Now the way the families of the
peoples give to the Lord Glory and strength which is due to His name is by
applying the basic principles stated by the Psalmist David which are applicable
in five ways:
a.
By
singing to the Lord as stated by the Psalmist David who wrote:
“Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens? Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.”
b. Ascribing to the Lord the glory due to His name
The way one ascribes to the Lord the glory due to His name It is by observing His Sabbaths For thus says the Lord; “You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD” (Leviticus 19:30; 26:2).
c. Bring an offering and come before His courts
The Lord has ordained specific
times for His people to bring an offering and come before His courts because He
instructed Moses saying; “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, 'My
offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you
shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time” (Numbers
28:2).
It is important to note that without
this offering one has no access to the Father because, this is the message
which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him
is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in
darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as
He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness: If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His
word is not in us” (1John 1:5-10).
Please note carefully that it is
only if we walk in the light as He is in the light that we have fellowship with
one another and it is at this juncture that the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses us from all sin. The cup of blessings which we bless is our password
and gateway to the Father because this is what that cleanses us from our sins
in order to have fellowship with the Father and the Son and with one another.
According to the apostle Paul this
is what gives us the boldness with confidence to approach the throne of grace
for thus he wrote; “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest
by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house
of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water” (Hebrews
10:19-22)
This is also the significance of
Jesus’ statement when He said; “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.” The way signifies His flesh represented
by the Unleavened Bread, the truth signifies Himself, the Word of God who
became flesh and dwelt among us and is now seated at the right hand of the Father
as our eternal High Priest interceding on our behalf: And the life signifies His
blood represented by the wine: And as it is written; “For the life of the flesh
is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement
for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul” (Leviticus
17:11).
In Christ Jesus we have
redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches
of His grace, and according to the law almost all things are purified with blood,
and without shedding of blood there is no remission” (Ephesians
1:7; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:22).
It is also very important to note
that, the main objective or rationale for having a holy convocation is to offer
the Lord the food for His offerings. For thus it is written; “These are the
feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by
fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink
offerings, everything on its day.”
We should also note carefully
that this offering is besides (or in addition to) the Sabbaths of the LORD,
besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings
which you give to the LORD” (Leviticus 23: 37-38).
The reason for this it is because
this offering is our gateway, our password to the Father for it is the means by
which we have our sins forgiven and enables us to have fellowship with the
Father who has absolutely no fellowship with darkness (sin).
To be continued
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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