I am not sure how many believers think about what they are doing when the “go to church.” Usually there has been a lot of activity and emotions in trying to get the family ready on time. If we are to “approach the House of the LORD if we are to come into His presence,” we must be cleansed and pure. Feelings lie all the time to us they cannot be trusted to verify a godly experience. If a person knows the Lord Jesus Christ – they should already KNOW the Spirit and not need to “feel” the Spirit. I hear too much about people wanting to “feel” the Spirit. I believe that we have made worship all about us, rather than about God and His majestic power and love. Thinking of God on His throne who is worthy & righteous, holy or without guile to stand before the Holiness of God Almighty ? Of course the rhetorical questions have the same answer 0 no one. “Who may stand in His holy place?” The second question makes us evaluate if we are worthy to stand in his presence. Coming to the Temple – more importantly before the LORD’s sanctuary, people did not nonchalantly rush into the presence of the LORD. The Jews had a very rigid practice of ceremonially “washing” in large vats to cleanse themselves before worship. The author asks us some questions – Who may ascend to the hill of the LORD – in other words who can come to the LORD’s Temple – thinking of Jerusalem and Temple Mount. Psalms 24 – I don’t normally post twice in one week, but Psalm 24’s message of clean hands & a pure heart compel me to do so.
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