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Exodus 30:37-38 • It Shall Be Holy to You for the Lord

February 4th, 2012 by Servant
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"The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the Lord. Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people."
—Exodus 30:37-38 (NASB)

At the very end of all the details provided by God for the establishment of service to Him (a.k.a. "worship") are these instructions for the incense to be used in His House in the course of that service. Throughout Scripture incense is used to represent prayer.

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Exodus 30:15 • The Same Price for All

February 3rd, 2012 by Servant
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"The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves."
—Exodus 30:15 (NASB)

What a wonderful illustration of God's plan of salvation! On the surface Moses is receiving instructions for how to take a census and assess a minor tax; on a deeper level we have an illustration of how everyone is the same before God.

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Exodus 29:4-7 • First the Water, Then the Oil

February 2nd, 2012 by Servant
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"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod; and you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him."
—Exodus 29:4-7 (NASB)

First the cleansing, then the anointing. It's a shadow of the same process we will see in the New Testament in the baptism of John followed by the baptism of Christ. John's baptism was a baptism of repentance:

"in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;"
—Luke 3:2-3 (NASB)

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Exodus 23:2-3 • You Shall Not Follow the Masses

February 1st, 2012 by Servant
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"You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice; nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his dispute."
—Exodus 23:2-3 (NASB)

Perhaps this is the biblical response to, "But Ma…EVERYONE'S doing it!" Peer pressure and majority rule are invalid excuses for God's people to be swept up with the crowd. We are individually accountable.

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Exodus 20:20 • That You May Not Sin

January 31st, 2012 by Servant
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"Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.'"
—Exodus 20:20 (NASB)

The "Enhanced Strong's Lexicon" indicates that the word often translated as "fear" means "to fear, reverence, honour, respect" and "to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe". And what is the intended end result of all this reverence and godly fear for the One True God? "That you may not sin".

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Exodus 20:2-3 • The Proper Context for Obedience

January 30th, 2012 by Servant
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"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me."
—Exodus 20:2-3 (NASB)

We generally start reciting the Ten Commandments beginning with verse 3,"You shall have no other gods before Me." But it might prove to have a greater impact on our life and behavior if we began each commanment with the overall preface provided in verse 2, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery". This is the context in which we should hold His commandments. They proceed from His sovereignty and grace.

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Exodus 19:5-6 • When the Possession becomes Possessive

January 29th, 2012 by Servant
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"'Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel."
—Exodus 19:5-6 (NASB)

What is the change God intends for those coming to a personal knowledge and relationship with Him? You no longer belong to this world ("you shall be My own possession") and you no longer worship the things of this world ("you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests"). From the beginning, the goal of God's plan of salvation has been to change our identity and service.

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