Aug. 3
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
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.