Leviticus 10-12; Acts 16

1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke, saying: ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.’”

How do you approach the living God. Well we can learn from Nadab and Abihu that you don’t do it with disrespect and you don’t take that which is holy and treat it as common. These two knuckleheads thought they could approach the great I AM, the Eternal Creator of the universe with a haphazard irreverent worship. They brought a disrespectful form of worship. It cost them their life but more than that it probably saved countless lives from making the same mistake. God is an incredibly merciful lover of our soul but we must never forget that he is the Almighty. Nadab and Abihu were used as an example and I am glad that everyone that worships disrespectfully doesn’t have the same ending. God is gracious, but worship needs to be done with respect and in a way that glorifies God. So much for the “I will worship God my way” crowd.

God Bless,

Pastor Rick

Next reading: Lev. 13-14; Acts 17