This is how God sees every follower of Jesus Christ: “As a holy priesthood...a royal priesthood.” Catholicism selects a few to be priests in its erroneous concept of Christianity, but this is not so according to the Scriptures. The Priesthood is a universal calling upon every born-again believer! This newsletter is dedicated to unfolding how the believer is to function in this high and holy calling of God.

Ponder the above definition Webster gives of an ambassador as equally applicable to the believer’s appointment as an “Ambassador for Christ” who is the sovereign King over the eternal, everlasting Kingdom of God. As such, believers become “the official representative...ministers of the highest rank, with authority to represent their Head of State” (Christ and His Kingdom!)

The invisible God expects the unsaved world to be able to “taste and see” the goodness of Himself by means of His own people on earth fulfilling the dual mandate to become salt (“taste”) and light (“see”). This newsletter is dedicated to establishing the importance and meaning of these two priorities in the hearts and minds of God’s people. Clear warning is given to Christians who fail to function properly in these areas:

The above Scriptures on faith were written to New Testament believers to establish a visionary, governing philosophy as to how Christians must view life on this temporal earth. Does this biblical, philosophical theme permeate your Christian attitude toward the earthly kingdom of America? Most Christians in this country are oblivious to such biblical concepts as to what constitutes a life of faith that is pleasing and acceptable to God. Far too many of God’s people are obsessed with the pursuit of a politically-based, earth-bound form of faith that is focused on capturing the soil of men rather than the souls of men. This is a subtle substitute for the real Kingdom of God.

The warfare that the Christian soldier is to engage in cannot be the kind of war found in earthly kingdoms warring with one another, for these must be classified as “the affairs of this life” which Paul forbids the believer from being entangled with (2 Tim.2:3-4). Think about this: Paul said of his own life, “I have fought the good fight…” (2 Tim. 4:7). Paul was a Roman citizen. Did he fight in any earthly war as a good citizen of Rome? Ridiculous thought, isn’t it? Yet, he did claim to have fought the good fight of faith, so it obviously refers to something other than participation in patriotic wars between earthly kingdoms. How does Satan seduce God’s people to become “entangled in the affairs of this life?” He adds the theological “God with us” factor as he did with German Christians in two world wars. Most American Christians give high priority to their earthly citizenship over their heavenly one due to the whole-hearted endorsement of the same “God with us” factor. By embracing the “One Nation Under God” and “God and country” philosophies, we have become duped into becoming entangled in the political affairs of this life under the guise of religious sanction.

How important is the priority to be a witness? Mahatma Gandhi formed one of the world’s largest cults after first rejecting Christianity. Sadly, he stated as his reason, “Of all the world’s religions, Christianity is the most noble…I would have become a follower of Christ had it not been for Christians.” This newsletter is dedicated to the second priority that God’s Word sets before the people of God. The priority of being a good witness cannot be divorced from our previous subject of being a good disciple.The call to be witnesses unto Christ comes from the one who was Himself, “the faithful and true witness.” Our ability to effectively witness can only flow out of what kind of disciple we have become. Our present subject is the call to be a witness. It has been well said that, “action speaks louder than words.” What we do can either enhance or distract from the words we say. What we say may be totally correct and true, but if it flows from a life that is contradictory to what we say, our words have little or no impact. Place the proper emphasis upon being a good disciple and you will also be a good witness.

Christianity, for the most part, is presented as a one-time conversion experience. Jesus did preach the need to be born-again (Jn.3:3-5), but His thrust of emphasis was always upon discipleship as the end result of the initial conversion experience. To divorce the conversion experience from the call to discipleship is to turn a difficult decision into an easy one. Modern-day presentations of the gospel message divulge a gospel based only on the conversion experience instead of one based upon discipleship. It is important to see that each of these concepts promotes its own mental outlook (philosophy-way of life) on what constitutes the Christian life:

Experiencing the new birth does not change the world in which we live. The new birth must change how we live in this present world that still lies under the sway, control and influence, of the wicked one; the god of this present evil world (age) The new birth is to produce a new life. This transcends the act of being forgiven for our sinful past. God is looking for a people willing to change their priorities in life from being those which were formed by the principles of the world into those formulated by the principles of the Word. This newsletter is an introduction to the many that will follow it that will be dedicated to this subject. God has clearly defined priorities in His Word that stand in direct opposition to the priorities held dear by the world. I want to share with you twelve priorities God sets before every believer. These twelve priorities will, in essence, “spell” Christianity for us. Are you ready?

This is our fourth newsletter dealing with Paul’s admonition for the believer to “Have a Good Confession” (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). We have looked at two of the three “good confessions” that are essential truths that God’s people need to embrace. We live in times of partial truths being presented as whole truths.. There is no greater abuse to truth than what is being presented today under the banner of grace. Titus 2:11-14 shows us that there is far more to grace than forgiveness of sins. Hebrews 8:10-12 portrays that the New Covenant is not merely a covenant of grace as commonly presented. We shall now examine what the Scripture conveys is a good confession pertaining to the solid foundation of God.
It is not the popular “Once Saved Always Saved” perversion of the grace of God.

This is our third newsletter dedicated to the often-used reference of Paul toward a believer’s confession (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). I showed you that a “confession” is a verbal declaration, a proclamation that is in agreement with God’s (Logos) written Word. A confession is saying the same as God has recorded in His Word. We are presently looking at three needful confessions (proclamations, declarations) that a sincere Christian should embrace. In our last newsletter we identified the first of these three areas of needful confession as we looked at a declaration of sound doctrine found in Titus 2:11-14. This is one continuous, flowing sentence from the apostle Paul describing what should be considered as the proper results of having received the grace of God. In this newsletter we shall examine what the Scriptures define as the contents of the New Covenant. We shall then compare it to what is generally accepted as the New Covenant.

Our last newsletter dealt with the meaning of Paul’s urging for God’s people to maintain a good confession (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). I showed you that a “confession” is a verbal declaration, a proclamation that is in agreement with God’s (Logos) written Word. A confession is saying the same as God has recorded in His Word.
In this newsletter, I want to stress the importance that our confession of God’s Word needs to be “accurate and complete statements of truth.” We live in times in which half truths are presented as whole truths. It has been well said that half a truth is no better than a lie.
The theme of this newsletter, as well as the two that will follow it, is to demonstrate what constitutes “an accurate and complete statement of truth.” If indeed truth is to make us free and sanctify (set apart) the believer, it will take “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

Although there is much abuse in the “faith for prosperity” movement pertaining to the importance of confession, Paul does has a repeated urging for God’s people to maintain a good confession (1 Tim. 6:12, 6:13, Heb 3:1, 4:14,10:23, 2 Cor. 9:13). A biblical confession is a declaration or proclamation that is in agreement with God’s written Word. In this newsletter, I stress the importance that our confession of God’s Word need to be accurate and complete statements of truth. We live in times in which half truths are presented as whole truths. It has been well said that half a truth is no better than a lie.
The theme of this newsletter, as well as the three that will follow it, is to demonstrate what constitutes an accurate and complete statement of truth. If indeed truth is to make us free and sanctify (set apart) the believer, it will take “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”