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Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the LORD by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. So fire blazed forth from the LORD’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the LORD.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when he said, ‘I will display my holiness through those who come near me. I will display my glory before all the people.’”

And Aaron was silent.‍

Leviticus 10:1-3

So the people presented all these things at the entrance of the Tabernacle, just as Moses had commanded. Then the whole community came forward and stood before the LORD. And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”‍

Leviticus 9:5-6

• Aaron’s sons have offered “strange fire” before the LORD. 
• They did not believe the LORD. 
• They died. 
• Aaron was silent. 
• The key of Leviticus is holiness. 
• God’s call for Israel to live a holy life is based on His own holy character. 
• God showed them what that looks like through the Ten Commandments. 
• God has not asked His people to be something that He is not. 
• God’s holiness is intrinsic. 
• His people’s holiness is derived from their relationship with Him. 
• Today, God still calls His people to live a holy life. 
• Our holiness is derived from Him. 
• We live in fellowship with Him. 
• We learn to obey His will through the power of the Holy Spirit. 
• God invites us to share in His holy character. 
• Humanity's highest call is to imitate God. 
• Matthew 5:48

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Remember that our highest calling is to imitate God in His holiness.

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