What God Has Sanctified – Numbers 16:36-40
Back in April, there were protestors (against racism) at Valdosta State University in Georgia and part of their protests was walking over the American flag. There happened to be a veteran of the USAF, who was contacted and informed what was going on. She saw what they were doing and she picked up the American flag and walked off. The veteran was arrested by police and handcuffed but eventually was not charged. The Supreme Court has ruled that burning or abusing the American flag is protected free speech under the Constitution.
But most Americans hold the American flag in high esteem for the symbolism it portrays: courage, sacrifice, love, patriotism, freedom. The “Stars and Bars” carries significance for its uniqueness.
There are some things that God has set aside and He warns us not to make “common” what He has made “holy.”
Faced with rebellious men who want more authority than God gave them, Moses and Aaron present the challenge before the Lord of heaven in Numbers 16:36-40.
This is a divine fire from heaven. And I’m sure it’s hotter than anything we’ve felt on earth. The fire goes out and burns the 250 men who were offering incense.
“Take up the censers out of the midst of the blaze – those smoldering carcasses. Eleazar, you go through those 250 and you count – you pick up every one of those censers from among those carcasses, because they are dedicated to me. They are holy. Then hammer them into a plate for the altar so that the Israelites will remember that you do not overstep your bounds.”
What God sanctifies, man cannot profane. Those men had been chosen by God to serve in the temple but they overstepped their bounds and they profaned themselves and the Bible says they sinned against their own souls and God struck them dead. But those inanimate, lifeless, soulless censers had to be taken care of because they were holy. They needed to be put back in to the service of God.
So, with that story as a back-drop, there are some things that we need to guard against as Christians that God has sanctified and we should not profane.
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God has sanctified life (Genesis 9:6; Exodus 212:22-25; Prov. 6:16-19). That argues against abortion as well as a modern counterpart, stem cell research when it destroys embryos.
God has sanctified marriage (Hebrews 13:4). That argues against unlawful divorce (Malachi 2:15; Matthew 19:1-9) as well as homosexual “marriages.”
God has sanctified the sexual relationship (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8). That argues against pre-marital sex, co-habitating, and extra-marital affairs.
There are certainly other matters God has “sanctified,” such as worship, male-spiritual leadership, etc.
1. We need to stick close to the Word of God in our own lives.
2. We need to study and know what the Bible says.
3. We need to teach our children and grandchildren how to make right choices.
4. We certainly need to write our senators, congressmen, and state legislators and let them know what we know and how we feel about things.
We need to keep sanctified what God has sanctified. He’ll punish those who profane them.
–Paul Holland
