ROYAL PRIESTHOOD: SALVATION
(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. Salvation
a) Salvation is a free gift already bought and paid for, free to anyone who will accept it. Though it is offered to everyone not everyone will accept it, and the Lord has known before the earth was created who will and who will not accept His precious gift. Their choice has become their destiny and God has planned their life accordingly. This is why we must be guided by the Holy Spirit in intercession, the Lord knows who is destined to receive Him and who will reject Him. There is a time when being led by the Holy Spirit we are not to forgive a persons sins.
(Jeremiah 7:16 NKJV)
“Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
b) When Jesus healed the sick, and cast out demons from people, He also forgave their sins without the people even asking for forgiveness. He would sometimes tell them that their sins were forgiven, and sometimes He would tell them to go and sin no more. For a person to be healed or have a demon cast out they must not have sin or else Satan would still have the right to afflict them. As believers we have this same authority to cast out demons and heal the sick in Jesus name, when we do the persons sins are forgiven them at that time.
(James 5:14-15 NKJV)
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. {15} And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
c) Many of the New Testament epistles begin or end with a salutation similar to this; grace, mercy, and peace, be unto you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. When we pray for God’s grace upon someone we are asking God to forgive their sins, the word mercy here means compassion and also carries the meaning forgiveness.
(1 John 5:14-16 NIV)
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. {15} And if we know that he hears us–whatever we ask–we know that we have what we asked of him. {16} If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.
d) As the compassion of God, (which is the presence of the Holy Spirit), begins to flow through you toward an unsaved person we have the duty as priest to proclaim liberty to the person bound by sin, as we are led by the Holy Spirit. If the person is not yet available or receptive to receiving the Gospel then it is our duty, being led by the Holy Spirit, to intercede for that person at the throne of grace even to the point of claiming their sins forgiven by the blood that Jesus shed. There sins being forgiven now Satan no longer has a right to blind that person against the knowledge of God and the message of the gospel. Intercession is speaking for God to man, and for man to God, but always as we are being led by the Holy Spirit only.
e) Every day we make decisions on forgiving people of their sins or retaining their sins against them, often by our mind without being led by the Holy Spirit. Any situation or person that causes us to be offended or angry in the least causes us to make a decision of forgiving or retaining their sins against them. On the road a driver pulls out in front of our car, immediately we are offended and angry. Do we forgive the other driver and pray for them, or do we curse them by our words of condemnation, retaining their sins against them? Since all things happen for our good could it be that God had that driver pull out in front of us so that we could pray for that person. A spirit led person knows that God is in control, everything happens for a reason.
(1 Thessalonians 5:15-19 NKJV)
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. {16} Rejoice always, {17} pray without ceasing, {18} in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. {19} Do not quench the Spirit.
f) Immediately when we allow anger or offenses to control our reactions we have quenched the Spirit. Watching the nightly news can cause us to make decisions to forgive or retain several people’s sins. Maybe a politician that represents you is caught in a scandal that causes you to be offended and angry. Do you forgive and pray for him, or do you retains his sins so that you can gripe about him tomorrow at work?
(Proverbs 18:21 NKJV)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
g) In the Old Testament the priest would sprinkle the blood of a bull or goat on the altar and God would forgive the sins of a whole nation.
(Leviticus 16:15-17 NKJV)
“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. {16} “So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. {17} “There shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.
h) In the New Testament how much greater is the blood of Jesus which is given once for the sins of the whole world.
(Hebrews 9:13-14 NKJV)
For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, {14} how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
The End ...
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. Salvation
a) Salvation is a free gift already bought and paid for, free to anyone who will accept it. Though it is offered to everyone not everyone will accept it, and the Lord has known before the earth was created who will and who will not accept His precious gift. Their choice has become their destiny and God has planned their life accordingly. This is why we must be guided by the Holy Spirit in intercession, the Lord knows who is destined to receive Him and who will reject Him. There is a time when being led by the Holy Spirit we are not to forgive a persons sins.
(Jeremiah 7:16 NKJV)
“Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
b) When Jesus healed the sick, and cast out demons from people, He also forgave their sins without the people even asking for forgiveness. He would sometimes tell them that their sins were forgiven, and sometimes He would tell them to go and sin no more. For a person to be healed or have a demon cast out they must not have sin or else Satan would still have the right to afflict them. As believers we have this same authority to cast out demons and heal the sick in Jesus name, when we do the persons sins are forgiven them at that time.
(James 5:14-15 NKJV)
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. {15} And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
c) Many of the New Testament epistles begin or end with a salutation similar to this; grace, mercy, and peace, be unto you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. When we pray for God’s grace upon someone we are asking God to forgive their sins, the word mercy here means compassion and also carries the meaning forgiveness.
(1 John 5:14-16 NIV)
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. {15} And if we know that he hears us–whatever we ask–we know that we have what we asked of him. {16} If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.
d) As the compassion of God, (which is the presence of the Holy Spirit), begins to flow through you toward an unsaved person we have the duty as priest to proclaim liberty to the person bound by sin, as we are led by the Holy Spirit. If the person is not yet available or receptive to receiving the Gospel then it is our duty, being led by the Holy Spirit, to intercede for that person at the throne of grace even to the point of claiming their sins forgiven by the blood that Jesus shed. There sins being forgiven now Satan no longer has a right to blind that person against the knowledge of God and the message of the gospel. Intercession is speaking for God to man, and for man to God, but always as we are being led by the Holy Spirit only.
e) Every day we make decisions on forgiving people of their sins or retaining their sins against them, often by our mind without being led by the Holy Spirit. Any situation or person that causes us to be offended or angry in the least causes us to make a decision of forgiving or retaining their sins against them. On the road a driver pulls out in front of our car, immediately we are offended and angry. Do we forgive the other driver and pray for them, or do we curse them by our words of condemnation, retaining their sins against them? Since all things happen for our good could it be that God had that driver pull out in front of us so that we could pray for that person. A spirit led person knows that God is in control, everything happens for a reason.
(1 Thessalonians 5:15-19 NKJV)
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. {16} Rejoice always, {17} pray without ceasing, {18} in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. {19} Do not quench the Spirit.
f) Immediately when we allow anger or offenses to control our reactions we have quenched the Spirit. Watching the nightly news can cause us to make decisions to forgive or retain several people’s sins. Maybe a politician that represents you is caught in a scandal that causes you to be offended and angry. Do you forgive and pray for him, or do you retains his sins so that you can gripe about him tomorrow at work?
(Proverbs 18:21 NKJV)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
g) In the Old Testament the priest would sprinkle the blood of a bull or goat on the altar and God would forgive the sins of a whole nation.
(Leviticus 16:15-17 NKJV)
“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. {16} “So he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, for all their sins; and so he shall do for the tabernacle of meeting which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. {17} “There shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.
h) In the New Testament how much greater is the blood of Jesus which is given once for the sins of the whole world.
(Hebrews 9:13-14 NKJV)
For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, {14} how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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