Profaning the Holy Profane Irreverent Irreligious Disrespectful Blasphemous Wicked Unholy Polluted Secular Common Leviticus 10 1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke, saying: ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy;
Transcript
Profaning the Holy
Profane
Irreverent
Irreligious
Disrespectful
Blasphemous
Wicked
Unholy
Polluted
Secular
Common
Leviticus 10 1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 3 And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke, saying: ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.’” So Aaron held his peace.
Joshua 6 (NKJV) 18 And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
Joshua 6 (NAS) 18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban… 19 But all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD.
Joshua 6 (NIV) 18 But keep away from the devoted things… 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury.
Devoted Things
Achan Profaned Holy Things
• Common Thief – Stole what belonged to God
• Stoned to Death and Burned – Lesson for Us
Must distinguish between the Holy and the Common.
Could Discuss Making Common Things Holy:
Pharisees – Washing of hands, pots…holy (Mk. 7:5-9)
Mechanical Instruments of Music in Worship
Counting Beads, Burning Candles, Celibacy
Certain Days of the Year – Dec. 25th, Easter, Feb. 14th
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Name is Holy
Psalms 111 9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Psalms 145 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Matthew 10 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear* Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
*To be in awe of, i.e. revere:--be afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Name is Holy
Job 32 21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.
Matthew 23 8 But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren. 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Name is Holy
Ezekiel 36
20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they
profaned My holy name-when they said of them, “These are
the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His
land.”
21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of
Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.
Eph. 4:26 – Be angry, and do not sin…
Eph. 4:29 – Let no corrupt word proceed out…
Euphemisms: golly, gee, good lord, gosh, heck, darn…
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Day is Holy
Revelation 1:10 – I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day…
Devoted to God; Separated; Sanctified
Exodus 16 23 Then he said to them, This is what the LORD has said: “Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD…”
Exodus 20 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 31 14 You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death…
Lord’s Day – The Day Belongs to the Lord!
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
How Can We Profane The Lord’s Day?
1. Forsake Assembly
a. Visiting relatives – stay home to entertain
b. Going on weekend trips
c. Stay home to work in the yard
d. Go to work when unnecessary
e. Tired – sleep in
2. Be more concerned with recreation than worship
3. Turn the Lord’s Day into Our Day
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Supper is Holy
Luke 22
18 “For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until
the kingdom of God comes.”
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it
to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do
this in remembrance of Me.”
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This
cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.”
1 Corinthians 11
20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not
to eat the Lord's Supper.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
How Can We Profane the Lord’s Supper?
1. Change Day of Observance
2. Turn Assembly into a Common Meal
3. Eat Without Discerning the Lord’s Body
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Money is Holy
1 Corinthians 10:26 For “the earth is the LORD'S, and all its fullness.”
Psalms 50 10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
In one sense Everything belongs to the Lord
We are simply Stewards
1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Cor. 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Money is Holy
1 Corinthians 16
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have
given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also:
2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay
something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be
no collections when I come.
2 Corinthians 9:7 So let each one give as he purposes in his
heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful
giver.
Bible Commands Giving
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Money is Holy
Leviticus 27:9 If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering to the LORD, all that anyone gives to the LORD shall be holy.
Part of our Income (as prospered) is “Holy”
Once Given to the Lord it is “Holy”
Acts 5:4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
How Can We Profane The Lord’s Money?
1. Rob God by not giving as prospered – Mal. 3:8
2. Using money from the treasury for unauthorized works
a. Support of colleges, hospitals, children’s homes
b. Sponsor recreation: ball teams, gyms, field trips, etc.
c. Facilities for common meals, games, showers, parties…
d. Provide day care, nursery schools, secular education…
e. Political causes: abortion, get-out-the-vote campaigns…
EvangelismPhil 4:15
Edifying the BodyEph. 4:12
Help Needy Saints1 Cor. 16:1-2
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Church is Holy
Matthew 16:18 “…I will build My church…”
Acts 20:28 “…the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.”
It’s NOT “My church,” “Your Church,” “Our Church.”
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you
may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Church is Holy
Ephesians 5 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Philippians 1 1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Church is Holy
Church Set Apart for Spiritual Purposes, Not Material!
How Can We Profane the Lord’s Church?
By Turning it into a Secular Organization, a Glorified Country Club:
Raise Funds to Entertain members
Ball Teams, Scouts, Field Trips, Car Washes
Schools: Day Care, Pre-school, K-12
Fund Colleges, Sponsoring Churches, Hospitals…
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Temple is Holy
1 Corinthians 6
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the
Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you
are not your own?
20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in
your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinthians 6
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but
you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
The Lord’s Temple is Holy
Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that
good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
1 Peter 1
15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all
your conduct,
16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
How Can We Profane The Lord’s Temple?
Any Time We Sin:
1 Corinthians 6
13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God
will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual
immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body...
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is
outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins
against his own body.
Profaning Holy Things or Making the Holy, Common
How Can We Profane The Lord’s Temple?
Any Time We Sin:
Gal. 5:19-21 – Works of the flesh: Dancing, Immodesty,
Mixed Swimming, Drinking, Using Illegal Drugs
James 3:8-13 – Misusing the Tongue: Gossip, Slander,
Lying, Cursing
Christians are to be Salt and Light, bearing the Fruit of the Spirit – Gal. 5:22-23
