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[2903.18 --> 2906.84] To him be glory and power forever and ever. |
[2907.46 --> 2908.46] Earlier in our worship, |
[2908.60 --> 2910.90] we read from Revelation 4 and 5 |
[2910.90 --> 2912.62] as we were called into worship. |
[2912.74 --> 2913.60] And there we read, |
[2913.92 --> 2915.66] and they sang a new song saying, |
[2915.82 --> 2917.54] you are worthy to take the scroll |
[2917.54 --> 2918.90] and to open its seals |
[2918.90 --> 2920.24] because you were slain |
[2920.24 --> 2922.18] and with your blood you purchased for God |
[2922.18 --> 2923.78] persons from every tribe |
[2923.78 --> 2925.44] and language and people and nation. |
[2925.78 --> 2926.48] And then hear this, |
[2926.48 --> 2928.52] you made them to be a kingdom |
[2928.52 --> 2931.00] and priests to serve our God |
[2931.00 --> 2934.22] and they will reign on earth. |
[2935.34 --> 2939.12] The calling of all people of God everywhere |
[2939.12 --> 2942.36] has always been to be a priest. |
[2944.02 --> 2946.48] Our going is for revealing. |
[2947.18 --> 2949.62] A priest is set apart in holiness. |
[2949.86 --> 2951.72] A priest mediates God's presence |
[2951.72 --> 2952.54] and his blessing. |
[2952.94 --> 2954.22] And a priest does it all |
[2954.22 --> 2955.80] for the sake of others. |
[2955.80 --> 2957.08] When we say, |
[2957.60 --> 2957.82] gather, |
[2958.00 --> 2958.18] grow, |
[2958.38 --> 2958.74] go, |
[2959.36 --> 2960.70] what we are saying is, |
[2960.88 --> 2962.30] you are priests. |
[2963.08 --> 2964.22] We are all priests |
[2964.22 --> 2965.92] and ministers of our God. |
[2967.20 --> 2968.40] When we gather |
[2968.40 --> 2969.34] and you grow |
[2969.34 --> 2970.86] so that you can go, |
[2971.30 --> 2972.38] go into the world. |
[2973.06 --> 2974.66] Set apart in his holiness. |
[2975.38 --> 2976.34] Go into the world |
[2976.34 --> 2977.08] bringing God |
[2977.08 --> 2978.14] and his presence |
[2978.14 --> 2979.88] closer to those around you. |
[2979.96 --> 2980.82] Go into the world |
[2980.82 --> 2981.50] for the sake |
[2981.50 --> 2982.70] of other people. |
[2983.36 --> 2984.20] Showing them God. |
[2984.20 --> 2985.32] Showing the presence |
[2985.32 --> 2986.20] of Jesus. |
[2986.40 --> 2987.68] Go as a kingdom of priests |
[2987.68 --> 2988.42] to reveal |
[2988.42 --> 2990.40] the great high priest. |
[2993.12 --> 2995.66] Let me illustrate it this way. |
[2995.92 --> 2998.02] Imagine that you're sailing |
[2998.02 --> 3000.50] on a dark and stormy night |
[3000.50 --> 3001.16] out at sea. |
[3001.58 --> 3002.66] Waves are crashing up |
[3002.66 --> 3003.40] against your boat. |
[3003.62 --> 3004.44] You can hardly see |
[3004.44 --> 3005.46] anything around you. |
[3005.78 --> 3006.34] And suddenly, |
[3006.66 --> 3007.84] in the distance, |
[3008.24 --> 3009.50] cutting through the darkness, |
[3009.50 --> 3011.02] you see a lighthouse |
[3011.02 --> 3011.98] shining brightly |
[3011.98 --> 3012.62] from the shore. |
[3013.98 --> 3015.04] That lighthouse |
[3015.04 --> 3016.46] cuts through the darkness |
[3016.46 --> 3017.48] and guides you |
[3017.48 --> 3019.32] safely to the harbor. |
[3021.20 --> 3022.20] That lighthouse |
[3022.20 --> 3023.16] doesn't exist |
[3023.16 --> 3024.46] for itself. |
[3026.50 --> 3027.38] That lighthouse |
[3027.38 --> 3028.74] exists for the sailors, |
[3028.96 --> 3029.48] for you, |
[3029.76 --> 3030.72] lost at sea. |
[3032.42 --> 3034.20] It stands firm |
[3034.20 --> 3035.06] and strong |
[3035.06 --> 3035.64] and tall, |
[3035.80 --> 3036.48] shining its light, |
[3036.70 --> 3037.78] not for its own sake, |
[3037.78 --> 3039.32] but to help others |
[3039.32 --> 3039.88] find the way. |
[3041.38 --> 3042.18] This is the role |
[3042.18 --> 3042.80] of a priest. |
[3043.24 --> 3044.02] Just as the lighthouse |
[3044.02 --> 3045.20] shines its light |
[3045.20 --> 3045.98] to guide people, |
[3046.38 --> 3047.62] priests bring the light |
[3047.62 --> 3048.40] of God's presence |
[3048.40 --> 3049.12] into the world. |
[3049.38 --> 3050.56] They don't shine their light |
[3050.56 --> 3051.40] just for themselves, |
[3051.66 --> 3052.44] but they do so |
[3052.44 --> 3053.42] that others can see |
[3053.42 --> 3054.40] and can be guided |
[3054.40 --> 3056.16] to safety in God. |
[3057.18 --> 3058.06] And in the Old Testament, |
[3058.22 --> 3059.06] Israel was supposed |
[3059.06 --> 3060.32] to be like a lighthouse |
[3060.32 --> 3061.60] for the nations, |
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