Task of a True Religious Leader & Peace in the Bible

 

The Appointed Task of
a True Religious Leader

& Life and Peace in the Bible

 

 

God’s covenant is a covenant of life and peace. A priest should have the law of truth in his mouth, walk with God in peace and uprightness, and turn many people from sin. Also, a priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth for a priest is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

 

Main reference: Mt 7:21-27 (Rv 1:2, Mal 2:5-7, 10)

What is the appointed task of a true religious leader?
It is said in Malachi 2:7, “For the lips of a priest, pastor ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction--because he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty.” In Malachi 2:6 it says, “True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.” And in Malachi 2:10, it is said, “Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we deal treacherously (make up words by deceiving craftily) every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

This Word, as stated above, is from Malachi chapter 2 in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
This is the duty of a priest appointed by God.

A priest should walk with God, be the messenger who speaks on behalf of God, and be a “walking Bible” that has the Word inscribed within his heart like God. If a priest is ignorant, then he is dishonoring God, and the congregation members following him will also be ignorant. If a priest is ignorant of the Bible and God is not within him, then how can he act according to the will of God? If one does not know the will of God, then only self-imposed acts and law from one’s own thinking and judgment remain. How can this kind of person be the messenger who speaks on behalf of God?

The qualification to become a priest or a leader of God is that one’s lips should keep the truth, and become the one who is with God like Jesus. Today, would the one who added to or took away from the book of Revelation become a messenger of God? Or would the one who did not add to or take away from it but rather mastered [the book of Revelation] become a messenger of God (refer to Rv 22:18-19)?

Yes, Yes! God’s covenant is a covenant of life and peace. A priest should have the law of truth in his mouth, walk with God in peace and uprightness, and turn many people from sin. Also, a priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth for a priest is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

• Mal 2:5-7

 “My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.   “For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.