1. Every believer is a priest
   In the New Testament, all believers are under Christ, the High Priest.
   • Revelation 1:6 - "Hath made us... priests unto God and His Father"
   • 1Peter 2:5 - "Ye also... are... an holy priesthood"
   • 1Peter 2:9 - "Ye are... a royal priesthood"
2. The privilege of the believer-priests
   Under the law, the holy of holies could be entered only by the high priest, once every year, on the Day of Atonement (Hebrews 9:7; Leviticus 16:11-17). Only the priests could go into the holy place (Hebrews 9:6). When Christ died, completing a never-to-be-repeated atonement, the veil between the holy place and the holy of holies was torn (Matthew 27:51), so that now the believer-priests have free access to God.
   • Hebrews 10:19 - "Boldness to enter into the holiest"
3. The sacrifices of the believer-priest
   • Romans 12:1 - "Present your bodies a living sacrifice"
   • Philippians 2:17 - "If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith"
   • 2Timothy 4:6 - "I am now ready to be offered"
   • 1John 3:16 - "We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren"
   • Hebrews 13:15 - "Offer the sacrifice of praise to God"
   • Hebrews 13:16 - "With such sacrifices God is well pleased"
4. The intercession of the believer-priest
   The New Testament priesthood is composed of Christ the High Priest, who has offered one sacrifice for sins forever (Hebrews 10:12) and is now interceding for us in heaven (Hebrews 7:25), and of all believers, whose sacrifices have nothing to do with [atoning for] sins.
   • 1Timothy 2:1 - "Intercessions... for all men"
   • Colossians 4:12 - "Epaphras... always labouring fervently for you in prayers"

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