Understanding WORSHIP 4

The Priest line

There is something about priest which holds a theme in worship. A priest identifies with his people and their sins and then offers sacrifices to reinstate them to wholesomeness. We can see this in the Old Testament when a priest would not only offer sacrifices for his own sins, but also for the sins of others in the tabernacle.
When we talk about worship, we talk about living right. Worship is about living your life in spirit and in truth(John 4:24). That is, being spiritually minded and obeying God's word which is the truth. The devil came to Eve and told her lies. But God's word that the day they eat the forbidden fruit they will surely die was the truth which Eve disobeyed. Adam who identified with the sin of Eve by eating part of the forbidden fruit represented Christ our high priest(Romans 8:1, 9:11) who also identified with our sins by coming in the form of human and being tempted like we are. Adam was therefore a Priest in the garden. He was a Priest to Eve because he performed the role of Christ to us by identifying with the sin of Eve, coupled with the fact that Bible calls Christ the second Adam(I Corinthians 15:45). Adam the bridegroom represented Christ in the garden, while Eve the bride represented the Church. We the Church are the bride of Christ who is our head, as Adam was the head of Eve. So, the first church on earth took place in the garden of Eden. But that is not where I'm going. I'm talking about the line played by priest in worship. The priest identifies with the sins of his people and mediate for their reinstallment when their worship life is defiled. Our worship to God is not wholesome, if we do not take our sinful lives to Jesus, our high priest who offered his life as a perfect sacrifice to cleanse us and reconcile us to God. And he would always cleanse us with his blood and reinstate us to wholesomeness whenever our worship life is defiled. This is why you need to come to him, no matter how dirty you are. He is the high priest and he is waiting to identify with your sins before God and obtain your forgiveness. Jesus is waiting for you. Don't let the devil deceive you that you cannot be forgiven. No matter how far you have gone in that sin, you can still retrace your steps and correct your mistakes.
The priest line is a provision for breach in constitution as regards worship to God. You will always need it when you fall into sin.

- Michael Olugbenga Babalola