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The Just Man

Gen 6:8 -9

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD... Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. ....

Worship 2 - Kasher & Yosher

Rom 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Bro Elberd preached on Worship last Sunday. Wow, seems like there is no end to worship sermons.

He preached from Roman 12:1 where worship is when we present our bodies as the living temple of the Holy Ghost, and our lifestlye as our living sacrifice unto God.

Worship has to be wholesome, integrated for our God is ONE.

Kasher - to do what is fit and proper. What we do. i.e. to serve, to give, to love, to pray, to help, to work, ....

Yosher - to do thing straight. Do what is right, the right way. Right attitude Why we do. i.e. do willingly, give cheerfully, hope faithfully, pray unceasingly, love sacrificially, serve excellently.

When we worship God with our body and lifestyle, we do it with "Kasher" and also "Yosher". Need both. No good if one trait is missing.

Worship

Exo 30:34 - 38 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.

Ps Calvin Lee from Kajang AOG visited us today and shared on Worship from Exodus 30, where our worship to God is liken to the sweet smelling incense prepared for altar in the tabernacle.

Some points on HOW shall we worship from Exodus 30.

1. Verse 34 Instruction on the composition of the incense.
Worship is about what God want and not what we likes.

2. Verse 35 ... salted, pure and holy
Worship is Holy

3. Verse 36 grind some into powder
True Worship comes from a broken and contrite heart

4. Verse 37 - 38
Worship is exclusive for God alone.

Children

Pro 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Felt such heavy responsibility by just reading this.

I feel for the coming generation, there is a strong shallowness that had crept in. A deception. How should we raise up our children? I had this question ringing in my head, for I have three of my own.

The Lord has many answers for this question. Among them, we parents, be just and walk in integrity. The children are watching, learning and their characters are being shaped. O, do let them learn something good from their "heros", we the parents.

Saved ?

"Say the sinner's prayer and you are saved."

How true is this statement?

Lord, Teach us to Pray

I was reading a sermon text by Stephen A Ratliff on prayer. He noted that when Jesus' disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray (Luke 11:1-4), Jesus taught them the Lord's Prayer.

If we looked carefully, the Lord's Prayer is exceedingly simple and direct, very much like how a child would pray minus all the King James style of vocabulary.

If we ask our children to pray, they can actually pray very easily and naturally. My kids would pray like this, "... thank you Jesus for the fish, rice, ....., pray for mama, that the sickness would go away.." . Their faith in God is genuine, without doubt. Very different from the way an adult would pray. An adult's prayer is always a little restrictive and reserved. There is a fear of disappointment that God would not answer. But I think that is generally alright. We are not God and would not understand many things.

Back to Luke 11, Jesus' disciples are all adult Jews, I would assume them all to had led a lifetime of prayer. But as they followed Jesus and saw Jesus pray, they realised their Jewish prayer is falling short from Jesus'. They humbled themselves and asked Jesus, Lord, Teach us to pray.

Luke 11:1 -4

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.