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Worship Is and Can Be Dangerous Part 4

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Worship is and can be dangerous to everyone around you especially if it is bounces from heaven. We have to take time to learn how to handle a knife before we can use it. Worship is a great blessing to the body of Christ as it allows us direct access to the throne room anytime of the day but it can also destroy us if handled wrongly just like knife. Today we start in 1 Samuel 13 where we meet King Saul facing war with the Philistines and they set a very huge army “thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people were like the sand which was on the sea shore in multitude”. Saul brought all Israel to the war ground, so that they could fight with the Philistines, one huge problem was that Israel was in terror and was frightened of the huge Philistines army that was against them. “And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. And Saul said, Bring hithe

Worship Is and Can Be Dangerous Part 2

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In 2 Samuel 6:3, we meet King David carrying the Ark of The Lord into Jerusalem upon an ox drawn cart with huge celebrations and festive ambiances, ululating, dancing and music which were shortly cut when Uzzah was struck down by God as he was helping the stumbling Ark of the Lord.   “And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his err or; and there he died by the ark of God” 2Sa 6:7s   When the Ark was in the presence of the Philistines they were attacked by different diseases, Dagon fell face wards when the Ark was housed in the temple of Dagon. The Philistines shuddered when they heard noises in the Camp of Israel they knew that the Ark of God was brought into their camp. There are so many   points that we can learn from this story but the key ones for this article are listed below 1. The ark was carried in an ox drawn cart or covered wagon it was a Philistine system in which they used to transport the Presence of God whic

Worship Is and Can Be Dangerous Part 1

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  “The presence of God must have its full power, and the flesh must be silent before Him” Nadab and Abihu where man of God they were anointed and blessed and even capped with knowledge, sons of the Highest Priest, Aaron and nephews to the deliver of Israel Moses and they had just ordained as the first order of priests in the whole community of Israelites. “And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fires before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD”. Lev 10:1-2 Several things to note in this passage of Scripture is that 1. They didn't have orders to burn the incense because a Priest had to wait for his turn to come for him to serve in the temple Luke 1:9. Note that its only one priest not two who were to burn incense          2. They had just been ordained as priests, in the pr