Aug. 3
THE RIGHT TO HOLY THINGS
"But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it,
and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat" Lev.
22:11
Strangers, sojourners, and servants upon hire were not to eat of
holy things. It is so in spiritual matters still. But two classes were
free at the sacred table, those who were bought with the priest's
money, and those who were born into the priest's house. Bought and
born, these were the two indisputable proofs of a right to holy
things.
Bought. Our great High Priest has bought with a price all those who
put their trust in Him. They are His absolute property -- altogether
the Lord's. Not for what they are in themselves, but for their owner's
sake they are admitted into the same privileges which He Himself
enjoys, and "they shall eat of his meat." He has meat to eat which
worldlings know not of. "Because ye belong to Christ," therefore shall
ye share with your Lord.
Born. This an equally sure way to privilege; if born in the
Priest's house we take our place with the rest of the family.
Regeneration makes us fellow-heirs, and of the same body; and,
therefore, the peace, the joy, the glory, which the Father has given
to Christ, Christ has given to us. Redemption and regeneration have
given us a double claim to the divine permit of this promise.