Important Information About Preparing The Royal Priesthood

By Steven Smith


Probably, so much might not have been given on the kind of training the partaker of a Royal Priesthood should undergo. This is especially so if a person desires to serve God successfully as a priest. However, preparing the Royal priesthood, therefore, becomes an important undertaking. This can be done by going through training sessions which help a person to understand, as well as fulfill fully the demand of this role.

It is necessary to understand the basic design of the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom is made up of two major parts including the Royal Priestly hood and the saved assembly of people. The chief priest of the priestly hood is Jesus Christ and the saved assembly is the multitudes that God shall rescue and will join the righteous.

It is necessary to also understand that a Christian Church is a Royal Priesthood and is withdrawn from the world in order to bless and govern the multitude of saved beings. Every believer in the present times has an appointing of a royal priest. The appointment is the working of grace and hence not dependent on spiritual aptitude. In as much as all believers whether male or female, old or young constitute the Royal-Priesthood, it never implies that priests are equal but that their privileges to undertake priestly duties are equal.

Being priests in belief, we need to embody ourselves to God. Our transgressions never have to be presented to the clergy and instead be confessed directly and privately unto God. Priests, have to bravely present themselves before Him and deliver their appeals. Unlike the Israel priestly-hood, which was by virtue of physical birth, the priesthood made of believers is by virtue of salvation.

It is upon every believer to grow spiritually by understanding and implementing biblical doctrines. This is because the spiritual life is usually an unseen affair between a person and God and works towards your priestly hood. Until the spiritual life is developed wholly by diligently studying and applying the biblical doctrines, a person is not able to accomplish his responsibility as a priest.

One feature of a priestly function is worship. Commonly misinterpreted as a kind of emotionalism, an ideal worship aims at satisfying Biblical doctrines. Worship could be executed by ritual activities for instance Communion services or by non-ritual activities like singing songs. Whichever form worship takes, it has to always be in honor to God and correct doctrinally. Reading and applying the Word of God forms the key kind of worship. Thanksgiving prayers and giving offerings are other priestly roles.

The main purpose of a spiritual being of believer-priests is establishing associations with God. These associations remain invisible and private. Only a believer is able to characterize the nature of his or her association.

It is extremely crucial that every believer learns, comprehends and executes a true life spiritually. Without a correct comprehension of Biblical spiritual life, the priestly-believer may live a life while executing a form of asceticism and legalism that only result in unhappiness and spiritual weakness. A true priest-hood is invisible. It is beyond just being good in deeds and fulfilling the Ten Commandments.




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