Matthew 6:33, that promise is powerful, but it comes with a condition, first, seek the Kingdom of God. The problem is that many people want the promise, they want peace without surrender, provision without obedience, freedom without discipline and when those things don’t happen, they blame God, the church or their circumstances without ever questioning whether God truly holds first place in their lives. When God isn’t first, faith becomes fragile, we may believe in God, but we don’t rely on him, we pray, but we still carry anxiety, we read scripture, but we don’t let it change how we make decisions and as a result, life feels like a constant uphill battle. This is why so many believers struggle to overcome sin, lust and temptation, it’s not because God hasn’t given enough power, it’s because we haven’t fully surrendered to his Lordship, we want God’s help without God’s authority.
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I'm sorry you have these problems.
Is this a cry for help? All I can do is pray for you.
Adam and Eve forfeited their calling as the Royal Priesthood, but God promised that one of their descendants would be an even better priest, who will defeat evil and intervene on their behalf to restore the blessings of Eden. This descendant would be a Royal Priest like Melchizedek, that Abraham met in Jerusalem, and also like Moses and the priestly figure he saw on Mount Sinai. This descendant will also be like David and the Priest King that David called “my Lord” in Psalm 110, and all of these figures lead us to Jesus, the ultimate Royal Priest who suffered and died for a failed humanity, so that we could be restored to our original calling as Royal Priests. About a month after the resurrection of Jesus, his disciples see him ascend into the skies. This was the fulfillment of Israel’s hopes and of the story of Jesus, he was exalted into the heavenly temple of God’s presence and installed there as the cosmic Royal Priest.
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Now, Jesus also told his followers to wait for God’s presence to come and guide them into the future. So during Pentecost, a festival in Jerusalem, God’s Spirit comes down on them, like they’re each mini temples who are filled with God’s presence. Mini temples? Just like God took up residence in the tabernacle and later the temple, now God dwells among the followers of Jesus and their bodies are the temple. The apostle Peter, who was there that day, later put it this way, you all are living stones, built up as a spiritual house…you all are a Royal Priesthood, 1 Peter 2:5,9. So they are all together, God’s temple and they’re also the priests, reclaiming that lost calling that God gave humanity to represent him and to rule the world on his behalf.
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