1 Pet. 2:9 / Exodus 19:6 – you are a “royal priesthood.” Hebrew – you shall be to me a “kingdom of priests.” 1 Pet. 2:9 / Isaiah 43:21 – God’s own people…who called you out of darkness. Heb. – which I formed myself. These are different actions. 1 Pet. 2:22...
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. New Living Translation Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ...
granted the dignity of a royal priesthood. As God's elect, believers have been given new birth into a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 1:3,23). As living stones who trust in the living foundation stone, Jesus Christ, they are built into a new spiritual temple....
having been BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, Jesus Christ Himself being the CHIEF CORNERSTONE,in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, n whom you also are being built together...
1 Peter 2:9; Rev. 20:6 – we are a royal family of priests by virtue of baptism. We as priests intercede on behalf of each other. 2 Peter 1:4 – since God is the eternal family and we are His children, we are partakers of His divine nature as a united family. ...
by God's direction, take twelve rods, write each man his name upon his rod, and lay them up in the tabernacle before the Lord, whereupon Aaron's rod "budded, and brought forth buds, and blossomed blossoms, and yielded almonds;" a symbol that God would make the priesthood to flourish ...
Perhaps you are a highly educated Ph.D. scientist with an understanding of the details of the biology of life. What would satisfy you that God exists and He originated all life and knows more than you do? What if He explained how He created the universe and life and gave you formulas ...
Stones of habitation. “As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ...
This is a place of study with content intended to equip and encourage you as a believer in Christ to see the relevance of the Old Testament in modern life. Studies are organized into at least seven lessons. Based upon Paul’s teachings, these studies adopt both a historical and simultaneous...
In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees; And in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage]; And if he does not, he cannot obtain it. ...