Title: Gifts to God/ Numbers 7:1-11
Content Title: Gifts to God
Text: Numbers 7:1-11
Key Verse: (Numbers 7:1) Moses finished building the tent and anointed it with oil.
set apart, and anointed all its utensils, the altar, and all its utensils, with oil to make them holy.
on the day of separation
In this chapter, following the previous chapter, the rules for trespass offerings and peace offerings are mentioned.
In this sacrifice, the priest's portion and the rules for eating the sacrifice are mentioned. special
God's providence directs even the smallest details about the types and methods of sacrifices
is very surprising
The text is about one month from January 1 of the second year of exodus when the census was completed.
This is the content of the dedication ceremony of the tabernacle that took place on February 8, the 2nd year of the year. especially to God
It tells the specifics of what is being offered.
1. Separated by oil.
Oil has a meaning, but it has a special gender meaning. Israel
When you set up kings, you must take the horn of oil and pour it on their heads, and the prophet
He prayed and made him king. When the priests were set up, they were also anointed with oil.
He anointed all the altars and everything in the tabernacle of the LORD with oil.
ke did it Therefore, the gifts that God accepts must be set apart to be holy.
will have to Not only that, but all Christians are like the holy temple
Being a being, we must live a holy life. “(1 Corinthians 6:19) Your body is yours
do you not know that is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God?
No, you are not yours."
2. I gave voluntarily.
In verse 2 of the text, the heads of each tribe were voluntarily
It can be seen that the gift was given from the heart.
God said, "(2 Corinthians 9:7) Let each one do just as he has decided in his heart, stingy
Do not force it, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
said God, the Lord of the whole universe, lacked something to accept the gift.
it's not what you say Receive the sincerity of the human beings contained in the gift, and
You want to form a strong bond and share true fellowship.
All. Therefore, it is very important to make a voluntary gift.
3. It was given in the designated way.
Text “(Numbers 7:11) The Lord said to Moses, The patriarchs
Each person shall offer the offering of the altar.” Similarly, we
When offering gifts to me, I should not give them my own will, but God
You have to give it the way you set it. That is, the types and methods of gifts recorded in the Bible, and
It should be served according to the season.
For God is a God of order, to the extent that He created the universe
We praise God, who is vast, but who is also numbered to the very hairs of our heads.
Because Lee confesses.
apply
1) If we remember that our Lord died on the cross for us
What shall we hesitate to give to God? I really pray to God
Are you ready to hit?
2) Gifts offered to God do not simply mean material things. myself
Time, knowledge, health, etc. can all be a gift.
3) We must be holy to live a sanctified life as God's holy temple.
Are you struggling?
4) God is willing to give gifts to those who volunteer.
You are pleased with me, but am I really willing? Or do you force it?