ROYAL PRIESTHOOD: EXAMPLES (2)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Royal Priesthood
1 Peter 2:9-10 NKJV
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; {10} who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
2. Examples in the Bible
a) You always have the right to intercede for your family because you have compassion for them.
(1 Corinthians 7:14 NKJV)
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
b) Your family is your first ministry priority as a priest of the Lord. The compassion you have for them is from the Holy Spirit leading you to make intercession for them.
c) The Lord also had Job intercede for his friends.
(Job 42:7-10 NKJV)
And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. {8} “Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.” {9} So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job. {10} And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
d) It is interesting that after Job interceded for his friends that this is when God restored Job and blessed him with more than before. Intercession is giving, and it always comes with blessings. The greatest blessing of intercession is the presence of God flowing through you in the form of compassion. Intercession and prayer is a gift anyone can give and it is probably the best gift that you can give for someone.
e) Intercession can be the difference between victory and defeat for the one you are interceding for, and it must be continued until the victory is accomplished.
(Exodus 17:11-13 NKJV)
And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. {12} But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. {13} So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
f) God does not need intercession to bring people to Him but He has chosen this method to bring people into the Kingdom, and so that we His Kingdom of priest could become more like Jesus.
(Isaiah 59:16 NKJV)
The End ...
1 Peter 2:9-10 NKJV
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; {10} who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
2. Examples in the Bible
a) You always have the right to intercede for your family because you have compassion for them.
(1 Corinthians 7:14 NKJV)
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
b) Your family is your first ministry priority as a priest of the Lord. The compassion you have for them is from the Holy Spirit leading you to make intercession for them.
c) The Lord also had Job intercede for his friends.
(Job 42:7-10 NKJV)
And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. {8} “Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.” {9} So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job. {10} And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
d) It is interesting that after Job interceded for his friends that this is when God restored Job and blessed him with more than before. Intercession is giving, and it always comes with blessings. The greatest blessing of intercession is the presence of God flowing through you in the form of compassion. Intercession and prayer is a gift anyone can give and it is probably the best gift that you can give for someone.
e) Intercession can be the difference between victory and defeat for the one you are interceding for, and it must be continued until the victory is accomplished.
(Exodus 17:11-13 NKJV)
And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. {12} But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. {13} So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
f) God does not need intercession to bring people to Him but He has chosen this method to bring people into the Kingdom, and so that we His Kingdom of priest could become more like Jesus.
(Isaiah 59:16 NKJV)
He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no
intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His
own righteousness, it sustained Him.
g) Christ is the ultimate
intercessor. As part of His body it is the destiny of every believer to
be conformed to His image.
h) Intercession is big part of spiritual
maturity.
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