The Priesthood of the Flesh Knowing the present confusion that exists in the church about the Christian priesthood we should pause here and talk a bit about how Christians are trying to minister to God through observance of Moses and the traditions of man and the private interpretation of scripture, and how this produces a false priesthood, the priesthood of the flesh. Why do we call it the priesthood of the flesh? Because it focuses faith on the issues of the flesh. When we say “the flesh” we are basically talking about the carnal man. Have you noticed that whenever there are promises made to the flesh for its security, the carnal man pays attention, and it seems as if believers go into an immediate hypnotic state and gobble up the teaching? There are many voices in the church that each year repackage and rehash old promises under new faces: promises such as the breaking of generational and poverty curses, doors and seasons of God’s favor opening to you, achieving financial prosperity, living the abundant life, canceling your debt, designing your life, changing your world, changing your circumstances, living God’s best, and the pathway to success. The carnal mind reaches for these things. When the Bible talks about spiritual warfare, the Lord is bringing to our attention that there is a war taking place in the mind and Satan started it. Satan wants you to place your confidence in the doctrines that promise peace and security for the flesh. His aim is to occupy your mind with uncertainty, fear, and doubt. God gave you the Christian priesthood as a tool to fight the battle that goes on in the mind. If you don’t want to be ruled by depression, worry, anger, doubt, condemnation, and confusion, you absolutely need to know about the power of the Christian priesthood. The point we are making here in this lesson is that we have to work at untangling faith from the carnal man and the carnal mind. We do that by functioning in the Christian priesthood. Now that you are a Christian, Satan will work doubly hard to bring you back under his shadow. He wants to perpetuate the abuse and the traffic in your head may seem to increase. Satan will do everything in his power to keep you dependent on him. So, it is important to get to the point of discerning his tactics quickly and becoming strong in your training with the grace of God. The carnal man lives by the testimony of death that Satan seeks to perpetuate in him, but the spiritual man lives by the testimony of God and the perpetuation of God’s light and kingdom in Him. Open the following link for knowledge of the new and better covenant Christian Priesthood. s8wministries.org/course.php?id=11
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:49:27 +0000
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