ORDINANCES OF ACCEPTANCE EZEKIEL 43:13-27 KEY VERSE: “And he said unto me, son of man, thus saith the LORD GOD; these are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offering thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. And I will accept you, saith the LORD GOD” (Ezekiel 43:18,27). When you look at creation, you see the revelation of God’s commitment to order. There is nothing that is out of place. In the Genesis account of the six days that the Almighty worked to create the heavens, earth and all that are in them, orderliness reigned supreme. This orderliness characterizes everything God does. He does not leave anything to chance. He does not leave His children or servants to give what He wants because he is not the Author of confusions and disorder. In our text for today God gave Ezekiel the prophet the law of the house, and the altar. “And these are the measures of the altar the cubits” (vs. 13). In giving the measures, He spoke of the bottom, border, edge, (vs. 13) and height, breadth, the settle (vs. 14) and even defined the cubit as a cubit and a hand breadth (vs. 13). He told Ezekiel about the settle, the border about it and the bottom thereof and stated the direction the stairs should face (vs. 17). We see that God gave detailed and specific instructions concerning the construction of the altar. When he has so instructed, He expects total compliance. When you think of God’s standard, do you think you can meet it? Thank God for Jesus Christ. Those constructions and sacrifices would have been something else for many of us these days, but Christ came to make things easier for us all. God’s standard of holiness is not lower today but it is simpler. Jesus said His yoke is easy. That is true. All we need do is to appropriate all this by faith. God still has rules or ordinances today but they are not as cumbersome before we become accepted of Him. God demands that instead of altars of cubit and all that, we should repent of all sin in order to be accepted by Him. Once we consciously remove the sin barrier between Him and us through His grace, we are thereafter assured of a blessed life that flows from time to eternity. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The ordinances of God are to be obeyed, not lightly esteemed.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:57:08 +0000
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