What You Need To Know About Preparing The Royal Priesthood

By Steven Smith


It could be that little thought is accorded to the education that the Royal Priesthood partakers need to undergo. This is mainly if individuals wish to effectively undertake the role of a governing priest to God. As a result, Preparing the Royal Priesthood remains one important undertaking. This is primarily by going through sessions of training that make it possible for individuals to fully discharge the responsibilities of the role.

Understanding the fundamental outline of the Heavenly Kingdom of God is simple. The Heavenly Kingdom consists of two main parts, the saved multitude of people and the Royal Priesthood. The latter has Jesus Christ as the chief priest with the former being the multitude that God shall save to join the world of the righteous.

However, it is important to know that the Christian church forms a Royal Priesthood. It is, however, removed from the world so as to govern and bless the mass of the saved beings. In the present times, every believer is a royal priest. The appointment comes by grace and not through spiritual aptitude. For all believer, male or female, young or old, they all constitute the Royal Priesthood. This does not imply that all priests are equal but their privileges to perform priestly duties are the same.

As priests through belief, we embody ourselves unto God. We never have to make known our transgressions unto the clergy but confess them privately and directly to God. As priests, we ought to boldly come before Him and present our appeals by ourselves. As opposed to the priestly hood in Israel that was on the basis of physical birth, a priesthood of believers is founded on salvation or new birth.

It remains the duty of every believer to spiritually increase by considering and putting into use the doctrines of the Bible. The spiritual life is one invisible business with God and is geared towards the priestly-hood. Until the full development of the spiritual life via diligence in the study and use of Biblical precepts, a believer may never meet their priestly-hood calling and responsibility.

One characteristic of the function of a priest is worship. This is often misinterpreted as an emotionalism, but an ideal worship seeks to satisfy the Biblical doctrines. Worship can be done by ritual activities such as communion services or through non-ritual activity such as singing songs. Irrespective of the form of worship taken, it should always be in honor of God and the correct doctrine. Also, reading and implementing word of God is key in worship. Giving offerings and thanksgiving prayers are also 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, therefore, important for each believer to learn, comprehend, and execute the true spiritual life. Without that, a believer lives a life executing forms of legalism and asceticism which result to spiritual weakness and unhappiness. However, the actual priestly hood is not visible and goes beyond doing good acts and observing the Ten Commandments.




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