The Sons of Zadok

We are called to be priests and kings unto our God. But the true priest ministers only to God – faces the altar not the people – and willingly and uncompromisingly obeys the Word of the Lord. The sons of Zadok were such priests. 

The sons of Eli the High Priest on the other hand were carnal. They served only themselves and would arrange their affairs so they had favour with men rather than obey the voice of the Lord. They fronted as priests, they dressed as priests and in some ways they behaved like priests, but this is what Scripture has to say about them – Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD – 1 Sam 2:12

Which are you?

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge……… And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (Ezekiel 44:15-16,23)

LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. (Psalm 15).

In Christ There is Always Hope

Acts 26:16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. ‘