Our Sacred Roots: The Priesthood of All Believers

K ingdomtide : R emembering the S aints , E xalting the K ing

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Affirmation for the Day Reformation Day: May the Church ever and always be reforming ( semper reformanda ) to align with your will. Pray without Ceasing – Flash Prayer for the Day Thank you, Father, for the truth in Jesus of Nazareth, the truth that sets the believing heart free!

For Your Weekly Journey

Weekly Reflection on the Priesthood of All Believers As the Lord’s honored guest and servant, the priest is both the model and the provision for Israel’s royal priesthood. The term priest chiefly designates one who has to do with the word of God. T. F. Torrance brings out the significance of this connection, writing, “All that the priest does, all liturgical action, answers to the Word given to the priest who bears that Word and mediates it to man, and only in relation to that primary function does he have the other functions of oblation and sacrifice.” The priest’s ministry of the word pertains primarily to his instructing of the people in God’s law. However, even the offering of sacrifices is a testimony to God’s saving will and an obedient response to the word that initiated the sacrifices, so that every ministry the priest does is somehow a ministry of God’s covenantal word.

~ Uche Anizor and Hank Voss, Representing Christ. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016. p. 33.

Let God Arise! Seasonal Focus The Everlasting Dominion to Come , Daniel 7.1-18

Book Reading Anizor and Voss, Representing Christ