Thursday, September 26, 2013

Zealous for the honor of the Lord

Numbers 25:1-18
Men of Israel indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women. They are worshipping the Ball of Peor.
Phinehas was as zealous as I am for my honor among them, the Lord said. He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood.
This event and the affair of Peor, so Miianites are enemies of Israel.
Ball of Peor: The local deity of the place 'Baal' gradually became a proper name for the great fertility god of the Canaanites.
Moabite... Midianite: The interchange of terms sounds confused, but from late patriarchal(any of the three ancestors of the Hebrew people) times there was a good deal of overlap in the use of the terms 'Midianite', 'Ishmaelite', 'Medanite', 'Moabite'
Zealous: ardently active, devoted, or diligent; full of, characterized by
Why?
It was at Balaam's instruction(31:16) that the Midianite women brought Israel low at Peor. And he paid for it with his life(31:8)
Understand what is the Lord hates and loves, zealous to do it to honor name of the Lord is delight to the Lord. The Lord love humble, righteousness and mercy, God hates evil and cheating and worshipping other gods.
Indulge in sexual immorality is man whose heart have not God and do what he likes.
Sexual relations with the Moabite women led the men of Israel to break faith with God and worship Baal.
Lasting priesthood is an honor, so as to be a pastor or minister of the Lord is an honor.
How?
Am I zealous to the love of God? Love Lord and do what the Lord loves. Zealous for the honor of the Lord and atonement for the assembly.









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