Leviticus 26
14 “However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands, 15 and if you break my covenant by rejecting my decrees, treating my regulations with contempt, and refusing to obey my commands, 16 I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them. 17 I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!
18 “And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins. 19 I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze. 20 All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.”
This is God (yeah, the God of Love) talking to His People as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. Sounds so loving, doesn’t it? Actually, it does. God is not just the God of Love; He is THE HOLY GOD. His justice is right. His decisions are final. He disciplines those He loves, and those who disobey Him can expect His Holy Wrath to come down upon them. In the United States of America, we have somehow forgotten this. Now, the U.S. is not Israel of Leviticus, but Christians are! Our disobedience to God is why we are where we are these days, and I fear that we “ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” May God be glorified always!
Showing posts with label Holiness of God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiness of God. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
God is HOLY!
Leviticus 10
1Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the Lord by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. 2 So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord.
3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said,
‘I will display my holiness
through those who come near me.
I will display my glory
before all the people.’”
And Aaron was silent.
Of all the attributes of God, the one that best describes Him is HOLY. It is the only attribute of God that is repeated three consecutive times when used to describe God. (Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty…) I wonder if we who follow Christ under the New Covenant haven’t gotten a little too “comfortable” in our relationship with God. Yes, He desires an intimate relationship with us, but may we never take for granted God’s HOLINESS! In dealing with a Holy God, we must present ourselves to Him in a reverent, holy manner. I am in awe at the fact that God likes me and wants to hang out with me. I don’t want to take God’s Holiness for granted.
1Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the Lord by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. 2 So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord.
3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said,
‘I will display my holiness
through those who come near me.
I will display my glory
before all the people.’”
And Aaron was silent.
Of all the attributes of God, the one that best describes Him is HOLY. It is the only attribute of God that is repeated three consecutive times when used to describe God. (Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty…) I wonder if we who follow Christ under the New Covenant haven’t gotten a little too “comfortable” in our relationship with God. Yes, He desires an intimate relationship with us, but may we never take for granted God’s HOLINESS! In dealing with a Holy God, we must present ourselves to Him in a reverent, holy manner. I am in awe at the fact that God likes me and wants to hang out with me. I don’t want to take God’s Holiness for granted.
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