Bible Questions Answered:
“...christians priests?...”
Roxanne/ Limousin, France
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Yes, believers are priests of God!
Exodus 19:4-6 KJV
4 Ye have seen
what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings,
and brought you unto Myself.
5 Now
therefore, if ye will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant,
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me above all people: for
all the earth is Mine:
6 And ye shall
be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Isaiah 61:6 KJV
But ye shall be
named the Priests of The Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of
our God..."
It was the duty of Priests, to offer up pure sacrifices , praise,
love and faithfulness to The Lord.
As The Lord's Priests, we are to pray for one another and, especially the lost,
and be in worship and praise to our precious Savior.
This is the calling of every Christian!
I Samuel 15:22
KJV
And Samuel
said, Hath The Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of The Lord? Behold, to obey is
better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Psalm 4:5 KJV
Offer the
sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in The Lord.
Psalm 27:6 KJV
And now shall
mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore
will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I
will sing praises unto
The Lord.
Psalm 40:6-8 KJV (Messianic Psalm, and true of all God's
priests.)
6 Sacrifice and
offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt
offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I,
Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of Me,
8 I delight to
do thy will, O My God: yea, thy law is within My heart.
Psalm 51:16,17
KJV
16 For thou
desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in
burnt offering.
17 The
sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 54:6 KJV
I will freely
sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
Psalm 69:30,31
KJV
30 I will
praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with
thanksgiving.
31 This also
shall please The Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns
and hoofs.
Psalm 107:22 KJV
And let them
sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with
rejoicing.
Psalm 116:17 KJV
I will offer to
thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of
The Lord.
Psalm 141:2 KJV
Let my prayer
be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands
as the evening sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3
NLT
The Lord is
more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer Him
sacrifices.
Isaiah
1:11-13,18,19 KJV
11 To what
purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith The Lord:
I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts;
and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he
goats.
12 When ye come
to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread My
courts?
13 Bring no
more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto Me; the new moons
and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is
iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
18 Come now,
and let us reason together, saith The Lord: though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be
willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Hosea 6:6 NLT
I want you to
show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know Me more than I
want burnt offerings.
Micah 6:6-8 NLT
6 What can we
bring to The Lord? Should we bring Him burnt offerings? Should we bow
before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves?
7 Should we
offer Him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins?
8 No, O people,
The Lord has told you what is good, and this is what He requires of
you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your
God.
Matthew 7:21 KJV
Not every one
that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 9:13 NLT
Then He added,
“Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to
show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not
those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are
sinners.”
Matthew 12:7 NLT
But you would
not have condemned My innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of
this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices
John 14:21 KJV
He that hath My
commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that
loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will
manifest Myself to him.
Hebrews 10:4-10 KJV (A Messianic Psalm-but holds truths for
Christians to!)
4 For it is not
possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore
when He cometh into the world, He saith, Sacrifice and offering thou
wouldest not, but
a body
hast thou prepared Me: (Our body is the temple of The Holy spirit.)
6 In burnt
offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I,
Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do
thy will, O God.
8 Above when He
said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin
thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered
by the law;
9 Then said He,
Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first,
that He may establish the second.
10 By the which
will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all.
Dear Christian, how are you doing in your Priestly duties?
I Peter 2:4,5
KJV
4 To whom
coming, as unto A Living Stone (The Lord Jesus), disallowed indeed of
men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 Ye also, as
lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:5,6
KJV
5 And from
Jesus Christ, who is The Faithful Witness, and The First Begotten Of
The Dead, and The Prince Of The Kings Of The Earth. Unto Him that
loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
6 And hath
made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 20:6
KJV
Blessed and
holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the
second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and
of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
