so
that we can be blessed but at the same time we
are able to teach one another we're able to teach
our fellow believer we're able to teach one another
we're able to teach our families and friends
second timothy second timothy chapter two 2 Timothy
chapter 2 verse 2 says, And these things you
have heard, and the things that you have heard
from me, among many witnesses, commit these things
to faithful men who are able to teach others
also. Praise the Lord. The word we have received
is also to be able to teach others, to be able
to teach one another. Praise the Lord. We teach
one another. We admonish one another. We teach
one another. Praise the Lord. Just as it is in
Deuteronomy. Just as we see in Deuteronomy that
they are supposed to be taught. Their children
that are growing are supposed to learn from what
God has done. Deuteronomy chapter 6, verse 6
to 9. It says, These words I have commanded you
today shall be in your hearts. and you shall
teach them diligently to your children, and they
shall talk with them when you sit in your house,
when you walk by the way, when you lie down,
when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign
on your hand, and there shall be a front light
between your eyes. Praise the Lord. And then
he said, you shall write them. on the doorpost
of your house and on your gates. So in essence,
saying that the word that you have received,
right, you should teach them diligently to your
children or the people that are around you. And
then he also says that a priest is somebody who
speaks, he tells us that they offer, they apply
the blood of sacrifice to the altar, right? So
a priest is somebody who... speaks, or who preaches
the word of salvation to men. They preach the
word of salvation to men. Acts chapter 8. Acts
chapter 1. Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1, verse
8. Acts chapter 1, verse 8. It says that, it
says, But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you. You shall be witnesses
to me in Jerusalem and in Judea and in Samaria
and to all the ends of the earth. And then chapter
10, verse 42, tells us that, And he commanded
us to preach to the people, to testify that it
is he who was ordained by God to be judge of
the living and the dead. To him all the prophet
witnessed that. that through his name, whoever
believes in him will receive the remission of
sin. Praise the Lord. So the Holy Spirit in us,
the Spirit of God in us, enables us to tell men
of the Christ. Praise the Lord. So a priest is
somebody who preaches the word to the lost. The
Holy Spirit in you enables you, gives you the
strength to preach to the lost, right? It gives
us the strength to preach about the Christ. And
then in Colossians, Chapter 4 tells us that he
prays that the door will be opened. The door
of the world will be opened. Praise the Lord.
We see that as well. And then 2 Timothy tells
us that he desired that all men be saved. 2 Timothy
chapter Colossians. Colossians chapter 4. Verse
3 to 4 says that. Meanwhile pray for us that
God will open for us a door. for the word to
speak the mystery of christ for which for which
i'm also in chain that i mean that i may make
it manifest as i ought to speak praise the lord
so we see here paul praying that a door be opened
for him for the word that he speaks it right
and then second first timothy first timothy chapter
two verse four He tells us that who desire all
men to be saved and come to the knowledge of
the truth. Praise the Lord. So God desire that
all men be saved and come to the knowledge of
the truth. We also see in 1 Peter. We also see
in 1 Peter chapter 3. 1 Peter chapter 3. 1 Peter
chapter 3 verse 15. He tells us about... Sanctify
the Lord in your heart and always be ready to
give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason
for the hope that is in you with meekness and
fear. Praise the Lord. That is to defend the
gospel. So the priest as well encourages, encourages
the people. He gives the people strength. Praise
the Lord. Hebrews chapter 11. Hebrews chapter
11. Hebrews chapter 11. Hebrews chapter 11, verse
24. Hebrews chapter 11, verse 24. He said, I
think I have the wrong scripture. Let's read
Romans, Romans chapter 1. Romans chapter 1. Romans
chapter 1, from verse 11 to 12. He said, For
I long to see you, that I may impact in you some
spiritual gift, so that you may be established.
That is, that I may be encouraged together with
you by the mutual faith, both of you and of me.
Praise the Lord. So that he may be encouraged
by visiting them, that when he comes to visit
them, that they will be encouraged, him too would
be encouraged. Praise the Lord. So that a priest
is one that encourages, we encourage one another.
We help to stay up love in one another. And then
1 Thessalonians 11 tells us, Therefore comfort
one another and defy one another, just as you
are also doing. Praise the Lord. The priest is
one that encourages one another. So to look for
ways to encourage one another, to share love
from the inside of us. So when we come together
as children of God, when we come together as
people of God, we come together to be blessed
by one another. We come together and we teach
one another. Praise the Lord. We come together
and we teach one another. There are a lot of...
There are a lot of... gathering that we might
just gather and then we're just talking about
something else which are very important for our
relationship but as children of God we need we
need time that we come together to encourage
one another praise the Lord and we see all these
things in these scriptures because God knows
that we need encouragement and the coming together
of each and every one of us we mean encouraging
for one another that we come and we stay up love
We come and we stay up low and we encourage one
another. That when we come together, somebody
is going through something or going through a
difficult time, that they will find encouragement
by speaking to us. Praise the Lord. They will
find encouragement by speaking to us. They will
find encouragement by speaking to us. The lack
of receiving encouragement from one another is
why a lot of maybe somebody will suggest to you,
you need to go and do therapy. which is very
good. But if we were encouraging each other,
there will be less cases where you will need
to go and do that. Praise the Lord. Because when
we gather, we need to be discussing on how to,
or we need to find ways to stay up love and to
stay up good works in each other. Praise the
Lord. To help us in the times of need, to help
us in the times where we are going through difficulties.
And also that we are going through issues should
also mean that we should also learn to share.
We should also learn to share with one another.
You see, these are the things that I'm going
through because the Bible tells us to bear one
another's burden. So in sharing, your burden
will be bared with somebody else. They will pray
for you. They will help you. And then all those
burdens will be lifted. Praise the Lord. We appreciate
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