Verse 20 - "God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."
Where is the fear of God? Does it exist? The Israelites kept on sinning, we/I keep on sinning. You don't hear many sermons including the fear of God. Where is it? Does anybody really fear God? I don't see it. I feared my Dad growing up, but I kept on getting into trouble, making bad choices.
Then I read Deuteronomy 4:10 - "Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to REVERE me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
REVERE = to regard with awe, deference, & devotion.
Can I replace the fear of God with the revere of God? If I revere God; an awe of who He is, defering to Him about everything, and a complete devotion to His Son and will - then yes - that will keep me from sinning.
I am on a journey. My journey has many peaks and valleys. My goal is to love God a little deeper each day, to get to know Him better, to include Him in everything. I want to revere God deeper every day, because the more in love, in awe, and devoted I am to Him - the better chance I have to keep from sinning.
Verse 24 -- An altar of earth you shall make for Me..and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, your peace offerings, your sheep and oxen. In every place I record My name, I will come to You and I will bless you.
I am made of the dust of the earth. Can I be an altar of earth? The burnt offering was made for our sins so that fellowship was made possible with God.... Jesus is the offering, the sacrifice, but this altar of earth.....my flesh, sacrificed, consumed by fire, my sin laid upon Him, so that I may have fellowship with God. My peace offerins are my confessions and my vows....what do I say to God, when I offer Him my life, my time, am I serious?....as the peace offering was given, it is a picture of communion, sweet fellowship with God.....are my words true...my offerings from my lips and my heart...are they true?
He has recorded His name and His laws on my heart.....that He would come to me and bless me. Yes...I want to be the altar, where He will come in pleasure because my sacrifices are true and honest before Him. My sacrifices in repentence and praise are a sweet insence before Him. God, that You would be pleased. amen.
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Verse 20 - "God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."
ReplyDeleteWhere is the fear of God? Does it exist? The Israelites kept on sinning, we/I keep on sinning. You don't hear many sermons including the fear of God. Where is it? Does anybody really fear God? I don't see it. I feared my Dad growing up, but I kept on getting into trouble, making bad choices.
Then I read Deuteronomy 4:10 - "Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to REVERE me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
REVERE = to regard with awe, deference, & devotion.
Can I replace the fear of God with the revere of God? If I revere God; an awe of who He is, defering to Him about everything, and a complete devotion to His Son and will - then yes - that will keep me from sinning.
I am on a journey. My journey has many peaks and valleys. My goal is to love God a little deeper each day, to get to know Him better, to include Him in everything. I want to revere God deeper every day, because the more in love, in awe, and devoted I am to Him - the better chance I have to keep from sinning.
Verse 24 -- An altar of earth you shall make for Me..and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, your peace offerings, your sheep and oxen. In every place I record My name, I will come to You and I will bless you.
ReplyDeleteI am made of the dust of the earth. Can I be an altar of earth? The burnt offering was made for our sins so that fellowship was made possible with God.... Jesus is the offering, the sacrifice, but this altar of earth.....my flesh, sacrificed, consumed by fire, my sin laid upon Him, so that I may have fellowship with God. My peace offerins are my confessions and my vows....what do I say to God, when I offer Him my life, my time, am I serious?....as the peace offering was given, it is a picture of communion, sweet fellowship with God.....are my words true...my offerings from my lips and my heart...are they true?
He has recorded His name and His laws on my heart.....that He would come to me and bless me. Yes...I want to be the altar, where He will come in pleasure because my sacrifices are true and honest before Him. My sacrifices in repentence and praise are a sweet insence before Him. God, that You would be pleased. amen.