MacLaren Expositions Of Holy Scripture And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. NumbersSERVICE A GIFT Numbers 18:7. All Christians are priests-to offer sacrifices, alms, especially prayers; to make God known to men. I. Our priesthood is a gift of God’s love. We are apt to think of our duties as burdensome. They are an honour and a mark of God’s grace. 1. They are His gift- {a} The power to do. All capacities and possessions from Him. {b} The wish to do. ‘Worketh in you to will.’ {c} The right to do, through Christ. 2. They are a blessing. {a} Note the good effects on ourselves-the increase of fellowship with Him, the strengthening of all holy desires. {b} The future benefits. Apply this to prayer and to effort on behalf of our fellow-men. II. Our priesthood is to be done as a service-under a sense of obligation to a master, with diligence {an [Greek: ergon], not a [Greek: parergon]}. III. Our priesthood is to be done as a gift to God-to be done joyfully, giving ourselves back to Him: ‘Yield yourselves unto God’-’your reasonable service.’ Then only do we really possess ourselves, and ‘all things are ours, for we are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.’ Expositions Of Holy Scripture, Alexander MacLaren Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission. Bible Hub |
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