Pastor Jackie McCullough - We are A Royal Priesthood

you can read it it's on the screen or if you have your Bibles I'm reading from the King James Version here begins the reading of God's Word let's do it together but ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood an holy nation a peculiar people that he should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light so father text you made me see that amen so when you read that text you need to insert yourself but I am a chosen generation I am a royal priesthood I am part of a holy nation peculiar people that I should show forth the praises of him who had called me out of darkness into his marvelous light tell you never you have to make this personal well this is going to be a series I'm going to cover the whole night verse and this is just part two from this first Peter the second chapter and the 9/3 the first sermon was we are what a chosen generation and I know that many of you belong to different generational groups you might be traditional she might be maybe baby boomers you may be Generation X Y or Z and we really seek to identify ourselves our accomplishments our social skills our views on politics our views on our self-esteem all of that Julia people say I'm not part of that generation I'm part of this generation and even if you don't know how to articulate it you behave that way this generation is highly take in too high technology and takes pride in it so that's another way that we identify ourselves by where we are in the scheme of things but the church has a different way of identifying us across the board and that's what makes the church so unique doesn't matter what generation category you belong in we are to function not according to those categories but according to what God has called us to be and when we go between the church the world and the church then we have conflicts we don't we find that we don't fit so you need to take on a new identity and I said if you needed to have that identification just email me l'll email me and we I sent it altar so she can hold it up before her I am a generation that belongs to the Lord that's hated by the world amen I am a generation that's loved by the Lord amen when you have those things in your mind then you are able to navigate through this world without any meltdowns amen so what else are we what else are we we are chosen generation but we are also a royal priesthood and that's what I'd like to deal with this morning and of course just to talk to you again about the Epistle by Peter this is the first epistle is the longer of the two epistles we have 1st and 2nd Peter is written very well and it refers to the Old Testament a lot he brings the Old Testament because he's talking to the Christians who are under fire there in the heat of persecution and he's encouraging them that they should endure because Christ suffered for us and we have an example that he overcame he he went through and he came out on the other side and because he overcame you can also overcome so it was written to the downhearted written to those who are discouraged because of trials and disappointment and he wrote to a particular area to the Christians living in Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia the northern part of and the western parts of Asia Minor which is now considered modern Turkey so these people in this area were going through severe what persecution and it is always good to have Ally to have the minister who knows how to encourage you in the time of what persecution and they have to hold on to their hope they have an unshakable why is it unshakable because the hope is in Jesus if it's an anything else is shakable tell your neighborhoods and anything else is shakable unshakable but if your hope is in Jesus you can make it because he rose from the dead victoriously and because he conquered death he conquered sin he conquered the grave he can conquer anything in our lives so we are not what hopeless this morning we have what a Living Hope tell your neighbor a living hope in the midst of trial in the midst of trouble there is what a Living Hope so will chosen generation where we also the first point is a kingdom of priests a kingdom of priests tell your neighbor you are a kingdom part of the kingdom of priests and that's taken right from the scripture okay there were also a royal priest word or what Moses calls a kingdom of priests and you'll find that in Exodus 19 and 6 it says God's Word says and he shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation these are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel so they were called to what to sacrifice to God and to represent him as king of that people he was going to be God God in their King and their father so they were called to sacrifice to their king and to their God but we know that today this printless concept or thought has been taken out of context you hear people saying I'm a king's kid you know and I deserve to have the best and I belong to the king and I'm also kingly or royalty but they use it to describe himself as having extreme special privileges which is usually attached to materialism you understand but here we're going to see exactly what it means to be royalty to be royalty so what is biblical royalty the word Basilio's alloys is means to reign to rule to have authority and so there were to be the children of Israel in the Old Testament should be to him a kingdom of priests they were to be an entire nation who were priests the whole nation of Israel everybody was supposed to meet a priest to offer a priestly worship and service to the Lord but they rejected it they failed they did not want to be that the priest I didn't want to get close to God they didn't want to represent his holiness so that's why they sent Moses as a representative you go up because to go up means to get close to go up means His Holiness would rub off on you whether they were intimidated or they still had Egypt in them but they refused to go and Moses went and then eventually God set up the ironic priesthood so they were to come close to God but God set up a priesthood to do what to come to close to him and to bring the people close to him but here what does it mean here in the New Testament in the New Testament because in that old priesthood they were to stand on behalf of the people they were to bring sacrifices people wrought sacrifices and they interceded interceded they were the ones that brought the people to God and brought God to the people but what does it mean in the New Testament first of all let's look at who is the king who is a king Christ the Messiah was born King Matthew 2 - came preaching the kingdom of God Matthew 1:15 died as a king mark 1532 and will yet be seen as a gift king of kings and Lord of lords first Timothy 6:15 revelations 9:15 he functions as king priests Hebrews 5 6 and 7 1 and revelations 11:15 and abling us opening up the door for us to become heirs of the kingdom which he established based on his sacrificial death on the cross want you to understand that this kingship is attached to what Jesus has accomplished there's nothing in me that I'm bringing that's royal no there's no royalty here it is all based on the king priesthood of Jesus Christ his sacrificial death establishing his kingdom and making me heirs of that Kingdom through my acceptance of him as Lord and king of my life so we reign as believers Romans 5:17 says we shall reign in life it literally doesn't mean that we now can walk around and and and feel like we're superior to everyone else or we're entitled you know I remember one time we went to Jamaica with a group of people and the attitude is we want the best hotel because we're the king's kid now nobody wants to stay in a flea infested or rat infested hotel we all want to live decently we all think we should have nice things but that was not the connotation the hidden spirit is because I'm a Christian I'm entitled to supa dupa dupa dupa dupa special privileges but that's not the attachment I'm entitled because of what he did not anything that I have done there's nothing no entitlement here it's a privilege it's a royal privilege that Jesus has won included me without anything that I have to offer it's a miracle this is what keeps us humble to know that all that we are we have entered a kingdom without any kind of training of how to be a be a part of a kingdom the only thing that brought us in was a shed blood the only thing that brought us in and is bringing us even closer is the grace of God that's what we should brag about I'm a king because of what he did if you leave that phrase out then it becomes arrogance amen and ignorant and because of that we are it we have this abounding grace as Romans by 15 why am i raining I'm raining because of the abounding grace how does that work because I received Jesus as my personal Savior John 1 and 12 but as many as received him he gave them he gave them power I don't have power and authority of my own he gave them power to what become what the sons of God so I'm in this kingdom I'm part of this royal royal Kingdom I'm ears of the Father join ears with the son because of Jesus ladies and gentlemen if you go to many seminars today they take that little piece out and they tell you you can do it you can be anything you want to do the world teaches that life coaching teaches that a new age teaches that and many of us grab it because of flesh the flesh likes that kind of pumping up the flesh likes to know I did it my way is that what I'm being crosby said not being Crosby Frank Sinatra this is not what I did it my way and that's when we feel so good I accomplished this but there's nothing to brag about but by grace are you saved through faith not of works lest any man should what boast and it's not you know this this this thing causes us to be humble but it's a sweet kind of humility people think humility is bad but it's a sweet kind humility to know that I don't even have the ability to conceive what it is to be holy there's nothing in me that will even tell me or describe no paradigm in my mind that can tell me what holiness is the only thing that I can do is because of His Holiness his righteousness I have entered into something that's almost inconceivable in my even my righteousness is what as filthy rags revelations one-in-six and have made us kings and priests unto God and his father to be the glory and Dominion for ever now the great this Old Testament priesthood let's look at it in the temper of the priests were appointed to offer what sacrifices and there were essential part of the arrangement this is how people were able to maintain a relationship with God but now it's not just the high priests or the priests is the whole body of Christians there are part of a priesthood a whole body of presidents each of us individually and collectively a part of what a priesthood and that's what makes it so different from the whole from the Old Testament now the Old Testament had a high priest went into the Holy of Holies once a year we don't have to have that it's a whole different economy tell your neighbors a whole different economy our high priest went in already over 2,000 years ago and he didn't go in on behalf of himself the Old Testament priests had to offer up sacrifices not only for the whole nation but for himself because he also had sinned but this high priests the Bible tells us that Jesus was tempted at all points yet without sin and he once offered up himself and there's no need there's no need to offer up any other sacrifice his sacrifice was full sufficient and complete that's why he said it is what finished now since that high priest set up this new economy this new covenant there's no need for a priest so we're not called priests in that sense of the Old Testament what we are calling ministers in our church's elders pastors evangelists and what we're doing in the sense we are all priests but never to be offering up sacrifices or standing on behalf or sacrifices for expiation that old system has been one discontinued so what does it mean to be part of this king the royal powerful priesthood we're not offering up goats when you don't bring any bullocks in here no Turtledove you don't have to come to me to get to god there's no booth set up for confessional so what does have to do with us there's a different kind of response priesthood suggests sacrifice in that sense it's a continuation the continuation is their sacrifice going on the old rabbis said that when the Messiah comes the sacrificial system will discontinue what prays will continue so they even know what to expect they may never accepted Jesus as Messiah but they understand what would happen when the Messiah would come the old system would pass away and the new system that's why as dr. Torres always tells us that when people go to the Old Testament and pull out things that have been discontinued it really because the greatness of the New Covenant this perfect covenant we don't have to come and celebrate certain feast days the great feast days the resurrection of Jesus Christ remember every time you come to the church on Sunday it's your Sabbath what does remind you of he rose on the third day that's why you don't come depressed you come rejoicing because this is a greater celebration that we serve our risen Savior so in this new testament we are all called priests why because we all have to sacrifice something if it's not a Turtledove if it's not a gold it was not a Bullock it's not chicken legs you know in some cultures they break up chicken legs and put it in sprinkle chicken blood in certain cultures we don't have to do any that why we're to offer up the sacrifice of prayer and praise that's the distinctiveness of our royal priesthood we are called to service a king to render sir this is a kingly service it's not cheap and sloppy it's not empty and ineffective we're offering service just like the priests were called to offer up their lives Aaron was chosen a whole family was chosen from generation to generation to offer up service as intercessors as receiving the offering as bringing the people close to God now we're all priests but not on the Old Testament system the New Testament is what is my area of sacrifice what is this new covenant demand not just to come and plop down in the seat that is to come in here as if somebody is bullying you or that you're upset but to walk in offering of sacrifice of praise and prayer ironic they offered up a literal sacrifice we offer a living sacrifice that's what the priesthood is it's not to walk around talking about a king's kid and I deserve the best is to offer up yourself myself as what a living sacrifice the sacrificial system switched from blood to praise but the blood of Jesus is efficacious it is powerful it worked that's what it means at the kitchen's means it worked it works so well we don't have to work it no more we don't have to work no more blood no more blood anymore but what do we have to work now now that we are all priests part of them of a royal priesthood we are to offer up spiritual sacrifices not bloody offerings the blood of lambs and bullocks those offerings was me of the heart the sacrifices of prayer and praise that's what we ought to offer him a breathing out of our lips breathing forth out of our lips bringing forth out of our lips and a holy life lips and a holy life to worship God Hebrews 13 and 15 it says here by him therefore let us offer what the sacrifice of praise to God what continually remember that to continually there was several different kinds of sacrifices and they that's why the priest could not have a regular job like being a farmer or a vine dresser they had to be totally totally in full-time service it required that kind of diligence of offering up of making sure that the sacrifices were without spot and without blemish it was a tedious kind of work when it takes the same kind of tedium in this new covenant you know is that an option it's not if I feel like it if you're you're inducted into a royal priesthood giving sacrifices to a king in a kingdom that lives forever you understand a kingdom that has dominion over all kingdoms therefore we must come before God a certain way there were several sacrifices you had the peace offerings or friendship offering of the Old Testament and they were designed to produce peace or friendship with God and there were two to preserve it when they offered it they were preserving it holding onto it like a tradition burnt offering sin orphans and trespass offerings were on account of transgression and were designed to work remove transgressions the peace offering were regarded was stood in a relationship of friendship communion and it was a sign of thankfulness acknowledgement of favor received it was also a time of confession and making vows so how is a transfer in our praise and worship we are to acknowledge him and in that kind of atmosphere when you acknowledge him truth comes forth truth about him and truth about ourselves it is impossible to praise and worship God right it's impossible to raise his word praise and worship God in an honorable way and truth doesn't come forth when you open your mouth and really give God the praise from your heart from your lips from your life truth about God you see when you praise him you talk about him it's not just hallelujah thank you Jesus glory to God you you talk about him the way you talked about himself praise and worship is giving God back what he says about himself awareness he said in his word so the worship should be reached with a language the context should be full just not hallelujah thank you Jesus now I'm worthy to receive glory and honor listen to what the Bible says that he is Ancient of Days he is a wellspring from on high he's glorious he's wonderful he's you see when you have that kind of language it doesn't it gives him what he wants he wants to hear that you recognize him as he says things about himself and then truth comes truth comes is in that kind of worship that Isaiah saw himself woe is me worship is designed to force us to confess to also make vows yes Lord sure worship prompts another level of commitment as the sacrifice and it's a sacrifice because you don't feel it always feel like saying hallelujah don't always be like raising your hand too much noise too much clapping you know too much singing similar to sitting down standing up well you could not deal with the tempest in the temple they had no seats they stood throughout the whole service and worship it's only in the synagogue they sat down to be instructed so you really wouldn't even come Church you understand cuz it's sitting out standing up but when you think about that you've been called into a royal priesthood to make a distinctive sacrifice to offer unto God and the privilege of this news covenant or this new type of priesthood is that it's not laborious we don't have to work and cut up animals and shed blood my god the Lord has made it so easy for us God has opened up the way all we have to do is lift up holy hands open our mouths and express our heart to the Lord even if our heart is broken we have the ability is he worship it's not just designed for people who are feeling good or doing good or doing well no no the priesthood is not based on how well you do is based on the fact that Jesus died and that he made a way for us to enter into his presence come boldly to the throne of grace open your mouth wide in spite of your past in spite of your failure it's not it what's going on in your mind and open your lips so praise and worship is not just thinking you meditate at home you contemplate in your meditation but when you enter the gates with Thanksgiving into his courts with praise be thankful unto Him and bless his name cuz you're part of a priesthood come on ladies and gentlemen this is our identity we are chosen we're seeking identity every place else but not in the Word of God I want to look like so-and-so think like so-and-so belong to this group we identify based on that no mere is my identity I'm a chosen generation robust kvass elected before the foundation of the world chosen in spite of myself didn't do anything to be chosen and I'm chosen not just for today when I'm chosen eternally to have a relationship with God and here's another a description of Who I am I'm part of a priesthood and the priesthood is not based on sacrificial system is based on my life being a sacrifice and one of the ways is the fruit of my lips proverbs 18 and 20 says a man's belly should not be satisfied with the food in his mouth with the increase of his lips shall he be filled death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof I've got the ability to speak giving thanks giving banks in the name of the Father praise is a duty it is not an option it's a duty it's not only praising but it's confessing confession in this word in this in this text means acknowledging not only acknowledging him but acknowledging Who I am to him giving him what he needs to hear what he wants see rather so the conclusion is there's a purpose in this priesthood why is this priesthood if it's not to offer up sacrifice if it's not to have a confessional booth if it's not to have just a selective group of people who have special assignment to go before God on behalf of the people and to take the people to God and God to the people isn't it what is whatever what am i doing the purpose is that we are all priests not under the old system under the new system to do one to give him praise and worship and a life Romans 12:1 I beseech you there here's a sacrifice right here here's a sacrifice the sacrifice glory is not coming here with a chicken leg or a rabbit's foot or a lamb don't know and listen to how tedious they had to check every sacrifice looking for for mucus seeing you talk but blood covenant seeing whether this animal is worthy is this animal worthy but the is this though they brought the best of their flock now switch it over to the New Testament I bring the best of myself whatever that is it may not be good to you it may be messed up to you but this is what I have to offer and he never rejects it all I have to do is faithfully cover faithfully come his blood covers everything in my life he's not looking for perfection he's looking for submission submission to Who I am acceptable I beseech you I beg you based on what the mercies of God and I like the word mercies here it means compassion it means pardon for injuries not just one time it's continual pardon listen if I injure you you may never speak to me again if I offend you you may cross me off the list but the mercies of God is fixed you know it's a fixed position do you understand it is not being emptied it is not being diminished it is fixed the same amount of Mercy on Calvary same amount of Mercy right here so that means that even before I commit the offense mercy got it covered do you understand that that's how compassionate the Savior is he set it up so because he knew that somewhere along the lines of sadhana I would drop the ball as much as I say that I love him look at poor Peter who are Peter I never leave you I'll be with you don't just wash my feet wash my whole body always drama just just and Jesus looked at him here's mercy ladies and gentlemen before you do it I've already prayed for you you don't even know you're gonna do it based on what you're saying now you don't even think you're capable of doing it but because I know you will I got you covered tell your neighbor he got your cuppa tea gotcha Covered I beseech your based on that kind of mercy based on that kind of love based on that kind of forgiveness you should you and I should present our bodies it's like bringing the animal to the altar I should bring myself as what a living sacrifice a living sacrifice not a dead lamb not a dead of Bullock I must bring my life living sacrifice means I have life I'm breathing that's good name I know you breathing nobody dead in here bring ourselves wholly without blemish it doesn't mean perfection it means fully it means fully without reservation tell your neighbor without reservation don't you dare drawback this morning I don't care what's going on in your life bring it free bring it free raise your hand lift your voice worship the Lord give him because you have been called to be what a kingdom of priests you understand you're not just Joe Blow walking in here you're part of a royal priesthood chosen to do what bring yourself as a sacrifice to the Lord so you don't withhold yourself don't withhold yourself don't sit there like this I don't care how bad things are going on raise your hand David committed a heinous crime yes he there it was worse than Saul took another man's wife had no business looking at the other man's well could have had any other woman any woman in in in Jerusalem any woman he's a king he was allowed to have a harem but he took the man's wife and then killed the man that's what goes on in churches pray father in the name of truth they didn't go on in here ain't no stealing wife in here no no I don't care if you have the emotional affairs take the emotion to the Lord crush it now cuz the grass always seems greener on the other side but you don't know some a some hay up under that grass I mean it ain't green it's hay I just thought I'd drop that in as a sad but yet David did all of that got the woman pregnant and baby died what did David do clean himself shaved himself put on his clothes sister Beverly we're all at that mess and go where to the house of the Lord and spend time in the presence of the Lord so he doesn't matter what has happened that's a wonderful thing about this new covenant in the old cup that you have to offer another ox another Bullock and you and there's no guarantee that you won't end up doing the same thing again but the new covenant not only covers us but draws us enables us to continue in this new life offer up a living sacrifice one acceptable unto God what does acceptable unto God well pleasing well pleasing the whole man I offer up my agenda my ambition my desires my quirks my idiosyncrasies my perception my feelings and an end that all of that can be just as twisted and crazy but I'm bringing it you don't hide that you can't hide it the Bible says that Jesus is on the throne and the whole world is like a sea of glass so he sees everything he knows everything he said Nathaniel I saw him before you gave I heard what you said there's nothing hidden and he invites us with all of that he invites us to come and bring ourselves wholly not compartmentalised mine flesh body the entire belongs to him we are his property we are a kingdom of priests on him not unto ourselves being talked about I'm a king's kid so I deserve it it's about them there's no humility there when I think about what I'm involved in when I think about who he is when I think about how awesome and worthy he is and the price that he paid there's a certain attitude it brings me into check I'm in the presence of the king and just like being in the army you don't come before a superior talk money or high-five at least not at this juncture I don't know what's going to happen years from now but you do have to do a salute your superior and if you don't you could be quite marshaled but thank God that when we raise our hands we're saluting him when you open our mouths we're recognizing him sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord for this is our one reasonable service what does that reasonable mean based on what he has done it's reasonable it is not too demanding you know he's not being unreasonable all that he did he's just asking for us to surrender and offer a praise of our lips offer up our lives to worship Him freely consistently and truly that cannot be compared to the price this is not unreasonable ladies and gentlemen stop acting like is painful Oh like this is the worst thing in there were all here we go again we're gonna raise our hand you you you you don't understand Ann Ann so show us when he was wounded for my transgressions he was bruised for my immigrant so I'm flat broke but the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with His stripes I'm being healed right now how many times I be healed you didn't even know you were sick come on so it's reasonable he's not asking anything that's unjust or unrighteous he's asking you to just raise your hand worship him with your lips your heart and your life surrender trusts him he paid the price for that now it's acceptable worship and why is it acceptable exact acceptable to God by Jesus or in the Greek means through Jesus through Jesus through the merits of this great sacrifice of the Redeemer our praise and praise are in themselves so imperfect my praises is so imperfect it proceeds from a polluted live oh you don't think your lip is polluted it perceives from an ill-fated heart as Reverend Colley and preached my heart hides from me I didn't know that was up in there as my mother would say you didn't know what was in it to you answer you crush it and she didn't say just that way but I say so you could understand it you don't know what's inside - you're crushed and so look at that big piece of bread here with that in its belly we don't know what's in us until something happens to bring it out so even when I offer a praise is coming from polluted lips and divided heart and struggling will but is based on the finished work of Calvary so God doesn't see the pollution he just sees the blood he doesn't see my inconsistency he sees the diligence of the Redeemer he doesn't see the twisted knees he sees the righteousness of Jesus Christ oh it's through Jesus so when we even when we praise God is because of Jesus Christ so when we open our mouths and bless the Lord you said well I am not worthy sure you're not worthy nobody in here worthy but he is worthy so you have a right to praise him because of his worthiness Hebrews 9 24 for Christ has not entered into the holy place made with hands which are the figures of the true but into heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God for us nor yet that he should offer himself often as a high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others but then he must have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world have you appeared to put away the sin by the sacrifice of himself Hebrews 10 and 19 having therefore brethren boldness to enter did you hear boldness tell your neighbor boldness now walk in here like you know we all know we get a little crack and crazy sometimes walking here more to enter into what the holiness by what by what oh my god enter into what the holiest by the blood by a new and living way which he had consecrated for us through the veil that's why I don't know why you're going behind the veil I don't understand it no no I'm not I'm not criticizing people but I'm saying even in our world out there they say things that really make a defy or that's not the word I'm looking for but but compromise their understanding of the great and powerful access they have with God why am I going behind something that he tore ain't nothing behind the veil he tore the veil so I could get to the Father come on fix it ladies and gentlemen you'd be singing them songs and all behind the veil no no no there's no veil to go behind he tore down the middle wall of petition remember when pastor George preached that message how the Lord ripped it from the top to the bottom that means it could never be mended again and even though they're trying to set up the sacrificial system again the Jews in Jerusalem and they're trying to find the Ark of the Covenant they could never set up this system it's gone but then was he often have suffered I'm sorry but I knew a living way which he had consecrated for us through the veil that is to say his flesh and having a high priest over the house of God here is the admonition that is what draw near with what a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water this is who you are this morning not to walk around talk looking for an identity come on young people talk man I want to be like so-and-so and then we put these pictures on the wall these pinups or not not in the war under facebook under whatever you know there's a certain country in Southeast Asia that would not allow Beyonce and jay-z to come and do their concert because of the way she dresses and the gyrations they say we don't tolerate that we don't want that before our young people and even some of you in here you allow your young people to have certain things before them and then you wonder why they're drawn away look at when you watch certain things you don't feel yourself being drawn and you've grown how much more these young ain't got nothing in them not to draw them and we have to hold this up that there's no middle wall of partition that I can go through to God through Jesus why because I my lips and my praise the feeble when we learn about feeble this morning lacks the strength to give him what he really do please do he has the weight he is worthy he deserves a certain kind of weighty praise but I don't have because of my flesh and my this because of my mind and the way I was by Constitution I have to go through Jesus who is a perfect son I said the perfect son did you hear what I said the perfect son there's no shadow of turning it's not in conflict with God he's not disagreeing with God his will is connected to the Father when you see the father you seen me so when I praise through Jesus to the Father the father receives my praise not based on me but based on the fact that I believe that Jesus died on Calvary and gave me access through him to my daddy I'm part of a priesthood not because I'm after I'm perfect not because I am sinless but because he who died on the cross rose again and lives forever he made it possible for me to have this identity and what is my era priests make sacrifices the priesthood was based on a sacrificial system in the Old Testament what is a sacrificial in the New Testament the praise of my lips and my heart so I tell the young people how dare you come in here and not raise your hand and worship the Lord when he covered all the stuff that we don't know you're doing come on he covers you and protects you you were just about to go too far and because of the prayers of the righteous of the blood of Jesus he brought you back and we didn't even know that to slip and slide and he slid you back we know that if we ever know you get a whipping if we ever knew it but the Lord has been good he's been good to all of us so my identity is I'm a chosen generation but I'm part of a royal kingly priesthood and my assignment in life my assignment in life is not to be just a great preacher or teacher or a traveling hopping plane or to even pass a discharge when I get through my assignment in my house is to offer up a sacrifice of praise to present my body my whole life my intentions my motives my desires has what livings oh my god that's your identity Patricia you know you may be doctor lawyer you know Indian chief but when all of that is past what is my real identity I'm what I'm part of a royal priesthood so we're not praise the Lord I'm not just faking this yes so she basket a well that's fake praise no no ain't no fake praise when I am assigned I've been inducted I've been included to do this and look all of us are included in the Old Testament it was just one family in the New Testament is every member of the body of Christ what a great assignment so now praise should be a consciousness you know you should wake up in the morning praising the Lord all of junior daily shaprut why are you praising God so much are you a fanatic you're just going too far no no that's what I'm doing this it's a sacrifice and we and the enemy is going to try to interrupt your praise listen to me one of the things that the enemy understands this he understands this isn't that what he said to Jesus in the wilderness of temptation if you would just worship me if you would just make me worthy like you make your father worthy he's always been jealous of God if you could just give me what you give your father and there's so many things vying for that worship if you could just be diligent in doing certain things like you love the Lord if you could just that's why certain marriages are in trouble if you could just love me like you love God you better be glad they loving God may be glad they're praying but the enemy has always been jealous of that that special place that special connection your special assignment and you'll do anything to rob you of that sacrificial praise the press you upset you get mad and fall and feel bad and you come in church I'm not worthy no when you know the word by Jesus Christ through Jesus Christ because of Jesus Christ not because of me but because of him I will praise him I will give him his due because Jesus made it possible and in praising him I'm confessing that I'm not worthy and in that atmosphere he will heal me he will cleanse me he will change me he will fix me so this is a new level of praise for this church did you hear what I'm saying timaeus a new level of praise I don't care what went on last night it's a new you have been called to be what a royal priesthood and it is not an option it's not an option let everything that hath breath praise the Lord so who are you a royal priesthood no confessional box but the craft of my lips giving thanks because of him because of what he accomplished on Calvary I want you to take these these things that define you and really write it out because we're using other things to define ourselves and that's why we are so disappointed because those things will fail because it's based on our accomplishment it's based on what we can achieve but when is based on Jesus Christ the stress is off tell your neighbor the stresses of I don't have to be a a student because he was always an A student amen I don't have to win cuz Jesus is already a winner come on and stand on your feet and worship Him when I saw the cleansing fountain open wide I would praise Him open wide I obey when he said will fell weekly I will praise Him I will praise Him I will come on and wait your hands keep employee or he people for the blood can't wash away though the way seem straight and narrow all likely was swept away my ambitions plans and wishes at my feet in ashes but I will I will I will praise him ever high creative ways of life go sinners slain give Him glory given moriori people Laura's blood can't wash away then God's fire then God's fire upon the holders o my heart was set aflame I shall never cease to praise Him glory glory - come on and give Him glory this morning and I I will pray give Chloe okie people Laura's blood can't wash away mess it be blessed be the name of Jesus I'm so glad I'm glad I'm glad he took me and he's he's forgive my transgression yes come on and raise him he's worthy I will praise blowme only people what is blood kid why would try one more time I will praise I will praise it I love Gretchen bracelet for cheapest thing give glory or TP why not yet watch away oh we have a new reason a clear reason for praising him come on royal priesthood make your sacrifice glory to God the sacrifice of our lips sacrifice of our hearts a living sacrifice we're called to be kingdom of Breeze Florida God glory to God glory to God making sacrifices in our heart in our lives in our will in our attitude and in our praise glory to God glory to God glory to God thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord amen so even in the evening service we won't have to beg you to praise beg you to testify because you know who you are now just go run until somebody kingdom of preach

Channel: Bishop Jackie McCullough

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Length: 54min 9sec (3249 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 27 2015