2013 APRIL WEEK TWO STUDY / ACTIVITY

Week 15: Sunday April 14, 2013

UNACCEPTABLE WORSHIP 2

Main Text: Leviticus 10: 1-3

Memory Verse: Isaiah 5:16

 

Introduction

Nadab and Abihu were priests of God, yet they attempted to offer worship to God in a way contrary to the rules. They defiantly disregarded the rules and publicly disobeyed God’s laws concerning the burning of incense. The two did not commit a genuine mistake. Theirs was an act of deliberate public disobedience and God makes it clear that His holiness and honour among the people will not be compromised.

Discussion Questions

1.        Who were Nadab and Abihu? (Lev. 10:1)

2.        Why were they struck dead? (Lev 10:1)

3.        How were they killed by the Lord? (Lev 10:2)

4.       Which rules had they broken?

5.        What lessons about God do we learn from the quotation in (Lev 10:3)?

Conclusion

Two privileged young men took the sacred things of God for granted and treated the commands of God with disregard and impunity. Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron the high priest, were priests next in line to inherit their father as high priest. However, they were struck dead because they offered unacceptable worship to God. Leviticus 10:9-10 seems to suggest that the two were drunk when they did what they did. They might have seen their father perform this ritual many times and had become overly familiar with these sacred rituals and thought they could do their own thing with utter disregard to the rules and protocols. They disregarded the authority of their father, the high priest and used wrong censers. They acted at the wrong time, they did not consult anybody. Though Nadab and Abihu were priests, they disobeyed and dishonoured God by their action. God will always protect his honour in the sight of his people.