Scripture - Gen 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her. 3 So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er. 4 She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan. 5 And she conceived yet again and bore a son, and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him. 6 Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7 But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord,
Observation - The Israelites were not to marry outside of the family lineage. This story that begins here in 38 tells of Judah seeing a Canaanite girl and marrying her. Judah represents praise/worship. Judah has children by the woman and is breeding one wicked son after the other. From Er to Onan to his brothers - Judah's lineage is troubled. Yet God brings the savior from his lineage.
Application - Judah represents worship in the kingdom. Our praise can never get diluted. Diluted worship becomes convoluted and disturbed and breeds wickedness in the sight of the Lord. Had Judah stayed pure and kept the lineage pure - this trouble of dying sons and straying sons would have never taken place. Our worship must be pure, must not be combined with any thing else. We must maintain a pure line to God and only Him. Things that pollute our worship are:
Things we allow in our mind
Things we allow in our sight
Things we read and allow our thoughts to gravitate too
Pure worship means that we keep the ground of our heart and our mind pure and focused on God and our relationship with Him.
Prayer - Father, help me to keep my worship pure.
Observation - The Israelites were not to marry outside of the family lineage. This story that begins here in 38 tells of Judah seeing a Canaanite girl and marrying her. Judah represents praise/worship. Judah has children by the woman and is breeding one wicked son after the other. From Er to Onan to his brothers - Judah's lineage is troubled. Yet God brings the savior from his lineage.
Application - Judah represents worship in the kingdom. Our praise can never get diluted. Diluted worship becomes convoluted and disturbed and breeds wickedness in the sight of the Lord. Had Judah stayed pure and kept the lineage pure - this trouble of dying sons and straying sons would have never taken place. Our worship must be pure, must not be combined with any thing else. We must maintain a pure line to God and only Him. Things that pollute our worship are:
Things we allow in our mind
Things we allow in our sight
Things we read and allow our thoughts to gravitate too
Pure worship means that we keep the ground of our heart and our mind pure and focused on God and our relationship with Him.
Prayer - Father, help me to keep my worship pure.
