Numbers 3:1-13 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.… Vers. 5-10. I. THE OFFICES OF THE CHURCH ARE DIVINELY INSTITUTED. II. THERE ARE DIFFERENT RANKS IN THE OFFICES OF THE CHURCH AS INSTITUTED BY GOD. III. THE LOWLIEST LABOUR IN THE SERVICE OF GOD IS SACRED AND BLESSED. IV. GOD ALSO APPOINTS THE PERSONS TO FILL THE VARIOUS OFFICES IN HIS CHURCH. V. INTRUSION INTO SACRED PLACES AND DUTIES AWAKENED THE STERN DISPLEASURE OF THE LORD.Conclusion: 1. Encouragement to those who are called of God to Christian work. He who has called you to your work will sustain you in it, make it efficient by His blessing, and confer upon you rich rewards. 2. Admonition as to our estimate of the ministers of the Lord. They "are ambassadors for Christ." God Himself speaks through them to men. (W. Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. |
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