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What Can We Learn From Nadab & Abihu's Deaths?
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Feb 20, 2025
Visit https://tayibs.com/ for more lectures Nadab and Abihu were the oldest sons of Aaron. They were appointed by God as priests alongside Aaron and were eventually to replace him as the lead priest. So they were leaders and were supposed to live exemplary lives. God takes leadership very seriously and there’s an unfortunate event that befalls Nadab & Abihu-they both die because they offer unauthorized fire to the Lord. The event is recorded for us in Leviticus 10: v1-v3. We are going to be diving into the story, make some observations and draw the implications for us today. Scripture References Leviticus 10:1-3 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 Ezekiel 18:20 Romans 2:2-4 The lecture's notes
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hello good morning this is ty EBIT is
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calm and today we're going to talk about
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a story that took place in the Old
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Testament in Leviticus tain verse 1 to 3
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if you look at my title he says what can
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we learn from native and I by whose
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death now I know and this is a tough
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topic to talk about but every now and
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then there are stories that are recorded
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for us in the Old Testament or even in
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the new to remind us about the holiness
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of God and how serious he is about
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approaching him with a proper attitude
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so let me go into the background and
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give you a quick background of what
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we're gonna be talking about and then
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we're gonna dive into the topic and then
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eventually we're gonna make some
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observations and draw our conclusions so
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let's do that now the background if you
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look at my screen native Ana by who
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we're the oldest sons of Aaron and they
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were appointed by God as priests
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alongside Aaron and were eventually to
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replace him I still need a priest so
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they were leaders and were supposed to
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leave exemplary lives and God takes
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leadership very seriously and as an
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unfortunate event of befalls made up in
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a battle they both die because they
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offer on authorized fire to the Lord now
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the event is recorded for us in
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Leviticus stayin verse 1 2 3 so we are
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going to be diving into the story and
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make some observations and draw the
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implications for us today
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so let's go and read the event in
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Scripture now made up and I by who if
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you follow my screen okay now Nadav and
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Avihu the sons of Aaron each took his
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censer and put fire in it and laid
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incense on it and offered unauthorized
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fire before the Lord which he had not
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commanded them and fire came out from
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before the Lord and consumed them and
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they died before the Lord the Moses said
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to Aaron this is what the Lord has said
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among those who are near me will be
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sanctified before all the people I will
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be glorified and Aaron held his peace
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meaning Aaron said nothing now let's try
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and unpack this a little bit now the
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keywords and phrases in the verses above
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unauthorized and which he had not
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commended them so native and ibang who
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knew exactly what the Lord had
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prescribed when he came down to
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worshiping yet they chose to modify and
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perform the operation according to their
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own counsel and he cost them their lives
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so what is this teaching us about proper
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worship and less again consider that now
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our worship like I said on the screen
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needs to be designed to lead us to be in
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awe of God worship is not meant to
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entertain the congregation members or
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visitors it is solely designed to turn
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our focus from ourselves to God this
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isn't a time for us to come and dance
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and enjoy ourselves it is primarily
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meant to keep our eyes on God and fix
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our eyes on his majesty
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now let me make this point clear there
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is nothing wrong with dancing and being
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extra extrovert in worship because King
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David himself did it he was really
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dancing and having dancing and rejoicing
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and worshiping the Lord so there is
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nothing wrong with dancing and enjoying
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yourself while you're worshiping but
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when that when when we fall in love with
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the activity of worship more than
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worshipping God himself then there is a
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problem so let me read that again the
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problem comes when we fall in love with
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the activity of worship rather than
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worshiping God himself what I'm trying
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to say is this when the other stuff
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become more x-ray and more important
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time worshiping God himself then there
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is a problem
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okay so nadir B'nai by who they wanted
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to come up with in
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visions in the worship format but it
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wasn't consistent with the format God
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provided so what we had to do as a
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church is really revisit our worship who
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is it designed so that the congregation
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can fix its eyes on God or has it been
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designed for our own entertainment
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Nanda Baba who thought they could
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improve on worship they don't follow
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God's commands and we have to be very
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careful to learn from this here we have
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to be very careful to do exactly what
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the Lord is saying about worship are we
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here to worship ourselves and worship
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activity of worship or are we here to
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wash it alone so I'll encourage you
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whatever you go to church or if your
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pastor if you a leader worship leader is
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your worship designed to keep the
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condition eyes on the Lord and His
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Majesty or is your worship designed to
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entertain your audience which is the
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people in front of you your audience
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really is God when you come to worship
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your audience is not the congregation
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itself your audience is primarily God so
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when you come to worship and you prepare
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your worship it has to be designed so
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that God is the focus so this is the
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third point the first point is proper
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worship the next one we're going to talk
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about is keeping the command of God
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that's important now scripture says that
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without faith it's impossible to please
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God and faith comes by hearing and
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hearing by the Word of God so the Lord
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had prescribed the proper way to worship
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it but neither when I back we did not
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follow the instructions and prayed for
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it with their own lives the key here is
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keeping the command of the Lord so we
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can look at Saul's story to understand
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what is taking taking place here in
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first on chronicles 10 verse 13 to 14 we
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are told so Saul died for his breach of
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faith
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broke faith with the Lord in that he did
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not keep the command of the Lord and
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also consulted a medium seeking guidance
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he did not seek guidance from the Lord
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therefore the Lord put him to death and
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turned the kingdom over to David the son
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of Jesse the only point drawn here is
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that we must humble ourselves and ask
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the Lord to work in us to will and act
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according to his will or purpose because
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the natural main cannot submit to the
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law of God
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we can't please God in our own strength
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or abilities
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you see Saul couldn't Saul trying to do
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things in his own strength and he
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eventually died Nadab and Abihu try to
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do worship in their own strength and
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they eventually died so our job as
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believers is to humble ourself and ask
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the Lord lead us to keep your command
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lead us to keep your command because we
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can't keep the command of God in our own
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strength this is what scripture says the
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natural man cannot submit to the law of
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God because in Australia own strength we
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try to do things to please ourselves to
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tranel work things in our own abilities
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and this is not what God has prescribed
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he says do things according to my word
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this is what faith comes by hearing and
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hearing by the Word of God
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so even worship has to be consistent
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with what the Spirit of God Himself
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provides for us
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so everything is well staying humble and
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coming under the sovereign hand of the
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Lord even worship prayer everything now
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the next point the holiness of God the
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holiness of God that's important now
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furthermore the account of Nadab and
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Abihu
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has been recorded to remind us of the
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holiness of God and his moral perfection
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scripture says that the soul that sins
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shall die that's recorded in Ezekiel
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18:20 most people read this story and
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think to themselves my god rock God's
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wrath was too severe on Nadab and Abihu
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in the sense that these two young men
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were just being boys and they meant no
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harm
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first of all these two moody holiness of
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God and they also knew the commands of
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the Lord so they had no excuse and these
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stories here the teachers that sin is
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sin whether small or great in God's eyes
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so the littlest transgression deserves
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death in the sight of God the thing is
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this we don't understand God's
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righteousness so we think that there are
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different levels of sins we don't
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understand our sin by definition is a
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breach of faith in other words not
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keeping the command of the Lord in this
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case it was the offering of an
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authorized fire you see God's holiness
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and righteousness we don't understand as
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humans we don't truly understand how
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holy God is because he says the soul
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that sins shall die in a sense that the
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little s transgression is enough to be
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for you to be executed for you and I to
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be executed what God requires of us is
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perfection perfection he knows that we
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can't keep that so therefore he gives us
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he infuses with his own righteousness
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well make no mistakes make no mistakes
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sin is seen in God's eyes we are all
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fallen nature fallen humans right for
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about nature we are all fallen humans
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that doesn't mean that we should take
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God for granite well I'm you know
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because a lot of people say well I'm a
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machinist oh so what God understands God
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is holy he can't tolerate sin he cannot
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because he is holy by Nature so that's
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why he made provisions for us through
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Jesus Christ and this story here is
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shown us the holiness of God God is holy
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the lellison is enough to cut us from
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his presence because the soul that sins
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shall die scripture says whoever keeps
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the whole law and stumbly one point is
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guilty of all there's no little thing
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there's no big thing
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sin is sin in God's eyes and one sin is
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enough to cut you off from his presence
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and for you to be dead
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you are not to be dead I just wanted to
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make sure you understand that point
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because God is holy holy morally perfect
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and also set apart because we can't even
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understand the holiness of God on this
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side of eternity we don't fully
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understand it what it means anyone that
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saw the Lord even Isaiah the prophet
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fell on his knees and say Who I am I
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farce in the Lord because he was our way
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was made aware of his own imperfection
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you see that that's important to
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understand the holiness of God truly
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fully in all his being okay and the next
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one that I wanted to make was the
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patience of God now this story also
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teaches us about the patience of God for
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us today God by nature cannot change so
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we are not to think to take his patience
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for with us today for tolerance for sin
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let me beat that again God by nature
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cannot change so we ought not to take
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his patience with us today for tolerance
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for sin but God is slow to anger and
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abounding in law therefore his patience
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with us given us room to repent which
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ought to make us fall in love with His
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grace even more so let me give you
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Romans 2 verse 2 to 4 to illustrate my
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point here scripture says in Romans 2
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verse 2 for we know that the judgment of
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God we know that the judgment of God
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rightly falls on those who practice such
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things do you suppose oh man you will
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judge those who practice such things
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that yet do them that you'll escape the
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judgment of God or do you presume
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presume on the riches of his kindness
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and forbearance and patience
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not knowing that God's kindness is meant
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to lead you to repentance you see that
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God's kindness is meant to lead you to
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repentance do not presume on the riches
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of his kindness and forbearance
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appraised patience scripture see saying
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don't take God's patience and kindness
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for granted he is giving you room to
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repent is giving you an eye a room to
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repent so stories like this are meant to
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teach us to fear the Lord his wrath is
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real was now God is still the same
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yesterday today and tomorrow he hasn't
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changed it's not like he all of a sudden
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ah he tolerates seeming is okay but he
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is not okay with it he is giving you
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room to repent he's giving me room to
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repent so we ought to really take this
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very seriously so again in closing this
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what I said God is a holy God and he
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requires of us proper worship this is
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the first one that we talk about the
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second is keeping the command of the
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Lord
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the third is holiness and the fourth is
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the patience of God so all these four
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elements a mind to drive us to really
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look to the cross and look to Jesus and
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said lord please help us because we know
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how easy it is for us to fall back into
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sin God made a provision for us through
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Jesus he says if we confess our sins he
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is faithful and just to forgive us and
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cleanse us of all cleanses us of all
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righteousness
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if we fourth if we confess our sins if
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you agree with God that we have sinned
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against him he is faithful and just to
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forgive us of all our sins and cleanse
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us of all unrighteousness so we need to
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really ask the Lord strengthen us and
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give us the power by Holy Spirit to lead
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an exemplary life we're gonna sing us
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that's just human nature but he has made
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a provision and John says my children
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I'll write these things so that you may
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not sin but when you be seen we have an
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advocate Jesus Christ 20-seat for us but
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that is not a license for you to go out
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and do what you want because you're
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gonna suffer the wrath of the Lord so
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this is meant to teach us about the
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holiness of God about keeping his
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command and about understanding his
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grace
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this ought to really make us even fall
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in love more to the Lord with the Lord
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and say we wanna be
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pleasing to you we want to leave by
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faith and this is what God says the
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righteous shall live by faith the
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righteous shall live by every word that
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proceeds from the mouth of God so I will
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exalt you today to really take this
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seriously and ask the Lord to give you
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strength to be a prison vessel for use
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okay so have a wonderful day
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