The Knowledge of God and the Reality of Our Priesthood

Chinyere Isibor, Francis Isibor Snr • 3:00 PM

Preparing His Bride October 3, 2026
The essence of Christianity is not merely attending church, participating in religious activities, praying, or worshipping, but coming into the true knowledge of God through Jesus Christ. God's desire has always been to raise a people who know Him intimately, understand His will, and reveal His nature upon the earth. Hosea 4:6 declares that God's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, revealing that spiritual destruction often results from rejecting the knowledge of God. This knowledge goes beyond intellectual understanding or familiarity with Scripture; it is an intimate relationship with the Father that transforms the heart, produces righteousness, awakens love, and establishes genuine fellowship with Him. Knowing God must lead to becoming like Him, because the evidence of true spiritual knowledge is the manifestation of His character in our lives.

From the beginning, God's intention was for His people to become a kingdom of priests, not merely a congregation dependent on a few spiritual leaders. Although priests were appointed to instruct Israel in the ways of God, the ultimate purpose was to bring the entire nation into fellowship with Him. This responsibility extends to the Church today. Spiritual leaders must faithfully communicate the knowledge of God, while every believer must personally pursue His Word and cultivate intimacy with Him. When spiritual leadership neglects this responsibility, generations can become disconnected from divine truth, producing religious institutions that preserve outward traditions while losing the reality of God's presence. Every generation must therefore preserve the truth it has received and faithfully transmit it to those who come after.

True worship is not simply singing, dancing, or expressing emotional devotion. It is an intimate spiritual engagement with the Father, rooted in the knowledge of His person and expressed through a life surrendered to Him. God seeks worshippers who worship in spirit and in truth, approaching Him with reverence, purity, and understanding. Worship brings the believer into an encounter with God's glory, where His nature is progressively imparted and expressed. The more we behold Him, the more we are transformed into His likeness. Genuine worship must therefore produce a change of heart, replacing hatred, bitterness, pride, and division with love, mercy, holiness, and unity.

Prayer must also mature beyond the continual pursuit of personal needs and material blessings. Although God invites His children to present their requests, the highest expression of priestly prayer is fellowship with Him concerning His desires and eternal purposes. There must come a point where the believer moves beyond asking what God can provide and begins asking what the Father desires to accomplish. Samuel's willingness to hear God's voice, Anna's years of intercession, and Simeon's expectation of Israel's consolation demonstrate lives devoted to divine purposes. Every believer must learn to discern the different dimensions of prayer, including supplication, intercession, consecration, and communion, allowing the Holy Spirit to direct each engagement according to the Father's will.

Through the new birth, believers have been born of the incorruptible Word of God and the Spirit, becoming temples of the Holy Spirit and members of Christ's body. The tabernacle provides a profound picture of this spiritual reality. The lampstand represents the illumination of the Spirit, the table of showbread signifies the sustaining presence of God's Word, and the altar of incense represents prayer and communion. These realities point to the believer's calling to live continually in fellowship with God. Yet possessing the Holy Spirit does not automatically guarantee spiritual maturity. We must cooperate with His workings, meditate upon the Word, walk in obedience, and consciously cultivate the realities made available through redemption. The Word and Spirit must become active expressions of divine life within us.

Ultimately, Christianity is a call to know the Father, become like His Son, and faithfully participate in His eternal purpose. Do not settle for religious activity without transformation, prayer without understanding, worship without intimacy, or biblical knowledge without obedience. Give yourself continually to God's Word, cultivate fellowship with the Holy Spirit, embrace your priestly responsibility, and allow the glory of Christ to become evident in your character and conduct. The true measure of spiritual maturity is not merely how much you know about God, but how much of His life has been formed and revealed through you.