We are a Royal Priesthood
W2W 2nd Feb 2022
Questions
Intro: Was there anything new or that particularly struck you or that you didn’t understand from the talk?
Read the passage 1 Peter 1:22-2:12
Priests represent God to the non believers
Q1. If as priests, part of our role it to represent God to the people (especially to non-believers), how will verses 1 Peter 1 22-25 help us fulfil our roles as priests?
Q2. In 1 Peter 2v9 Peter exhorts us to proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light how do we do this as a priesthood?
Priests represent God to believers
Q3. What do you think Peter means by “Pure Spiritual Milk”? How do you think that would have helped the believers then and us now to grow in salvation?
Q4. Jesus is described here as a cornerstone, and we are living stones? What do you understand by the different terms used and how are they relevant to us?
Q5. Peter writes in verse 4 “you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ”. We know that because of Jesus’s once for all sacrifice, blood sacrifices are no longer required so what does Peter mean by Spiritual sacrifices and list some of the ways in which we do this today individually and together as a priesthood?
Look at these verses in Romans 12:1-2, Hebrews 13:15-16 and 1 Corinthians 10:31 to help you answer this question
Represent the people to God
Q6. Another part of the role of the priesthood was and still is to represent the people to God. How do we do this today?
Q7. We have only really been able to scratch the service of this part of our identity in Christ that we are a royal priesthood. What aspect of being a priest would you like to learn more about?
Pray together
Below are some ways you could dig in deeper
Bible passages
Instructions for the Tabernacle: Exodus 25-31 v17
- The Ark of the Covenant-Exodus 25 v10-22
- Tent of the Tabernacle Ch26 verses 1-37
- Garments for Priests Ch 28 verses1-43
- Consecration of the Priests Ch29 verses 1-37
Offerings that the Israelites were instructed to give-Leviticus Chapters 1-7
The Creation of the Priesthood-Leviticus Chapters 8-10
Day of Atonement Ritual-Leviticus Chapter16
Call to Holiness-Leviticus Chapters 18-22
The High priesthood of Jesus-Hebrews Ch 4 v 14- Ch 10 v18
Other resources
Bible project Royal Priesthood videos-https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/royal-priesthood/
Book by Edward Welch “Created to Draw Near”
