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Summary: Christians must understand their roles as citizens of Heaven here on earth so that they can maximize their full potential as one who is called to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth!

Why did Mike settle for mediocrity? Why do Christians settle for mediocrity when we are children of the King of Kings? Just like Mike, if we do not own to our inheritance, we will not find purpose and vision for our lives. We will live a life in a self-imposed state of poverty, instead of the spiritual kingdom of God, which Jesus has set up for us, here on earth.

Fulfilling the role of a royal priest is not easy to do. But God will never command us to do something that we cannot have victory in. Participating in the role of a royal priest literally means to do “acts of praise, deeds of kindness, sharing of goods, acceptable conduct, and proclamation of the gospel,” but I promise you it will pay off a great deal. I want you to think of ways that you can be a royal priest, here in Teen Challenge and perform these acts to one another and watch God move like never before.

God has given us a high calling with the same authority that Jesus had on earth. Actually since Jesus has gone to the Father, He says that we will do greater and mightier things then He did when he was on the earth. To put this in perspective, like I just said, we are like princes and we go around feeling like paupers. I believe that we have to treat one another in such a way that this inheritance of being a royal priesthood becomes the standard of how Christians treat one another in the body of Christ. I challenge you to do just that here in TC.

c. You are a holy nation!

This phrase refers back to God’s covenant at Mt. Sinai (Ten Commandments), which made ancient Israel into a holy nation by the blood of a sacrifice. Now God has established a new covenant with Christ, which His sacrifice has paved the way for all believers to be classified as holy before God.

In chapter 1: 15, Peter says, “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you.” Firstly, the word "be" in Greek is an imperative verb, which means that it is a command verb. Peter is not inviting us to be holy; he is absolutely commanding us to be holy. But to be holy, we have to rely on Christ’s holiness.

When God sees us, He sees us through Christ. Be holy! Peter does not say, do this, do this, and then this, and oh ya do that, and you will be holy. No, he commands us to be holy as Christ is only; he is the one who called you because he believes in you. He is the one who has to worry about your holiness, not you. Be Holy!!

Collectively, we are a holy nation, just as Israel was in the past. As it is with all these roles when Peter wrote them down, he had the body of believers in mind. This is a team effort. As we speak, God is building, the greatest nation the world will ever know, and it is not America, it is you and I, a holy nation unto God.

I want to say something about teamwork. There is a story in Nehemiah 3, which most of you probably are not familiar with. In this passage, 46 different people are mentioned who took the lead to build a section of the wall of Jerusalem that was destroyed when Israel was taken into exile. Each group worked together with their family and friends to do a small part. But together, those 46 groups did an amazing thing. Imagine how long it would have taken for Nehemiah to try to build the wall on his own. He probably would have never succeeded. “We can do much more for God’s Kingdom when we work together, than we could ever do alone.” Also, probably all of those that helped did not master in wall building. The Bible says that they were priests, they were goldsmiths, some were rulers, and some were residents of different cities, Levites, city folks, and country folks, merchants, some were daughters, and plenty of regular folks. I did not see one person who was a professional wall builder. As believers who work together, we can do much more for the kingdom of God, as a servant, than someone who does there own thing (Dr. McNaughton).

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