02-Priesthood: Our Need, God's Provision

Our need
‘Priesthood' is a concept written large in Scripture, in both the
Old Testament and the New. 1 In truth, it is not too much to say
that unless we come to terms with what God says in his word
about ‘priesthood', we will never grasp how we, as sinners, may
approach him, and be saved from our sins. This is not to say that
we are saved because we understand all the ins-and-outs of
‘priesthood'. No! But unless we are resting in what God has
accomplished through ‘priesthood', we are still in our sins. And,
for those of us who have been saved from our sins, the more we
comprehend the biblical meaning of ‘priesthood', the better will
we appreciate what God has done for us in and through Christ. In
light of these facts, it is clearly impossible to overstate the
importance of ‘priesthood'.