Here the sons of Aaron, their young priests, they violate obviously some detail of the prescription

that God had set forth for the offering of incense in the holy place. And for this misdeed,

this prank, or mischievous innovation that they introduced to the altar was not simply

admonished by God or rebuked by God, but God instantly killed them.

The worship was Christians disagreeing over what we should sing and how we should sing it,

how long a sermon should be and in what style. With all this disagreement, have you ever

experienced someone being struck down by God in judgment because they worshipped him in a way

that he had not authorized? Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and thank you for joining us today

for renewing your mind. Just because we're not seeing God strike down people for worshipping him

in a way that he hasn't authorized doesn't mean that God would be wrong to do so. Today, as we come

to the final hard saying this week, Arcee Spro looks at an incident concerning two of Aaron's sons,

Nadab and Abihu, who were struck down for offering strange fire unto the Lord.

When we first began our series renewing your mind on radio, we introduced our program with a study

of the holiness of God. And on that occasion, we looked at a particular narrative in the

Old Testament in light of the broader concept of the holiness of God. And I have been asked in the

context of this series on the hard sayings of the Bible to review that particular narrative once

again. I guess it's because this particular incident is of abiding consternation for many of

God's people. And so we shall do that. We will look again at the story of the sons of Aaron,

Nadab and Abihu, who were slain rapidly and decisively by God in the Old Testament. The record is found

in the book of Leviticus at the beginning of chapter 10. Leviticus chapter 10 verse 1.

Now we read this account. Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censor and put fire

in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.

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