2 Chronicles 5: Unmeasured Sacrifice May 25 AM
Released: May 25, 2014
Unmeasured sacrifice: first, for the Presence of God to come.
Unmeasured sacrifice: second, when the Presence of God has come.
Concepts of the Text
1. We must count the cost and realize that it is beyond measure.
2. We must count that Jesus has fulfilled the need, dying in our place because the blood of sheep and oxen can never take away sin.
3. When God's presence is in the life of the believer, then we are consumed with Him, not our own views.
4. When God's presence is in the life of the church, we set aside our own desire to be "useful" and worship.
5. When God's presence is clear, we know His lovingkindness
Even though it is still just a glimpse
Application Point
A: Confess our sin--pride, anger, distraction--the call is for us all to come to the presence of God
B: Share the news of the sacrifice: One aspect that we miss here is that some of the "all Israel" that came would have been ceremonially unclean. They needed sacrifice to be able to be in the presence of God.
We are the same way: without the substitution of Jesus for us, we are unclean. Yet the Sacrifice is provided for us and the multitude. It is not about the need but about the abundance of the provision.
C: Release our need to be the powers that be, our need to be in charge, to dominate the schedule. I do not doubt that the singers, the priests, the ministers, and the people all had plans. The presence of God changed their plans