Exo Msg 67

1. Religion is the result of a thoughtful study of nature with man's philosophical inferences.
2. In 20:24-26, both man's work and way are utterly rejected by God.
3. Man's way is to build up something with as many steps as possible.
4. The altar God requires must be something which, in the eyes of man, is primitive and uncultured.
5. God's revelation leaves no room for man's work or way.
6. People may claim to worship God, but in their worship the work and way of man have actually caused them to put God aside.
7. To bring in anything of a human source is to insult the very God whom we worship.
8. To add man's work to the cross is abominable to God.
9. Everyone who worships God is terminated at the altar. Because we are a totality of sin, when we come to worship God, we should pray, "Lord, cleanse me with the precious blood and cover me with Yourself. Lord, in myself I dare not do anything. I come to worship You through Your cross. Wash me with Your redeeming blood and cover me with Yourself as my righteousness. Because I am a fallen person, I dare not do anything, plan anything, or bring anything of my own."
10. Anything that originates with us, anything which comes from our labor, is pollution and is not acceptable to God.
11. Nakedness denotes the shame of fallen man.
12. Climbing up steps to an altar exposes one's nakedness.
13. "Lord, cover me. I don't know what to say to the brothers. Lord, you be everything in this situation." To pray in this way is to keep ourselves under Christ as our covering.
14. The altar will terminate us with all our works and ways.
15. In the worship of God we must be identified with Christ as our sacrifice on the cross and be terminated.
16. The sacrifices, typifying Christ, satisfy god and give us mutual satisfaction with God and other worshippers.
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