PRIESTHOOD OF THE BELEIVERS

 

 

 

He said that the Holy Spirit would teach us what to say in that hour LUKE 12;12

 

NARROWWAY is dedicated to this function in restoring it fully and to it;s life vitality of being spirit led minus the errors of the past totally unrelated to scripture in their orgins and practices.

 

Laikos
This is a secular Greek term that describes someone who is uneducated, or who knows little about the subject under consideration. The Greeks call this person a layman, this was used by pagan magicians and esoteric mystics and was adopted into the  body by twisted ideals to take control over the people utilizing numerous non scriptural terms and practices. Power and weatlh were the quickly the back wash as was legalism as the spirit was suppressed by theology which supports the existence of those functions, thanks. Walker and Angus, pgs Hopwood on the mystery religions and their influence in Christianity.The body of Christ is not to be referred to as unknowing despite the conditions of appearing so is due to the state their conditioned into.

 I refer to the term as‘secular’ because the word doesn’t appear anywhere in the New Testament. The New Testament knows nothing about a laity because the New Testament is built on the priesthood of every believer.
The clergy began to reorganize the New Testament church until it resembled the Old Testament Levitical structure. Present today, it;s flawed.

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

Ephesians 4:11,12 (KJV) KJ3, YOUNG'S LITERAL
 Defining Paul and Philo,

 Philo led it as a  philosophy mix hellenistic and hebraic ideas into one, he saw philosphy as the way, he commingled the concepts into a way of life, many of the how to books today are mingled ideas of life, same orgins and ideas just new words.

Paul on the other hand is faith led Spirit led, unlike philo paul is deeply  seeking the  initation in the christian life and rewards in the end or prize won in the end.
 Christian life is growth in faith in every other grace,, (think)  so that perhaps faith must always be viewed under these two aspects.

 As the clue to spiritual progress as well as the crown. it;s the primary direction of narrowway as well. Unlike Philo faith, in Paul's view is not something inferior to the ecstatic or mystic condition which gives superior knowledge from the Holy Spirit.

example of  the proper terms and use:

Knowledge (1922) (epignosis from verb epiginosko [word study] from epí = upon + ginosko = to know) is a strengthened or intensified form of "gnosis [word study]" and conveys the thought of a knowledge which is fuller, larger and more thorough. It also conveys the idea of a more intimate and personal relationship than the simple term gnosis.

 

Epígnosis refers to exact, complete, thorough, accurate, experiential knowledge, not just abstract, intellectual, head knowledge of God or even facts about Him. Epígnosis always describes moral and religious knowledge in the NT and especially refers to full and comprehensive knowledge of God’s will that rests on the knowledge of God and of Christ found today in His Word.

 

 

 

But the  christian mystic of the Holy Spirit depends wholly on on faith as it;s source. To be in faith and in the spirit are synonymous. Paul himself  is pneumatic charistmata.He enjoyed the gifts and usage in all of them.

 

The question was raised to Hatch , where did the cult mystery religions come in from,cultural absorption cultism was mainstream thinking, Paul warns against philosophy, much of it was tied into the esoteric mysteries.
the person inside of  Christ find himself  having fellowship directly with Christ minus all external mediums used.Paul sought hat constantly in his life and use of time, philo was  often deeply inside an ocean of absolutes neo platonic ideas,

NARROWAY is Christ centered not just in word but in form and practice spirit led is faith driven.

There is no such thing as clergy or laity in Scripture the word are repugnant to the truth and love of Christ for his body. The desire for control led the way by men and restricked the work of the spirit and the preisthood of the beleivers fell under the control of the few over what the model in scripture provided men sought to improve upon God, scary.