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William said:
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Pilgrim said:

<span style="background-color:#FFFF00">No, there is no objection to Christ's baptism having a relationship to His being consecrated into the priesthood.</span> It was necessary that He fulfill all righteousness. That is surely taught in Scripture.


I copied this is from the book "Looking Unto Jesus" by Isaac Ambrose, I just started to read it again it's a must have.

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6 That he might fulfill all righteousness : not only moral, but the figurative, ceremonial and typical : some think that the ceremony, to which our Saviour looked at in these words, was the washing of the priests in water, when they entered into their function. "and Aaron, and his sons thou shalt bring to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water," Exod. 29:4 Lev. 8:6 <span style="background-color:#FFFF00">And surely this was the main reason of Christ's being baptized, that by this baptism he might be installed into his ministerial office.</span> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/BigThumbUp.gif" alt="" />


William


This is the best I could find concerning baptism/priestood of believers. I don't think the web site is fully reformed though. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

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[b]The Whole Church Is A Priestly People[/b]

Christ, high priest and unique mediator, has made of the Church "a kingdom, priests for his God and Father" [Rev 1:6; Rev 5:9-10; 1 Pet 2:5, 9]. The whole community of believers is, as such, priestly. The faithful exercise their baptismal priesthood through their participation, each according to his own vocation, in Christ's mission as priest, prophet, and king (CCC1546). For in the Church there is diversity of ministry but unity of mission. To the apostles and their successors Christ has entrusted the office of teaching, sanctifying and governing in his name and by his power. But the laity are made to share in the priestly, prophetical, and kingly office of Christ; they have therefore, in the Church and in the world, their own assignment in the mission of the whole People of God (CCC873).
The whole Church is a priestly people. Through Baptism all the faithful share in the priesthood of Christ. This participation is called the "common priesthood of the faithful" (CCC1591). On entering the People of God through faith and Baptism, one receives a share in this people's unique, priestly vocation: "Christ the Lord, high priest taken from among men, has made this new people 'a kingdom of priests to God, his Father.' The baptized, by regeneration and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, are consecrated to be a spiritual house and a holy priesthood" [Heb 5:1-5; Rev 1:6] (CCC784) . The baptized have become "living stones" to be "built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood" [1 Pet 2:5]. By Baptism they share in the priesthood of Christ, in his prophetic and royal mission. They are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that [they] may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called [them] out of darkness into his marvelous light" [1 Pet 2:9]. Baptism gives a share in the common priesthood of all believers (CCC1268) .



William