1 Chronicles 6 gives us the descendants of Levi and their alloted dwelling places including the cities of refuge. These men, were a people unto themselves. They were called specific to be separate from the rest of God's people to serve Him in His temple. They were, one could say a holy nation, yet they lived within a larger nation.
As those first Levitical priests were called and set aside to serve God, we too have been set aside to serve God.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9 NIV)
We have been called. We have been chosen as a royal priesthood, a holy nation, to serve not just God in the heavens, whom we cannot see, but to serve all whom we can see, in this world, in the various nations of this world. We are members of a nation within a nation. We live in various nations, yet we are not of this world. We belong to the kingdom of God.
But, always we must remember this call, this separation is from God. We love and serve Him because He loves us. Yet, we are holy, not because of the works that we might do, but because of the work that Jesus did for us. We are holy because of the blood of Christ shed on that cross. We are not members of this royal priesthood, a holy nation because of anything we or our fathers did. It does not matter who our father's are or were. It is not their blood-line that makes us worthy to be members of this royal priesthood, holy nation. It is the blood of Christ shed for you.
We are a royal priesthood, a royal nation. We live and serve in this world, but we are not of this world...
God's Peace - Judy
As those first Levitical priests were called and set aside to serve God, we too have been set aside to serve God.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9 NIV)
We have been called. We have been chosen as a royal priesthood, a holy nation, to serve not just God in the heavens, whom we cannot see, but to serve all whom we can see, in this world, in the various nations of this world. We are members of a nation within a nation. We live in various nations, yet we are not of this world. We belong to the kingdom of God.
But, always we must remember this call, this separation is from God. We love and serve Him because He loves us. Yet, we are holy, not because of the works that we might do, but because of the work that Jesus did for us. We are holy because of the blood of Christ shed on that cross. We are not members of this royal priesthood, a holy nation because of anything we or our fathers did. It does not matter who our father's are or were. It is not their blood-line that makes us worthy to be members of this royal priesthood, holy nation. It is the blood of Christ shed for you.
We are a royal priesthood, a royal nation. We live and serve in this world, but we are not of this world...
God's Peace - Judy
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