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Leviticus chapter 10, verses 1 through 3.

Now, Nadab and Abayhu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censor and put fire in it,

and laid incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.

And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.

Then Moses said to Aaron, this is what the Lord has said. Among those who are near me, I will be sanctified. And before all the people,

I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. This is one of the most humbling scenes in the Old Testament, really in all the Bible, as these sons

of Aaron, priests offer unauthorized fire before the Lord. They did not perform their duties as God

had commanded them. And immediately fire came out and consumed them

and they died. Sin is serious before a holy God. God said among those who are near me, I will be

sanctified. For all the people, I will be sanctified.

For all the people, I will be glorified.

I think we have a tendency.

Or better yet, I should say, I know I have a tendency to treat sin lightly.

To sometimes think of sin as not that big a deal. Like, oh, this thought, just a thought, this word, just one word, one thing I said, or one desire that was not good, or even when I know

I should have done something that I didn't do it,

I can easily just be like, oh, well, God will forgive me.

This is not the way we should think about sin, and we should realize that one sin against an infinitely holy God

is worthy of infinitely eternal punishment.

And I think about Genesis chapter 3, one sin, they ate a piece of fruit.

They ate a piece of fruit and from one sin came condemnation for all men, Romans 5 says.

We must not underestimate the seriousness of one sin before a holy God. So today,

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