It Matters to God

Exodus 30:30-33 “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests. 31 Say to the Israelites, ‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil for the generations to come. 32 Do not pour it on men's bodies and do not make any oil with the same formula. It is sacred, and you are to consider it sacred. 33 Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut off from his people.’”
 
GOD continues to precisely instruct his people. Exodus 30:22-25 contains a specific recipe for making the oil to anoint God’s priests. The sanctity of the priesthood is also prescribed as God warns that anyone who makes this oil for another purpose must be cut off from the nation.
     This sounds so “legalistic” in our culture, in our time of understanding we are saved by grace through faith. Why should it matter what’s in the anointing oil? Why should it matter whether the anointing oil recipe is used for anything else?
     It matters because God said it matters. Everything God has done, is doing and will do is designed to show you he is holy. God is Creator of the world, and he is separate from the world. Witness his words at creation, “God saw that it was good.” (Genesis 1:25) And hear his words at the end of time, “No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.” (Revelation 22:3) This the sovereign Lord announcing what is and what will be under his eternal Word.
     He is Master of all things. His priesthood on earth is to display his holy glory to his people. In the Old Testament, the priests were descendants of Aaron, representing God’s Law. Today Jesus has become your great high priest (Hebrews 7:24), to display God’s grace of forgiveness.  In Christ, “you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5) This means God has created you precisely to be his own. You are set apart from the world to display his holiness. You matter to God.
     Why would we not immediately obey his every word? Words from God are Holy. That’s why it’s called the “Holy Bible”. Separate yourself from the culture’s words. Listen to God. Know he has created you to be his own.
 
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