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To: Bellflower
Ministerial Priesthood - 1 Timothy 4, Hebrews 5, Hebrews 7, Acts 14

Common Priesthood - 1 Peter 2

For your much needed edification:

A Priest Forever

The Mother of Priests, the Ministerial Priesthood and the Common Priesthood of the Baptized

83 posted on 11/03/2005 10:18:46 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham
1Timothy 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Paul is talking to Timothy about Bishops, Deacons (which are to be married by the way) and ministering. He tells Timothy that if he put his people in remembrance of important things that he will have a good report as a minister. He is not talking about Timothy being a Priest in any special sense.

Hebrews is talking about Jesus Christ as our high priest not any other person. It is showing forth the utter completeness of Christ as high priest and His sacrifice as all sufficient. How do you possibly get anything out of these chapters to support the idea that a Catholic "Priest" is sanctioned by The Word of God to hold the office of priest? There is not any dispute that there are to be ministers in the church of God but these ministers are not specialized as priests.

Act 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

They told them to turn directly from their vanities unto the living God not that they need them as their priest to mediate for them by any means.

Act 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Is this where you get the idea of Priests over the church? These were elders not priests. The sacrifice of Christ and the shedding of His blood for the remission of our sins once for all shows for Christ as our High Priest. He is enough. We have only one mediator between us and God and that is Christ who is both God and man. Jesus Christ is in heaven and sits next to the Heavenly Father. He will one day bodily return again. He does not return over and over to thousands of Churches daily as a small round wafer.

Please be more clear about what you are referring to in Scripture to support your view, what verses and how do you interpret them?

84 posted on 11/04/2005 1:15:39 AM PST by Bellflower (A new day is Coming!)
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