As priests consecrated to God we must be absolute for God, so we take Christ as our daily burnt offering – He is our absoluteness. Also, we need to take the strong Christ for our consecration, listening to His word, doing what is required by Him, and walking according to His way in serving Him. […]
We Maintain the Oneness of the Spirit by Loving and Bearing one Another in the Church
To maintain the oneness of the Spirit in the church life, we need to live a life in love, consider one another, and cooperate with the Lord to care in love for the saints who may be in sin, so that they may be recovered and restored. As priests to God and as part of […]
Experience and Minister Christ as the Sin-Dealing Life to others for our Priesthood
For our consecration for the priesthood we need to enjoy Christ as the sin offering and minister Him as the sin-dealing life to the saints, thus bearing the iniquity of God’s people. Part of the consecration of the priests was that there was a bull offered as a sin offering, which signifies the richer and […]
Being Adorned with the Expression of Christ as our Priestly Garments in our Living
Part of the consecration of the priests in Lev. 8 was their being clothed with priestly garments, which show that our outward expression should be Christ’s divine attributes expressed in human virtues. As believers in Christ, we are priests to God, and this is a high honor and calling. It is something solemn and serious, […]
We’re Washed and Anointed by the Spirit for our Consecration for the Priesthood
It is very enlightening to see in Lev. 8 the details of the consecration for the priesthood for Aaron and his sons, and to realise that these details are actually a type of what happens with us as we consecrate to the Lord to be priests. We are a holy nation, a royal priesthood, a […]