Presentation for Listeners: Jehovah- M'Kaddesh January 15, 2011
God had a plan for the Israelites and God has a plan for you and I! This is high drama.
Paupers destined for royalty. Here is the situation:
Misfits doing their own thing. Along comes the King and gives these rag tag peoples a word. They had dried clay and dirt under their nails and their backs were scarred from whippings.
The word: “You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Ex 19:6.
I too was like that dirty clay crusted misfits of Egypt- I was doing a Bible Study on remembering God's work in your past. The question was “who showed you love the first 12 years of your life. “
Other than mom and dad I couldn't remember anyone for sure. I was not very lovable. People were busy and I was naughty. Just thinking how I could have turned out had not God reached down and kept his hand on my life brought tears to my eyes. I can't remember being told I was loved. I was a nuisance and pest and I lied and I was sneaky.
To look at a caterpillar you would swear that worm is all there is. He is a worm, will stay a worm and will die a worm. WRONG. Do you see yourself as all there is? Or what you can become?
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people for Gods own possession so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
God is in the process of Sanctifying me. That means put to proper use.
What does sanctify mean to you? Sour , pious, unapproachable?
Jehovah M'Kaddesh is used 7 times in three chapters of Leviticus
Sanctify--Jehovah M'Kaddesh is used 700 times in the bible
Sanctification of all these things were to be “A SIGN”
Gen 2:3-seventh day sabbath
Leviticus 23:1-5- various feasts, sabbath
Joshua 6:19 silver and gold and vessels
Leviticus 27:14 your house
Leviticus 20:26 set you apart to be my own ****
Jeremiah 1:5 you-before I formed you in the womb
God is Sanctified 1 Samuel 2:2 the word is Jehovah M'kaddesh
Jesus is Sanctified M'Kaddesh Hebrews 4:15 Hebrews 7:26
The Blood of Christ does not overlook sin. It OVERCOMES sin. To be holy.
God would not command us to be holy without enabling us to obey that command. 2 Peter 1:2
Let us prayerfully seek to really know Him through the precious and magnificent promise revealed in His great name Jehovah M'Kaddesh.
Sanctification does not come from keeping the Law, but from God. God's way is not to take us out of the world, but to take the world out of us. Kind of a relocating us into spiritually being in God's sphere.
**John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life,
How are we sanctified.
1 through the word of His Truth John 17:17-10
2 through chastisement Hebrews 12:10-11
3 through our personal discipline Romans 12:1-2 -ERMINE STORY
Why would we want to be Holy? To be A SIGN, Set apart & sanctified?
-We were designed to be set apart for God.
-Sin may bring pleasure but in the long run it is destructive. Sin has consequences.
-Holiness is a response to salvation. 2Cor 5:14
If we want to know God better, we must be holy because God is holy. Lev 11:44-45,
1 Peter 1:13-15
-It is a taste of heaven Rev 21:2
Don't pursue holiness in your strength. That is a disastrous detour. The “will” to be Holy even comes from His spirit prompting me to be Holy. The truth is the sanctifier. Jesus is the way, the truth and the light.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
***We cannot be holy in and of ourselves. How do we meet his demand.
Begins with our _salvation_________________
Continues daily as we ____live______for Him
fulfilled in glory when we _______become_________like Him.
As we pursue holiness, unbelievers will see and want what we have. The Zeal and Fruit part.
God sanctifies you so that you can pursue holiness. If believers fail to pursue holiness, unbelievers will not see God in their Holy Life.
Group discussion on Jehovah M'Kaddesh
- For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?
This is also a TO DO
- Have you ever been an Ermine?
TO DO: Talk about how you can plan a “way out” of the worst temptation you face.
- Share some of your prayer techniques. When? How? Where?
TO DO: Give God thanks for being Jehovah Tsidkenu and Jehovah M'Kaddesh .
Those two names deliver us from SIN. Jesus is our righteousness and Jesus is our sanctification.
- What is your biggest obstacle in talking with non-Christians about holiness and sanctification.
TO DO: talk to a teenager for at least 2 minutes this week. Try to bring up holiness. :)
- Prayer requests-pray as requested and let the Holy Spirit lead us as we pray.
