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2 Sam 6- Indiana Jones was right- you shouldn’t touch the ark. Don’t look at it - Worship

This is 

a story about right and wrong worship. We don’t sing songs here- we

worship

Songs TO God- Not songs TO us. Its for HIM.

You have to get worship right.

Don’t give God convenient worshipThe beginning of this story, and the context of it, is that the Ark of the covenant has been moving around for a while- with the Philistines, in Bet Shemesh, Ekron, and most recently in the house of Avinidav for 20 years and now David is bringing it into JerusalemThe ark represented the presence of God- where it went- he went. And he had standards of how the ark was to be dealt with. Our God is a God of standards. He has demands. 3 So they set the ark of God on a new cart.Why? Convenience. Probably wanted to be innovative. Maybe the priests were AWOL or didn’t want to carry it. Or maybe some guy said “Lets make a cart, that would be easier”Either way- It was wrong. They weren’t supposed to be doing it. It was improper. Ex 25: 14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them1 chron chronicles it- David realized it- There’s a right and a wrong way to worship God and however he wants to be worshipped is up to him. Carry it? Ok. That’s what the Lord wants1 Chron 15: 2 Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.”Then he says in 1 Chron 15:11-13 PROPER Order

What does it mean to youHave you put your worship on a cart instead of carrying it like the Lord told you to?We want our worship the way we want it. We want to to sound like we want it to sound, and we want to be the way we want it to be. Leviticus 10:1-2  Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.Some people literally have a profane fire before the Lord. They want  songs about them, to them and for them. Their style. Their sound. The songs they like. Some people refuse to worship all together. Its why they show up late to worship and don’t get involved. 1 Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.Worship isn’t supposed to be easy for you- we create worship experiences that benefit usWheeling the ark is easier than carrying it- so we make a cart to help us worshipGod never desires convenient worship. We shouldn’t dumb-down worship for attraction1 Chr 21:24 Then King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price, for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings with that which costs me nothing.”Mal 1:6-14 READ

Don’t treat God as a common thing6 Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of GodIn this story- They put the ark on a cart, have animals pull it, the animal stumbles, and then Uzzah grabs it to keep it from stumbling and he gets struck dead for touching it. No one to touch it. He violated it. Dead. Somewhere he lost sight of God’s holiness1 sam 6:19 over 50 thousand people died for looking into the arkYou guys remember Raiders of the Lost ark? Melting face dude? Profaned God’s holinessThe opposite of holy isn’t unholy- its common. Treating it as a common thing1 sam 13:11-14 Samuel chastises saul for offering a wrong sacrifice1 cor 11 Paul chastises the Corinthian church for making common the Lord’s supperCommon- When you dated your spouse you got dressed up- now- “I showered” Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God,