Chancellor Gordon Robertson Explains What It
Means To Be a Regent Royal.
The decision to brand our university’s athletics program as the “Regent Royals” was made with great intention and purpose. The name is rooted in 1 Peter 2:9, “(Y)ou are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (NKJV).
Whether or not a student competes in an intercollegiate sport, he or she is a Regent Royal. Every believer should consider themselves part of His priesthood. It was infused into our spiritual DNA the moment we accepted Christ.
We must never forget that Jesus paid for us with His precious blood. The cross purchased us and transformed us into a holy nation. We’re no longer strangers. Each one of us who calls Him savior has been ransomed into the royal family of God. We are “His own special people.”
(Y)ou are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light
1 Peter 2:9(NKJV).
As His children, we’re called to holiness and need to be mindful of our conduct. Peter writes about the need for our words and deeds to be honorable among the nations (v. 12). Everything we do must be done for the glory of the Lord.
Because he has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light, we need to shine as the chosen generation He proclaims us to be. What better way to express that than to say, “We’re Regent Royals”?
The concept that believers are God’s “royalty” is front and center in the mission of Regent University. As Christian servant-leaders equipped to change the world, our students and alumni are called to make an eternal impact by carrying the light of Jesus to the darkest places on Earth.
Through Christ’s death and resurrection, we are a royal priesthood unto Him. So, let us “proclaim the praises of Him” and give God glory in everything we do.
