Love
Exodus 29
Exodus 29:44-46 “So I
will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and
his sons to serve me as priests. 45 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and
be their God. 46 They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them
out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.”
THERE’S a universe of competition for our
devotion and love. God knew his chosen people would be tempted daily to follow
other gods, to ignore his law, and to live life in the way they desired. Amid
the competition, God acted so “They will know I am the LORD their God.” Yes,
God formed this people, the Hebrews, to be his
people.
To
truly make them his own, he acted into their lives to personally connect with
them. One way he did so was through priests who would go among the nation to
represent his love and his law to them. All the priests’ activities would be
for the purpose of reminding them of God’s love to bless them as their God.
Their sacrifices, rituals and feasts were to keep alive the memory of their
LORD’s miracles that brought them out of Egyptian slavery.
Then
centuries later the LORD sent his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus personally demonstrated
God’s law and love to the Jews. Today the Holy Spirit is God’s presence to
remind us that Jesus’ loving sacrifice freed us from sin’s bondage. In the
Spirit’s power and knowledge, we read the Bible to know the truth and to keep God’s
Word alive in our heart and our mind. The Spirit turns our hearts to believe in
the Son of God that we are truly God’s own.
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