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 This is the passage where Aaron and his sons are ordained into the priesthood.  They were dressed, anointed, consecrated and dedicated to the work.


They had the anointing oil poured over them, symbolizing the Holy Spirit.  They had the blood put on their ear, their thumb and their toe symbolizing they were to listen, serve and follow


We are all called a kingdom of priests in the New Testament and we too are dressed, anointed, consecrated and dedicated to the work He sets before us.  Our job is to trust that call, trust the calling and trust the caller.  Trust the gift, trust the gifter and trust His gifting.

 Our greatest privilege in this life is to raise up godly children to sent in to the next generation.  


1)  Be a Trainer                                Show them the path we are supposed to be walking...  that expects you  to be walking it not just sending the children to heaven
2)  Be a Strainer                              Be willing to restrain the evils from this world and keep the trash  out... that means out of your mind and heart first and then theirs
3)  Be a Sustainer                           Take care of your family, support them and straighten them as arrows that you want to shoot into the future
4)   Don't be an Entertainer              Your job is not to be chief clown  and party planner... you are their Father and then you get to do the fun  stuff as a Dad
5)  Don't be an Explainer                 Never  be that "helicopter" parent that leaps to the rescue to undo the  consequences of the child's misbehavior...  sometimes consequences are  the most successful teacher


Being  a dad is not something we do in our spare time.  it is our primary  responsibility before God.  Only the Lord and our spouse deserves more  of our love and attention.  The children we are given by the Lord are  the arrows we will send into the future.  We have no greater job to do.

 This miracle is a little disconcerting to the average reader since  it seems Jesus had to try twice to get the healing done.  The same voice  that called light into existence, the hand that took the daughter of  Jairus by the hand and spoke the universe into existence, the same voice  that called Lazarus out of his grave did not need a second try to get  this healing done. 

This is a miracle with a message... a lesson built  around an event.  This picture is for our benefit so we can know that  sometimes our miracle will come as a developing process and not  necessarily in an instant.  The Lord is not finished with any of us, we  are all a work in progress...

Don't give up, don't lose faith, don't go  back to business as usual.

 Jesus has some very  specific questions for the team in the first verses, first about what  the world says and then about what they know and say...
Peter  confesses the Lord as Messiah and so speaks the truth, and then goes  quickly off the rails as he turns and rebukes Jesus for telling about  the coming crucifixion. 


What does, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God"  look like as it is being lived out?
It looks like denying yourself, taking up cross and following Jesus up that road to give your life away.
I that what you were picturing when you followed the Lord?  It should have been

 There are so many false and misleading doctrines in the world today and we dare not take for granted that we are immune to being deceived. The disciples misinterpreted the warning, so can we.

There are many deceivers in the world that take the place of the Pharisee of old... we will examine several of the false doctrines this Sunday and the truth that we must hold in order to help our friends and family stay true to the Lord.

Sometimes as followers of Christ we loose sight of who should be number one in our lives. We allow things, most of the time without realizing it, to move up the ladder of importance in our life until we have replaced Jesus as our number One with things such as careers, money, sporting events, and even family.