The Cleansing, Healing Power of the Blood by Sandra Kennedy

Author:Sandra Kennedy [G. Kennedy, Dr. Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

CHAPTER 7

ME? A PRIEST?

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:17-18).

Glory to God! In the spirit realm, all things become new at the moment of our new birth in the Spirit realm. That is tough to grasp. I remember when I first heard that. I used to look at my life and think, It doesn’t seem new to me. I did not act new. As a matter of fact, not one thing appeared new to me, but actually looked worse because I did not have an understanding of spiritual things. It is our spirit that is new. It is our spirit that now responds to God. Praise Him! Our spirit, the real self, is no longer controlled by the devil. We have a new Master, a new King who is good and full of mercy.

Read Second Corinthians 5:18 again. God says we are ministers. We are to minister reconciliation to the world that does not yet know Him. We’re to tell them, “God is not angry at you! He loves you. He wants to bless you and wants you in His household. He wants to indwell you, so He can be the Friend who sticks closer to you than a brother!” That is good news.

We are appointed, anointed, chosen by God Himself to be ministers of reconciliation. That is who we are. You and I have that ministry—every believer is a minister in the eyes of God—not just those standing behind the pulpit. We are all priests in His eyes. Let’s look at a few more Scriptures that establish that truth:

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Peter 2:1-5).

We are a holy priesthood. When Jesus came, He not only fulfilled that, but He fulfilled that for us. He put in order a New Covenant that is a better spiritual covenant. In verse 5 of First Peter 2, notice what the priesthood is supposed to do. We are to offer up spiritual sacrifices. We can apply the Blood of Jesus to our heart so that our hard heart of unbelief can become soft before Him. What is equally as wonderful is that we, as priests before God, can apply the Blood to our brothers and sisters in the Lord to release Him to delve into their hearts to help them. We can even act as priests and apply the Blood to those who do not know Him.

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