“However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD. They are the ones who will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me. They are the ones who will fulfill all my requirements…They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.
Ezekiel 44:15-16, 23
Have you ever come home from church on Sunday afternoon and get the question from someone you are talking with, “We’ll what did the preacher talk about today?” You think and you can’t come up with a single thought. Why do you think that might happen?
Maybe you went to church, not prepared to hear the Word. You were focused on something else … who you might see … what you were wearing … the service you had to give (usher, choir, nursery, etc.) … your after church activities. What the preacher had to say was crowded out by everything else you had going on in your life.
Maybe the preacher didn’t fulfill his primary requirement … to teach God’s “people the difference between what is holy and what is common” … to challenge you on the basis of righteousness. Are we afraid to address the issues of right and wrong because we don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings? Are we allowing the world’s ‘anything goes’ mentality to sneak in and influence the preaching? God forbid!
Pray for your preacher to be the holy man of God who fulfills his primary requirement.
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