DOMINION MANDATE DAILY DEVOTIONAL

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2022

THE ROLE OF TEACHING PRIESTS IN THE CHURCH

BIBLE READING: EZRA 7:10; JEREMIAH 3:15; MALACHI 2:7; 2TIMOTHY 2:24

"For a long time Israel has been without the True God, without a teaching priest, and without law." 2Chronicles 15:3(NKJV)

One of the greatest indicators of the Last Days is the rapid increase in deception.(Matt. 24:3). It's so tragic to know that many Christian believers get misguided on a regular basis while several others practice what we could term as "Buffet Style Christianity", selecting only that which they want to hear from the Holy Scriptures: "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers." 2Tim. 4:3(NKJV). A vast majority of professing Christian believers fall victim to false teachers because they lack a Solid Word Foundation. Due to this problem, one of the Lord God Almighty's Greatest Desires is for the emergence of a generation of sound teaching priests.

While reprimanding the backslidden priests through the ministry of Malachi the prophet, the Lord made a profound statement: “For the lips of a priest should keep Knowledge, And people should seek the Law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts." Mal. 2:7(NKJV). Whenever there is a drought of Revelation Knowledge in any community, the blame must lie squarely at the doorstep of the priests. This then begs the question: Why is this so? This is simply because authentic priests are messengers of God as well as the custodians of His Truth, something the Ethiopian eunuch acknowledged about Philip when the writings of Isaiah the prophet confused him. Acts 8:30-31(NKJV).

The Lord Jesus had an Encounter with two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus during one of His Post-Resurrection Appearances. The Bible declares that "He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures." Lk. 24:45 (NKJV). It's impossible to get someone to understand what you don't understand yet yourself. There is an urgent need for genuine teaching priests to rise up and produce the unique blend of discernment and a Revelation of God's Word which is the antidote to deception.

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, we thank You for granting us access into Your Mysteries as teaching priests. O Lord, please empower us to rightly divide the Word of Truth and deliver Your children from the spirit of deception in Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen.