To: A.A. Cunningham
Only those who aren't cognizant of the distinction between the common priesthood of the believer and the Ministerial Priesthood of the ordained....which was anticipated and proactively responded to in the qualifier "Biblical Christians," and in the second sentence: "Apart from our one Great High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-16), we don't so much have priests as we are priests (1 Peter 2:9)."
57 posted on
05/05/2008 3:53:13 AM PDT by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: BibChr
we don't so much have priests as we are priests (1 Peter 2:9). We are priests.
We also have priests, more precisely elders (presbyteroi, from which the English word "priest" comes). It's straight from Paul, who went around picking overseers (episcopoi, bishops) in every town, who then picked elders/presbyteroi to serve under them.
59 posted on
05/05/2008 8:05:41 AM PDT by
Campion
To: BibChr
...which was anticipated and proactively responded to in the qualifier "Biblical Christians," and in the second sentence: "Apart from our one Great High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-16), we don't so much have priests as we are priests (1 Peter 2:9)." Yes!
What Peter said!
Thanks for posting.
74 posted on
05/05/2008 10:51:51 AM PDT by
fanfan
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