No Priest Required
Matthew 7:7-8
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7 (NLT)
Pastor’s Blog
Jesus had just finished teaching his followers how to live for God, how to store up treasure in the right places, how to avoid sexual immorality, how to serve selflessly, and more. And now Jesus, perhaps with his heart pounding with desire that the people could really know his Father as he does, breaks out of his teaching and into what sounds like a heartfelt plea, “You have a Father who loves you, is available, wants to hear from you, aches to be a Father to you."
Maybe it’s like a birth mother waiting 18 years or 30 or a lifetime to see her child, hold her and let her know, I’m here and I just want to lavish my love and grace on you in a way that nothing else in world ever could.
In Jesus’ day the idea that ordinary people could talk directly to God was staggering. It went against 100’s of years of religious tradition in which they needed an intermediary, a priest, to talk to them. And now Jesus says in effect,
“no priest required”, no hoops to jump through, no rituals, no sacrifices and no ceremonial purification. You can talk to your Father who will listen. Just ask and then keep it up.
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