Topic: Cleansing For Service [Monday March 23, 2015]
Text: Numbers 8:5-19
Key Verse: “And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean” (Numbers 8:7).
A through the process of lightingfter putting Moses and Aaron the lamps on the altar, God instructed that they separate the Levites for exclusive service in worship and administration. There had been an external act of putting off darkness by the illumination of the lights. In God’s plan of action, there should also be a follow-up: purification of the vessels for service. There must be the cleansing and separation of the Levites to ensure outward and inward holiness.
It is this total holiness that makes service acceptable to God. You cannot worship God or offer gift to Him in unclean state. You cannot give him blemished offering. Nor can you serve Him in a polluted place. He is holy and He demands holiness all around Him. He demands absolute separation from anything that corrupts.
Numbers 8:7 is unmistakably clear about this: “And thus shall thou do unto them (Levites): sprinkle water of purifying upon them and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.”
Obviously, this foreshadows what Jesus our paschal Lamb came to do for the sinner who repents and asks for pardon. Jesus came to this world several centuries after the separation of the Levites. He came to call us out of the world of darkness and sin. He shed His blood at Calvary to wash us from our sin, prepare us for work in the Lord’s vineyard and take us to the mansions He has gone to prepare for us in heaven.
He demands total commitment, obedience and submission to His doctrine as we shun the world with all its false teachings and practices. Only those who do so will be considered fit for Kingdom service and qualify to enjoy a blissful eternity with God, Christ and all the saints.
Bible in One Year: Mark 1-3
Thought for The Day: Unholy life desecrates God’s altar.
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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