Category: 65

65 “Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron…”

Leviticus 8:30

As we are priests to God, so we are set aside for godly and holy living. Moses had to sanctify to God all who were going to serve Him in the holy Tabernacle. God stipulated that the cleanliness comes through the shed blood of the sacrifice and the sprinkling of the blood on the priest that made him whole and clean. So also we are justified through the shed blood of the sacrifice of Christ that we might be holy before the Lord and be in His presence. We have the anointing of the Holy Spirit who gives us joy and peace in God and gives us the ability to relate to God who is holy. The blood purifies us and makes recompence for our sin and brings us into the close fellowship with God that we need.

 We must earnestly seek the purity of the Holy Spirit in our lives and seek to be obedient and loyal servants to the Lord. Aaron was set apart for service and so are we. Our highest powers are to serve the Lord with great gladness and to come before Him with great joy. We cannot come without the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the shed blood of the sacrifice.

“…by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

 Hebrews 10:10

 We are lost and unclean without this sacrifice and we must daily draw near to Him who we love to receive cleaning for our sin and be made worthy to serve.