Date: Monday, 13th May, 2024
Text: Acts 5:1-11
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
I heard a song many years ago which said, “In your presence anything goes”; suggesting that worshippers are at liberty to behave anyhow in God’s presence. But that cannot be correct. Even before human kings, governors and presidents you cannot behave anyhow. If you can comport yourself in the presence of a human leader whose breath is in his mouth, how much more the King of kings and the Lord of lords?
In Malachi 1:6, God said, “A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? And if I be a master, where is my fear? Saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, wherein have we despised thy name? Malachi 1:6
Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron were priests ; but they offered strange (unauthorized) fire before the Lord. God found their sacrifice offensive and consumed the two men with fire. When Aaron, their father asked Moses why the Lord did such a tragic thing, Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said: “‘Among those who approach me
I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’” Leviticus 10:3
A similar thing happened to another family in Acts 5. A man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira also sold a piece of property.With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. When Apostle Peter asked him about the transaction amount, he lied in God’s presence and died instantly.
Three hours later, not knowing what had happened, his wife arrived at the church and she was asked about the same transaction amount and in conspiracy with her husband, she lied in God’s presence and also fell down and died- Acts 5:1-11.
God is good and loving but don’t forget that He is also the Consuming Fire. So we must approach His presence with humility, reverence and honour that befits the King of kings.
Action Nugget: Always give honour to the King of kings and his glory will rub on you.