1 Peter
2:1-5 (NIV) Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy,
envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual
milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have
tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As
you come to him, the living Stone — rejected by men but chosen by God and
precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a
spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
NOTE: I am a living
stone. I'm part of a spiritual
building. I am a priest in the new
covenant. A priest is a mediator between
God and man. In the new covenant, all
believers are part of the priesthood. We
have access to our Father because of Jesus' death. We are mediators because we represent God to
the world around us. They do not have
access to God because they do not have faith.
We can tell them about God. We
can appeal to God for them. We can them
how to have a relationship with God.
Paul calls us ambassadors for Christ.
As priests and ambassadors, many who carry the name of Christ, do a poor
job of representing him. At times, it
would seem that God would be better off without many of his priests and
ambassadors. Father, forgive me for my
failures to represent you to those around me.
Empower me to live in a manner that pleases you and rightly represents
you to those around me who so desperately need you.
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