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« Reply #3825 on: January 06, 2012, 08:18:02 AM »

Raised Us up Together
 
"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:6)
 
The Bible clearly identifies the resurrection of Christ as central to the Christian message, just as crucial as the atoning death of Christ. "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17). And just as surely as Christ is raised, we who have put our faith in Him shall be raised.
 
What kind of body will we have then? "We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2). In His resurrection body He could appear and disappear (John 20:19), pass through closed doors (v. 26), be felt by others (Matthew 28:9; John 20:27), eat food (Luke 24:42, 43), and He eventually rose into heaven (Acts 1:9).

Paul, who has now been dead nearly 2,000 years, asserted: "We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body" (Philippians 3:20-21). How can a person, long since dead, whose spirit has been in God's presence, receive once again a body? This, of course, is a miracle, for the physical elements which once made up Paul's earthly body have long ago changed their form, and even while he was alive were continually being replaced.

No, God will not restore a prior body to the dead, but will present them with a new "glorious" body, fit for the eternal environment and service of heaven. Paul could only write of it by analogy, comparing the difference between the old and the new bodies to the difference between a seed and a plant, to different kinds of living things, and to different kinds of celestial bodies. "So also is the resurrection of the dead." It is sown in corruption, dishonor, weakness, as a natural body, but it is raised in incorruption, glory, and power, as a spiritual body (1 Corinthians 15:37-44). JDM
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« Reply #3826 on: January 07, 2012, 08:45:44 AM »

The Mount of Olives
 
"And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up." (2 Samuel 15:30)
 
The Mount of Olives overlooks Jerusalem from the east. This first reference to it notes the sad occasion when King David had to flee Jerusalem for his life, escaping the conspiracy of his estranged son Absalom.
 
Just as David wept over Jerusalem as he left it, so would his greater son, Jesus, a thousand years later, weep over the city as He entered it from Mount Olivet (Luke 19:37, 41). It was there that He gave the great prophecy of His second coming (Matthew 24:3). It was also there He went with His disciples after the last supper, and there He agonized in prayer, alone, in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:26, 32). Finally, after His death and resurrection, it was from the Mount of Olives that He ascended back into heaven (Acts 1:10-12).
 
This is far from the end of the story, however. The Mount of Olives has an amazing role yet to play in the world's future, according to a prophecy given long ago. "Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, . . . And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south" (Zechariah 14:1, 4). Instead of a mountain there will be a valley, and "living waters shall go out from Jerusalem" (v. 8). Instead of a mountain for weeping there will be a stream of rejoicing, and "the Lord shall be king over all the earth" (v. 9). HMM
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« Reply #3827 on: January 08, 2012, 08:31:17 AM »

Fountain of Life
 
"The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death." (Proverbs 14:27)
 
This beautiful phrase, "fountain of life," is used several times in the Old Testament, serving as a metaphor to illuminate a number of important aspects of spiritual faith and experience. Our text stresses "the fear of the Lord" as providing deliverance from death to life, picturing this new life as flowing from a heavenly spring.
 
A very similar verse is Proverbs 13:14: "The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death." Thus, the fear of the Lord is somehow tantamount to "the law of the wise." Those who are wise will fear the Lord, and thus receive living water from "the fountain of life."
 
King David penned the wonderful truth of Psalm 36:9: "For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light." "God is light" (1 John 1:5), so "the fountain of life" becomes the source also of all true light, whether physical or spiritual. "In him was life; and the life was the light of men" (John 1:4).
 
The same word translated "fountain" is rendered as "well" in Proverbs 10:11: "The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked." Thus, when a believer has received life from the divine fountain, his testimony becomes a fountain of life to others.
 
The Lord Himself is the fountain of life in Jeremiah’s prophecy, but the supposed people of God have refused to drink. "For my people . . . have forsaken me the fountain of living waters" (Jeremiah 2:13; 17:13).
 
Nevertheless, this fountain is still there for all who will come. The very last promise in the Bible has to do with this great fountain. That fountain yields "a pure river of water of life, . . . proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. . . . And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (Revelation 22:1, 17). HMM
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« Reply #3828 on: January 09, 2012, 09:14:53 AM »

Crown Him with Many Crowns
 
"The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." (Revelation 4:10-11)
 
As Christians, we are promised crowns of various sorts. Those we have ministered to are our "crown of rejoicing" (1 Thessalonians 2:19), our "joy and crown" (Philippians 4:1). We have the "crown of righteousness" (2 Timothy 4:8) for service to the Lord. If we endure, we will "receive the crown of life" (James 1:12) and the "crown of glory" (1 Peter 5:4). These crowns are "incorruptible" (1 Corinthians 9:25), lasting for eternity. But of what use will crowns be in glory?
 
We will willingly cast our "crowns"--our accomplishments performed in service of Him--at His feet as an act of worship, for all we are and have done has been a gift from the almighty sovereign creator/Savior. Even today we can crown Him King of every area of our lives. The grand old hymn "Crown Him with Many Crowns" relates this and reminds us to look ahead.
 
Crown Him with many crowns, The lamb upon His throne
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns All music but its own!
Awake my soul and sing Of Him who died for thee
And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity.
 
There will come that day when we form "a great multitude . . . Before the throne, and before the Lamb" (Revelation 7:9) singing "the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works" (Revelation 15:3). The theme of our song will be that "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). JDM
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« Reply #3829 on: January 10, 2012, 07:59:24 AM »

Crown Him the Son of God
 
"But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." (John 20:31)
 
During the late 1800s, a time of rampant skepticism, vital Bible doctrines were abandoned by many, including the Creator’s kingship over creation and its inhabitants. The need remains to crown Him King in all areas of life. Note the hymn’s second verse:
 
Crown Him the Son of God Before the worlds began,
And ye, who tread where He hath trod, Crown Him the Son of man,
Who every grief hath known That wrings the human breast,
And takes and bears them for His own, That all in Him may rest.
 
Jesus Christ, God the Son, possessed great glory, given by God the Father "before the foundation of the world" (John 17:24). Then, even though "all things were made by him" (John 1:3), "God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons" (Galatians 4:4-5).
 
While in human form, Jesus preferred to call Himself the "Son of man" and chose to live a life of poverty and suffering. "The Son of man hath not where to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20). He chose to suffer these things so that He could fully identify and empathize with our problems. "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin" (Hebrews 4:15).
 
Thankfully, because "he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows . . . and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:4, 6), we can be forgiven and find rest in Him. "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:16). JDM
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« Reply #3830 on: January 11, 2012, 07:07:51 AM »

Crown Him the Lord of Life
 
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
 
Verse three of the majestic hymn "Crown Him with Many Crowns" speaks of life--eternal life--made possible by the death of the Creator of life. This was followed by His retaking life and returning in victory from the grave. The hymn expresses it well.
 
Crown Him the Lord of life, Who triumphed o'er the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife For those He came to save.
His glories now we sing Who died and rose on high,
Who died, eternal life to bring, And lives that death may die.
 
As in our text, eternal life is a "gift of God," made possible "by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel" (2 Timothy 1:10). The penalty for sin had to be paid, and so "Christ died for our sins" (1 Corinthians 15:3). But in order to fully vanquish death and offer forgiven sinners eternal life, He "rose again the third day" (v. 4) "wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25).
 
Then, "when he had by himself purged our sins, |he| sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Hebrews 1:3). "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? . . . Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 15:54-55, 57).
 
Although eternal death has been vanquished, we still face physical death. Yet there will come a day when "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" (Revelation 21:4). JDM
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« Reply #3831 on: January 12, 2012, 07:43:37 AM »

Crown Him the Lord of Love
 
"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39)
 
God’s great love for us was not a sentimental, feel-good "love," as the term is used today, but was sacrificial on our behalf. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). The fourth verse of "Crown Him with Many Crowns," speaks of this.
 
Crown Him the Lord of love! Behold His hands and side,
Rich wounds, yet visible above, In beauty glorified
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For thou hast died for me;
Thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity.
 
Soon after Christ rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples, who were "glad, when they saw the Lord" (John 20:20). But doubting Thomas was not present, and demanded to see proof before he believed. Several days later Jesus reappeared, and desired to remove all stumbling blocks to faith. "Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God" (John 20:27-28). One day all the world will see those yet-visible wounds, for "they shall look upon |Christ| whom they have pierced" (Zechariah 12:10).
 
Our Redeemer deserves all praise from redeemed sinners: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:23-24). This praise will never end, "that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever" (1 Peter 4:11). JDM
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« Reply #3832 on: January 13, 2012, 08:50:46 AM »

Crown Him the Lord of Peace
 
"Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all." (2 Thessalonians 3:16)
 
Isaiah's great prophecy of Christ's first advent identified "his name |as| Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). The peace He brings is personal, as we see in our text: "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1). But it is also effective in society at large, a fact borne out in verse 5 of "Crown Him with Many Crowns."
 
Crown Him the Lord of peace, Whose peace a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease, And all be prayer and praise!
His reign shall know no end, And round His pierced feet
Fair flowers of Paradise extend Their fragrance ever sweet.
 
"Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom" (Hebrews 1:8). The King of this kingdom is none other than our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As the angel announced the birth of Christ, he prophesied: "And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end" (Luke 1:33). "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4).
 
Perhaps the best thing about His eternal, righteous, peaceful kingdom is that we will be there. "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God" (Revelation 2:7). "Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" (1 John 5:5)! JDM
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« Reply #3833 on: January 14, 2012, 08:55:11 AM »

Crown Him the Lord of Heaven
 
"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands." (Acts 17:24)
 
While all three persons of the Trinity participated in creation (for their person and purpose is unified), the primary agent was God the Son. "All things were created by him, and for him" (Colossians 1:16). The final verse of "Crown Him with Many Crowns" reflects this unity while focusing on the implementing work of Christ.
 
Crown Him the Lord of heav'n; One with the Father known,
One with the Spirit through Him giv'n From yonder glorious throne.
To thee be endless promise, For thou for us hast died;
Be thou, O Lord, through endless days Adored and magnified.
 
Jesus prayed, "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth" (Matthew 11:25), but then He ascended "up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God" (Mark 16:19). Throughout His earthly ministry He taught, "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30).
 
He also promised His disciples that the Holy Spirit, "the Comforter |would| come, whom I will send unto you from the Father" (John 15:26). Paul added that the Spirit would take up residence in the Christian. "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God?" (1 Corinthians 6:19).
 
Our response to all that our Lord has done for us should be to worship Him--to adore and magnify Him--for all eternity. We will join the "four and twenty elders |and| fall down before him that |sits| on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast |our| crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord" (Revelation 4:10-11). JDM
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« Reply #3834 on: January 15, 2012, 08:20:29 AM »

The Mercy Seat
 
"And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat." (Exodus 25:21-22)
 
In the "holy of holies" of the tabernacle, God would meet with Israel’s high priest once a year to commune with His people at a meeting place called the "mercy seat." The Hebrew word was derived from the word for "atonement," which in turn meant essentially a "covering" for the Ark of the Covenant. On the great day of atonement each year, the high priest was commanded to sprinkle the blood from the sin offerings on the mercy seat (Leviticus 16:14-15) to make an atonement for all the people.
 
This annual ceremony, of course, merely prefigures the full atonement which Christ would make one day when "by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us" (Hebrews 9:12). Since this blood has been sprinkled once for all on the heavenly mercy seat, as it were, we are now "justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God" (Romans 3:24-25).
 
In this verse, the word "propitiation" is the Greek word for "mercy seat" (and is so translated in Hebrews 9:5). That is, Christ Himself, with His atoning blood, is our mercy seat, where we can meet with God. Thus, the golden, blood-stained mercy seat becomes the very throne of God Himself, where He meets with those who believe on Him for salvation. "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (4:16). HMM
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« Reply #3835 on: January 16, 2012, 07:54:13 AM »

The Psalm of Life
 
"I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." (Psalm 91:2)
 
This marvelous psalm of life and security follows a psalm of frailty and death (Psalm 90) written by Moses, who may have been the author of this psalm as well. For our devotional study today, attention is called to the change of personal pronoun throughout, implying a dialogue between three speakers.
 
The psalm begins as a godly teacher, or prophet, or perhaps an angel, bestows a benediction upon the believer: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1), ascribing the security of the believer to the character of God.
 
The believer responds to this blessing by avowing his trust in God and in His character (v. 2).
 
To the testimony of the believer, the first speaker replies, expounding on the former blessing, detailing the protection provided by God (vv. 3-8) and the blessings of that care. Note, "because thou |the believer| hast made the LORD |Jehovah|, which is my |the speaker's| refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone" (vv. 9-12).
 
At the end, Jehovah Himself responds, confirming all that the speaker has said: "Because he |the believer| hath set his love upon me |Jehovah|, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation" (vv. 14-16). JDM
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« Reply #3836 on: January 17, 2012, 07:48:13 AM »

The Queen of Sheba
 
"And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions." (1 Kings 10:1)
 
A thousand years after the famous visit of Sheba's queen to the court of King Solomon, Jesus made a remarkable spiritual application of her experience. "The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here" (Matthew 12:42).
 
Solomon had prayed for wisdom, and the Lord gave him such legendary wisdom that the news even reached the distant land of Sheba, south of Ethiopia. We do not know what hard questions were confronting Sheba's queen at the time, but she finally decided she must find their solutions through Solomon and his God. God honored her searching faith, "and Solomon told her all her questions," so that she could testify that "the half was not told me. . . . Blessed be the LORD thy God" (1 Kings 10:3, 7, 9).
 
In Jesus Christ "are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:3). He who had given Solomon his great wisdom promises us that "if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James 1:5).
 
Truly the queen of Sheba will be a witness against our present generation in the coming day of judgment. People today turn to every variety of humanistic counselors for their training and guidance, but refuse to come to the one who is "made unto us wisdom" (1 Corinthians 1:30). The "Wonderful Counsellor" (Isaiah 9:6), who is far greater than Solomon, who said "I am . . . the truth" (John 14:6), and who promises that "the truth shall make you free" (8:32), is still inviting all from the uttermost parts of the earth to come. HMM
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« Reply #3837 on: January 18, 2012, 08:13:13 AM »

Moses and the Shining Face
 
"And it came to pass, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand . . . that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him." (Exodus 34:29)
 
Moses had been alone with God forty days and forty nights, simply communing with God and receiving the tables with the Ten Commandments. When he finally descended, the glory of God so radiated from him that the people could not bear to look at his face, and he had to wear a veil even to speak to them.
 
The council of Jewish leaders had a similar experience as they interrogated Stephen concerning his Christian testimony: "And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel" (Acts 6:15).
 
None of us today ever seem to exhibit such glowing faces, nor is anyone likely to mistake us for an angel. But perhaps this is because we have not spent the time in His presence that Moses did; nor preached the Word in the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit as Stephen did. Nevertheless, we should have a different countenance than before we met the Lord. Men should be able to say of us as it was said of Peter and John: "They marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus" (4:13).
 
In fact, God even promises that this will be so to the extent that we spend time in His Word, which itself is alive with the light of His glory. "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 3:18).
 
May God enable us, therefore, to be "holding forth the word of life," even "in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world" (Philippians 2:15-16). HMM
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« Reply #3838 on: January 19, 2012, 08:51:38 AM »

Threefold Deliverance
 
"For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling." (Psalm 116:8)
 
This is the beautiful testimony of the psalmist when the Lord answered his prayer: "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul" (vv. 3-4). The Lord does, indeed, deliver our souls when we call upon Him for salvation in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, "for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13).
 
Divine deliverance, however, is more than deliverance from death and hell. "Therefore the redeemed of the LORD . . . shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away" (Isaiah 51:11). "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying" (Revelation 21:4). God delivers us from the penalty of our sins, from death and hell, right now, and then from all our sorrows and tears in the age to come, delivering us even from all the effects of sin forever.
 
But He also delivers us right now from the power of sin in our lives, which would otherwise come again to cause our downfall even after we have been saved. Many a fearful Christian, afraid that he is unable to hang on to the Lord, needs to know that it is the Lord who hangs on to him! "For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?" (Psalm 56:13). Our Savior, who died for our sins and rose again for our justification, promises this. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall |anyone| pluck them out of my hand" (John 10:27-28). HMM
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« Reply #3839 on: January 20, 2012, 06:45:37 AM »

Altar Building
 
"And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him." (Genesis 12:7)
 
This is the first reference to Abraham building an altar in Scripture. Building an altar and making sacrifice to God denotes total dependence and reliance on Him. It implies saying no to self and yes to God--in effect presenting one's self in submission to God as a sinner, trusting Him for gracious handling of one's sin, and discounting one's value apart from His work. Building altars became a habit with godly Abraham, the "Friend of God" (James 2:23), and he practiced it many times during his life (see also Genesis 12:8; 13:4, 18).
 
We can surmise that at an early age, Abraham's son, Isaac, was taught this same practice. It doesn't seem that Isaac misunderstood or debated the situation, even when he himself was identified as the sacrifice to be slaughtered (Genesis 22:9). He fully trusted and worshiped the same God, and evidently agreed with Abraham's obedient act. Later, Isaac, himself, practiced altar-building at least once on his own (26:25).
 
Compare Abraham and his family to Lot and his family. Nowhere in Scripture does it say that Lot built an altar and recognized God as worthy of worship. No doubt as a direct result, Lot's wife, sons, and daughters totally rejected these ideas, preferring the sinful practices and mentality of Sodom. Lot was a true believer (2 Peter 2:7-8), but his lifestyle and lack of "altar-building" rubbed off on his family, to the detriment of himself and the people of God ever since.
 
Here is the question: Do we want to be Christians who ignore proper worship and total submission to God and have families who do likewise? We don't build physical altars today, but we do need daily times of family prayer. JDM
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