Priesthood means no one mediates between you and God; this is different from teaching
Mike now builds his positive case for what priesthood means for Christians and why it does not equate to eldership.
Being a priest means nobody mediates between you and God. Mediation is not teaching. Mediating is helping establish relationship and rightness of relationship with God. You are saved and right with God without any other Christian involved. But that does not mean you do not need a teacher.
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@farmingandJesus “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind,
@farmingandJesus “For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.”
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1 Timothy 2:1-7
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