Numbers 8:1-26
The Levites were 'set apart' for God (14). They were 'a gift to Aaron...to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting...' (19). We are to work together as a team. 'Yield yourselves to God...' (Romans 6:13): Help each other to be better servants of Christ. The 'lampstand' (1-4): 'Thy Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path' (Psalm 119:105). Without Christ, the living Word, we remain in darkness. With Him we 'walk in the light', in the joy of His salvation (John 8:12; 1 John 1:7). 'Service for the people of Israel' (19): As servants of Christ - He 'came not to be served but to serve' (Mark 10:45) - , we are to serve others for 'Jesus' sake' (2 Corinthians 4:5). To those whom we serve, we say, 'We are your servants but you are not our lords'. Jesus is Lord: It is 'as the Lord commands' (22).
The Levites were 'set apart' for God (14). They were 'a gift to Aaron...to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting...' (19). We are to work together as a team. 'Yield yourselves to God...' (Romans 6:13): Help each other to be better servants of Christ. The 'lampstand' (1-4): 'Thy Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path' (Psalm 119:105). Without Christ, the living Word, we remain in darkness. With Him we 'walk in the light', in the joy of His salvation (John 8:12; 1 John 1:7). 'Service for the people of Israel' (19): As servants of Christ - He 'came not to be served but to serve' (Mark 10:45) - , we are to serve others for 'Jesus' sake' (2 Corinthians 4:5). To those whom we serve, we say, 'We are your servants but you are not our lords'. Jesus is Lord: It is 'as the Lord commands' (22).
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