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Leviticus 10:1-2
Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censors, put fire in them and added incense, and they offered unauthorised fire before the Lord, contrary to His commandment. So fire came out from the Presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
God chose Aaron as High Priest and specifically nominated his sons, Nadab and Abihu, to assist him and to continue the priestly line.
They, however, made the same mistake as Esau; they made the Holy common. They showed disrespect for God. They enjoyed the separation out to God; they enjoyed what they saw as privilege, prestige and prominence, but forgot that they were given it purely out of the grace of God. They thought that they must be special and so be allowed to do it ‘their way’. They succumbed to the same sin as Satan himself - pride.
As we go through the Scriptures, we shall find that there are a lot of instances which bring immediate divine retribution, particularly where God’s holiness is at stake. Adam and Eve (Genesis 3); Cain (Genesis 4); Pharaoh (Exodus 7 - 12); Miriam and Aaron (Numbers 12); Korah, Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16); Moses when he struck the rock after he had been told to ‘speak’ to it (Numbers 20); Achan (Joshua 7); the priests who put the Ark on a cart and put out their hands to steady it (2 Samuel 6); and in the New Testament, Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5); and Herod (Acts 12).
We must never treat God’s holiness with contempt nor reduce His blood-bought grace to our inalienable right. In these days where non-conformity to ‘traditional’ Christianity and liturgical worship is becoming more and more the accepted norm, we must be very, very careful that we don’t despise our birthright and blessing.
It is absolutely correct for us to walk in the freedom that Christ won for us at Calvary, and to call God “Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15), but at the same time, we must never ever forget what it cost Jesus to bring us into that relationship and that God is still awesome in holiness. The very breath of our life is in His Almighty Hands.
Can I encourage you to check yourself whenever you come into His Presence to make sure that you don’t treat it lightly or with contempt? Father takes the death of His Son very seriously indeed. So too, with our ministry, whatever that is and indeed at whatever level it is. It is only through His grace I am called into His ministry and anointed for it. His calling and anointing is always so that I may serve and bless His Body, the Church, and seek the lost to add them to the Kingdom of God. They are not for us to ‘lord over’ or to consider ourselves better, superior or more important.
God always calls us to serve - to be like Jesus - who “though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9) - that we, through His death, might express His life.
It’s another ‘Ring of Truth’!
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