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Leviticus is named after the tribe of Levi. They were given the honor of being priests in Israel, representing the people to God and God to the people. There are several possible reasons why the tribe of Levi was given such honor, but the most likely is because of what happened in Exodus 32.

Moses had been on the mountain for 40 days and the people did not know what had become of him, so they came to Aaron and said, “Make us a god who will go before us, as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

You remember the story. Aaron told them to bring the gold from their earrings and such and he fashioned a golden calf and then they ate and drank and got up to play. In other words, it turned into a party. When Moses came down on the mountain and saw what Israel had done, he became angry and threw down the tablets on which God had written the Law. He then said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me now.” And it says, “All the sons of Levi gathered together to him.” It was a powerful moment and a challenge to all of us.

The book of Leviticus is a manual to guide the priests of Israel and the people of Israel on how to worship God in the temple. The instructions are clear and exact. All the offerings and sacrifices are important because they all point to Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Chapters 1 through 9 give the instructions for worship in detail. Then, at the end of chapter 9 comes the great inauguration of the offerings and the bringing of the sacrifices.

When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. What a beautiful and glorious moment!

But immediately they run into trouble because the sons of Aaron do not bring the offering God instructed them to bring. Instead of bringing fire from the altar; the fire that came from God Himself, they brought “strange fire.” They brought their own fire rather than God’s fire. Instead of God’s fire, God’s way, they brought their fire, their way.

What great lessons there are for us in these verses.

I. Don’t Bring Strange Fire to God

 Let’s start with some basic facts of the case.

 God gave clear instructions; they were to bring fire from the altar, the place where the lamb was slain and offered to God in their place.

 They laid their hands on the head of the animal and the animal became the substitute for them and for the sons of Israel. The animal died in their place. The lamb was then laid on the altar where the fire which God provided consumed it.

 Instead of bringing fire from the altar, they brought their own fire and God rejected it and rejected them.

 God is setting a standard – They must do it the way God said it; He won’t receive strange fire and He won’t receive them!

 The point for you and me…You don’t get to do whatever you want to do however you want to do it.

A. God’s fire; God’s way

 From the beginning of creation God has had a plan to reconcile sinners to Himself. His Son, His only begotten Son, would die in your place. Your sins would be removed from you and placed on His Son. It’s as though you laid your hands on His head and your sins were transferred to Jesus on the cross; the cross on which He paid for them in full.

 Based on His blood shed on the cross which God accepted in your behalf, you yourself are accepted by God and are given the right to be called a child of God with full rights of citizenship in heaven.

 That’s God’s plan, that’s God’s way and there is no other way.

John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”

Acts 4:12, “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

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