28/04/2024
Calvary greetings brethren!!!
OFFER A PLEASING AROMA
Just another early morning appetizer to put us in the right spiritual frequency b4 worship.
Access to the holy of holies is not based on gender, as long as one comes before God without blemish (imperfection). This means we need Christ Jesus blood to be sprinkled upon the altar and our heads, before we can be acceptable before the Almighty God. I mean very living being. This was done on the cross at Calvary.
Therefore, it makes good sense to abide in the words of Prophets Isaiah and John the Baptist, by preparing the way of the Lord and making his paths straight. Removing all obstacles, prepare morally and spiritually, in expectation to receive something good from Elohim. Offering sacrifice without blemish (Lev 3:1) A living sacrifice, good, acceptable and pleasing in accordance to the will of God (Romans 12:1-2). The kind of sacrifice that emits a good aroma to the nostrils of Jehovah, resulting into answered prayers.
It is not what goes into man that defiles, but what comes from within. No wonder, the early Levites were instructed by God to separate the inner organs of the sacrificial sheep and goats and burn them upon the altar before God.
Lev 3:16
The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a PLEASING AROMA. All the FAT is the LORD’s.
This kind of sacrificial offering can be applied to the offerings and tithes given to the church this morning.
1 Corin 16:2
On the FIRST DAY of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
KEYPHRASE: Set aside – meaning prepare to give something beforehand.
Setting aside willingly and cheerfully, what to give to the church without any grudge is also a pleasant aroma before God. Our widow’s mite. A true believer does this good deed by standing firm in faith and love. Knowing that whatever we do for God is not in vain. Whatever we give to God, shall be returned back to us in good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.
Your thoughts?
PRAYER
As we leave our homes this morning and step on the holy ground of our various parishes, all our expectations shall be met by the Almighty God Jehovah, in accordance to his prefect divine will. Amen IJCMN.
God bless