INCENSE OF WORSHIP

INCENSE OF WORSHIP
Exodus 30: 34-38
34Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.
35"With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
36"You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting (A)where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.
37"The incense which you shall make, (B)you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD.
38"(C)Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people."
INGREDIENTS FOR INCENSE OF WORSHIP
• Gum resin (stacte)
-it oozes out from the tree
= our worship has to be spontaneous.
• Onycha
-taken from a crushed shell of mollusk a deep water shell fish.
= worship must come from deep within our spirit.
• Galbanum
-you have to break the galbanum tree.
= we have to be broken in worship to God.
• FRANKINCENSE
-pure frankincense.
= this is an acceptable fragrant perfume
PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP
• Blend
• Make a perfume
• Salted- it must never be stale
• Pure- no extra ingredients
• Sacred- worship is both valuable and exclusive
CONCLUSION:
• Before God enters the temple, He will first smell the incense.
• If the incense was not right, God will be displeased.
• Our worship must be holy.
“HOW IS YOUR INCENSE?”