YOU’RE THE PRIEST IN YOUR TEMPLE

YOU’RE THE PRIEST IN YOUR TEMPLE

And hath made us kings and priests unto 

God and his Father; to him be glory 

and dominion for ever and ever. Amen 

(Revelation 1:6).

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As a child of God, you belong in the royal 

priesthood; our opening text says we’ve been 

made kings and priests unto God, and every priest 

has to offer sacrifices (Hebrews 8:3). Your temple is 

your body; that’s the temple of the Holy Ghost. And 

as long as you’re in your physical temple —the living 

tabernacle that God has given to you, you have a 

job to do: to offer sacrifices. That’s the sole purpose 

for the temple as revealed in the Old Testament (2 

Chronicles 7:12).

God is looking to have His sacrifices in your 

temple (your body), and you’re the priest over your 

temple. I can’t be the priest in your body, because it’s a 

private temple, exclusive to you. No wonder the Spirit, 

through Paul, writes in Romans 12:1,  “I beseech you 

therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye 

present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable 

unto God, which is your reasonable service.” 

1 Peter 2:5 says,  “Ye also, as lively stones, are 

built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer 

up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus 

Christ.” We’re living stones, and are to offer spiritual 

sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. That let’s 

us know that not every sacrifice is acceptable; it has 

to be by the rules. 

Remember, Cain offered to God sacrifices that 

weren’t acceptable, whereas Abel’s sacrifice was 

acceptable to God (Genesis 4:3-7). Cain brought to 

God what he chose to bring to God, and Abel brought 

to God what God asked for. Doing it by the rules is 

doing it according to the revealed pattern; doing it 

according to the Word. 

The Apostle Paul says,  “By him therefore let us 

offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that 

is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” 

(Hebrews 13:15). The fruit of our lips in praise, 

worship, and confessions of His Name in testimony, 

are spiritual sacrifices we offer as priests in His temple 

(1 Corinthians 3:16).

PRAYER

Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the privilege to 

offer sacrifices as a priest, and honour you with my 

life. You’re the great God of glory, and in you alone 

lie strength and greatness. I worship you now and 

forever, for you’re gracious and kind, marvellous in 

all your ways. Thank you for making my life glorious, 

in Jesus’ Name.  Amen. 

FURTHER S TUDY:

Hosea 14:2; 2 Corinthians 6:15-16; Revelation 5:10