And the Lord spoke to Moses and said, “Speak to the children
of Israel
and tell them to bring me an offering; every one that gives it willingly with
his heart you shall take it.”
Now in this
is a strong statement of a reason perhaps why God did not have regard to Cain’s
offering. Could it be that he did not give it willingly from his heart but
grudgingly? Perhaps given just to compete with his brother Abel? Be that as it may, we see here that God
requires a gift willingly given from the heart.
“And this,”
said the Lord, is the type of offerings I am requiring. “Gold, silver and bronze; blue and purple,
and scarlet fine linen; goats hair, and ram’s skin dyed red; badgers’ skins and
acacia wood; oil for the lamps, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet
incense; onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.”
“And let
them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. According to all that I have shown you, after
the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furnishing thereof,
even so shall you make it.”
There are
those who criticize some churches as being too ornate, and others advocate and
practice worship in the house of the Lord to be attended any old how and any
old way; but I have always maintained that the Lord’s House should be the best,
at least better then our own houses; and when we enter the Lord’s house we
should wear our best garb, not in order to show our finery, but rather in
acknowledgment that we are entering into the presence of the King of kings and
the Lord of lords.
I must
admit I completely deprecate what I have observed as a modern trend for people
to wear their beach clothes, tee shirt and jeans to Sunday worship, reserving
their finer threads for the more auspicious cocktail and private dinner party.
God’s
command to Moses was, “Build me a fine house, wherein for me to dwell. More www.chaberbooks.com
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