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WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? ... HE THAT HATH CLEAN HANDS, AND A PURE HEART (Ps 24:3-4)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Isaiah 66:1-6
Psalm 42
"My soul thirsteth for God…"
WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? ... HE THAT HATH CLEAN HANDS, AND A PURE HEART (Ps 24:3-4)
Worship is the mother of all virtues, said St Augustine. When worship is formalistic and hypocritical, it makes a mockery of God and His House. Does God who inhabits heaven and earth need man’s house to dwell in? God is pleased rather to make His abode with the humble who fear Him and obey His commandments.
Therefore, it is to no avail for those who come to the temple to sacrifice a bullock when in their heart they are plotting murder. To sacrifice a lamb as if they would brutally kill a dog. To offer a grain offering, but it is as abominable as offering pig’s blood. To burn incense, but they are no better than praying to idols. Isaiah put it earlier this way: "For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering..." (Isa 61:8). One way of measuring our devotion to God is how we treat our fellowmen, especially the poor and downtrodden.
God is speaking to His children when they come before Him, but do they listen? Do they respond in their heart to the message they hear from the preacher? Since they persist in their blind errors, He will let them wander in their own delusions. This is judicial blinding of their heart, as the hardening of the heart in Pharaoh’s case.
But the humble and sincere who "tremble at his word" (Isa 66:5), and those ostracized from high and haughty religious society, the Lord will bless. Their enemies will be openly put to shame. How will the Lord do it?
God uses the rebellion of men to mete out judgment, yea, even fightings inside the Church. "Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain" (Ps 76:10).
THOUGHT: (Read John 4:24.)
PRAYER: May my devotion to Thee, O Lord, be seen in the way I love all my brethren.
Posted in Adult RPG
Isaiah 66:1-6
Psalm 42
"My soul thirsteth for God…"
WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? ... HE THAT HATH CLEAN HANDS, AND A PURE HEART (Ps 24:3-4)
Worship is the mother of all virtues, said St Augustine. When worship is formalistic and hypocritical, it makes a mockery of God and His House. Does God who inhabits heaven and earth need man’s house to dwell in? God is pleased rather to make His abode with the humble who fear Him and obey His commandments.
Therefore, it is to no avail for those who come to the temple to sacrifice a bullock when in their heart they are plotting murder. To sacrifice a lamb as if they would brutally kill a dog. To offer a grain offering, but it is as abominable as offering pig’s blood. To burn incense, but they are no better than praying to idols. Isaiah put it earlier this way: "For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering..." (Isa 61:8). One way of measuring our devotion to God is how we treat our fellowmen, especially the poor and downtrodden.
God is speaking to His children when they come before Him, but do they listen? Do they respond in their heart to the message they hear from the preacher? Since they persist in their blind errors, He will let them wander in their own delusions. This is judicial blinding of their heart, as the hardening of the heart in Pharaoh’s case.
But the humble and sincere who "tremble at his word" (Isa 66:5), and those ostracized from high and haughty religious society, the Lord will bless. Their enemies will be openly put to shame. How will the Lord do it?
God uses the rebellion of men to mete out judgment, yea, even fightings inside the Church. "Surely the wrath of men shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain" (Ps 76:10).
THOUGHT: (Read John 4:24.)
PRAYER: May my devotion to Thee, O Lord, be seen in the way I love all my brethren.
Posted in Adult RPG