What a blessing, what a priv'lege
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Mar. 26, 2008Hymnal.NetStanza 4 of Hymns, #848 says concerning the priesthood, "Through the church's degradation, / Saints this office desolate; / Through the weakness of their spirits / Preaching doth predominate." The priestly office is desolated through the church's degradation. In today's Christian churches we can hear much preaching, but when people are asked to pray, many are as silent as a tomb. When preaching predominates, it means that there is the ministry of the prophets, but there are no priests or kings. There is the gift, but there is no life. I say again, we were born to be priests and kings. The priesthood and the kingship are a matter of our new birth. If we want to have the gift of prophecy, we may desire it, but that is not something of our birthright.
Source: Functioning in Life as Gifts Given to the Body of Christ, chapter 8. (LSM)
Mar. 26, 2008Hymnal.NetThe following hymn helps us to realize that for the building of the church, there is a great need today for such a priesthood, for such a group of people who know God in this way.
Source: The Living that Fulfills God's Eternal Purpose, chapter 8. (LSM)
