What Is the Priesthood of All Believers? | Episode 91

In 1 Peter 2:9, the apostle wrote that believers are part of “a royal priesthood." In Western culture, the word “priest” evokes images of someone in a long robe conducting religious rituals. How should we interpret Peter's words in a modern context? Dr. David K. Bernard explains.

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[janwray]

So thankful for the access to come boldly before the Throne of Grace!

[txgossjean]

OMG...you just spoke my personal testimony! Part of my childhood was spent in Catholic school and church. I can remember running up the steps of the church, so excited to ask the priest to bless my bible that my grandmother had given me. I was NOT prepared for his response! "You don't need that, if you need to know something, I will tell you!", with an ashen angry face! Something happened inside of me that day. It was a very long time before I found truth, but I could never go back into the Catholic Church after that incident, in my heart I knew something was not right! Truth Matters...

[FirstLast-ilpf]

Praise the Lord Jesus Christ ! I thank you for this ministry Dr. Bernard! Greeting from California Revival Tabernacle! May the Lord bless you and keep you Amen

[dreamarichards]

Amen! I love this! Thank you Brother Bernard for your great explanations of God and the Word of God! I could listen to Brother Bernard all day of his wonderful teachings. God bless you! 🙏🏻😊

[leewhite]

If you don't have a upc church near your home. help start one and recruit a upc pastor .

[ernestdaigle]

Amen JESUS CHRIST is our high priest!!

[UpwardMentalityKingdomminds]

Amen I agree with what Pastor Bernard has said regarding the priesthood of believers, it's such a deep subject a whole book could or should be written on it. One thing I would like to see more of especially within the UPC however is more leaders pronouncing blessings over the people of God, in Numbers 6 we see where the Lord gave instructions to Moses to teach Aaron as the high priest how to bless the people. God bless you.

[isadormoti]

A "royal" priesthood would indicate that with Jesus as our high priest (as Aaron was to the Levites Heb. 5: 4-6), we too are priests "after the order of Melchisedec". Also, Rev 5:10 "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." is a reference to the Millennial reign of Christ, as Rev 20:6 "...but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." also indicates. The "king and priests" reference is not designating 2 different groups of people, but 1 "royal" priesthood, each a king and a priest, "after the order of Melchisedec." y'all 'bout gettin' me to shout!😁

[nhanamnagappan]

The church still have problems in confess to another brother.James 5:15 ?we are not in par with what the above verse says.we try to confess without pain but Jesus bared the cross with pain and he was naked and shamed on the cross. Are we bare our cross?

[KevinStrezo]

Confess sins to men a Medieval concept? When was John 20 and James 5 written???

[leewhite]

964000 people in Austin needs a upc church and a upc pastor to hear it from. 964 upc pastors and upc churches in Austin would do it

[chrisforchrist]

A question I've had for a while:
Since we are priests under the new covenant, are saved believers allowed to baptize others? If so, why don't more churches train and allow saved members to do so? When I was part of a UPC church it was stressed that only preachers baptized.

[leewhite]

Luke 23:39>40 kjv. Isiah 43:10>11.kjv .

[davidscheller]

Jesus Himself Speaks About Hell And How Not To Go There.
In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus describes a rich man that lived lavishly and a poor beggar man named Lazarus. It came to pass that Lazarus died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man died, was buried, then went to hell. 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in TORMENT, saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented IN THIS FLAME. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received good things, and likewise Lazarus received evil things, but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that they which would pass from hence to you can not, neither can they pass to us, and would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray you therefore father, that you would send him to my father’s house. 28 For I have 5 brothers that he may testify unto them, lest also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay father Abraham, but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”
LOCATION OF HELL: Jesus said in Matthew 12:40, ”For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the HEART OF THE EARTH.” Paul said in Ephesians 4:9, ”Now that he ascended, was it but that he also DESCENDED into the LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH.”
HELL IS A PLACE OF FIRE: Jesus said in Luke 16:24, ”….Father Abraham have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue for I am TORMENTED IN THIS FLAME.”
Jesus said in Matthew 13:42, ”And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE, there shall be WAILING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.” Jesus said in Matthew 25:41, ”Then shall he also say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE, prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Jesus said in Revelation 20:15, ”And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.”
HELL IS A PLACE OF TORMENT: Jesus said in Luke 16:23, ”And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in TORMENT….” 24 …..for I am TORMENTED in this flame.” Jesus said in Revelation 14:11, ”And the smoke of their TORMENT ascended up FOR EVER AND EVER, and they have no rest day or night….” Jesus said in Mark 9:45-46, ”And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off, it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED. 46 Where their WORM DIES NOT, and the fire is not quenched.” Note that it doesn’t say “THE Worm”, it says “THEIR WORM” dies not. Jesus said in Revelation 21:8, ”But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, which is the second death.” Note that Brimstone is Sulfur and burns with a very strong odor of rotten eggs.
The scriptures above prove when a person goes to hell they will constantly see hell, constantly smell hell, constantly feel the heat of hell, will constantly breath hell, will constantly hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth of others in hell, will constantly be aware of their own worms, they will have no rest day or night, there is no way out and it will continue for ever and ever, they can’t die because they are already dead.
The following is how to not go there and it is a SIMPLE AND EASY thing to do:
All of the book of Acts is what Jesus disciples said what we must to be SAVED - meaning not go to hell, which is repentance, water baptism in Jesus NAME, (NOT the titles Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) and being baptized with the Holy Ghost. Jesus said in Mark 16:16, "He that believes and is BAPTIZED shall be SAVED, but he that believes not shall be damned."
At about that same time He said in Matthew 28:19, "Go therefore and teach all nations BAPTIZING them in the name (SINGULAR name and not name's) OF the Father, and OF the Son, and OF the Holy Ghost." Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are titles and not names. Jesus disciples never used those words when they baptized anyone in water, nor did they use those words in one sentence regarding any other topic. Every time they invoked Jesus NAME at baptism which is Acts 2:38, Acts 8:14-18, Acts 8:38, Acts 9:18, Acts 10:44-48, Acts 16:15, Acts 16:33, Acts 18:7, Acts 18:8, Acts 19:3-5, and Acts 22:16 (Paul's baptism).
Jesus said in John 3:3-7, "Verily, verily I say unto you, Except a man BE BORN AGAIN, he can not see the kingdom of God. 5 Verily, verily I say unto, Except a man be born of water AND of the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 7 Marvel not that I say unto you, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN." Being born of water is being baptized in water which is for the REMISSION OF SINS - meaning the INITIAL remission of sins and not the confessing of sins later addressed in 1 John 1:9. Being born of the Spirit is being baptized with the Holy Ghost. What being baptized with the Holy Ghost means is addressed in Mark 16:17 (Jesus speaking), Acts 2:3-4, (Pentecost), Acts 8:17, Acts 9:18, Acts 10:44-48, and Acts 19:3-5 - which is when the Spirit of Christ initially dwells in a person. Nowhere in Scripture does it say it happens any other way than that way. There is not one Scripture that says a person receives the Holy Ghost just because they are a believer. Acts 19:1-5 is a good example.
Paul said in Romans 8:9-11, ”But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, HE IS NONE OF HIS."
Numbers 23:19, ”God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent, has he said and shall he not do it? And shall he not make it good?”
Malachi 3:6, ”For I am the Lord, I change not...”
Hebrews 13:8, ”Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” That means there is no reason to think that Jesus will make an exception and save someone that has not been baptized in water in Jesus NAME, and has not been baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Some say the thief on the cross next to Jesus was not baptized yet Jesus told him he would be in paradise with him that day. Jesus had not given the COMMANDMENT to be baptized in HIS NAME until after he had risen from the dead and before he ascended into heaven. The thief on the cross could not have been baptized because he did not know about it.
If you do what Jesus said above in Mark 16:16, Matthew 28:19, and John 3:3-7, you will be making SURE your name is Written In Lamb's Book Of Life.
If you are convinced you need to get baptized in water in Jesus Name do a search and type in "United Pentecostal Church International", scroll down to just below the red box, type in your zip code, a screen will show a Church near you that will do that.
Jesus said John 10:27, ”My Sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

[allaboutfil]

Sir can I ask I'm confused..what is unbeliever?? Can I say it is a person??

[ΕλένηΧατζοπούλου-ιυ]

So, women are priestesses as well!!!!
Try to answer me!!!!

[cleretfernandes]

The priesthood belongs to the Jews. Not the body of Christ .