May God’s Glory Never Leave

From: September 11 – 17, 2007

Pastor: Edith Cruz

Study: # 509 TOPIC: “May God’s Glory Never Leave” Ezekiel 10:4, 18, 19

The devil is always trying to destroy the unity of God’s people. A united church is strong, especially when they conserve unity and with all their heart they are seeking to conserve God’s glory among them. It seems that one of the most difficult things for mankind is to conserve the unity. When the spiritual things dominate it is very different from the earthly things. The earth was cursed by God and today we still have and are suffering the consequences. For this reason we need God’s glory among us. In the spiritual life we can enjoy and participate of the power and the blessings of God. His glorious presence, His power and His love are manifested very close to us. But, when God’s glory leaves us we want to die and everything turns into loss. So, those who want to be filled with God’s glory must stop the childish attitude and affirm their hearts and live for God at all times. King Solomon asked God for wisdom. God gave it to him, but as the years went by he became more attached to the material things than to the wisdom that was given to him. He desired territories, houses, and women. He possessed everything he wanted and no one could surpass him. His excessive ambition brought him great troubles and this passed on to his son. For this reason, Solomon's son claimed more taxes from the people and mistreated them without pity causing a lot of grief in Israel. I Kings 8:11 God wanted to support Solomon in everything; this is why He poured His glory in the temple. But, the glory of Jehovah left when the people strangled it because of the lack of sanctity. God has always wanted to be among His people, not just for a short time. It is good for us when Jehovah makes Himself present with His glory, because He blesses our health, our finances, our children, everything. To depend on God in this way we must always have His glory among us. If the glory of God is among us we will see His wonders. If the glory of God leaves us we won’t be able to move God’s hand on our behalf and everything will be destroyed. It is sad to see God’s house uninhabited of His glory because we did not reach or seek what God expected from us. God was constantly warning the people of Israel thru His prophets that He was going to leave them, for He was tired of their wickedness. He had been warning them and giving them opportunities. The people were not worshipping statues, but they were making drawings to worship them. Ezekiel 8: 10 Idolatry is everything that one puts in first place before God. And God is the greatest glorious truth known that when He comes to a man’s life He brings him freedom. In Joshua we see the example of a man who kept a continuous and sacred relationship with God. For this reason he never strangled God’s sanctity. Joshua continued to fear the same God that Moses adored in the mount. He conserved the sanctity that he saw in Moses. He had a clear and defined personal conviction while the elders of Israel fell in idolatry. God cannot be where there is iniquity. When our flesh is not shattered sins such as lust begin to rise. For such reason, it is better to shatter ourselves first before God. Jehovah’s eyes do not come to a stop; God began to see what Israel

was doing in occult. Ezekiel 8: 12 Whatever men do in secrecy, what is said, what they’re seeing, planning and doing in darkness, where nobody sees or knows them, is bad for their soul. Jesus came to save our soul that was lost. Some can do bad things in the darkness, was the death of Jesus, who gave His life for us, in vain so that we could be holy as He is holy? All that is done in the occult, in darkness, is sad because of what will happen to the glory of God. That glory emanates from Him and no human can see God, but his glory becomes present and it covers us. They said: “Jehovah cannot see us…", but men are blind because God does see everything. Our soul is in great danger when we don't take care of it, when we don't guard it! That is something irresponsible on our behalf. The elders were making idolatry and God could see them. Let us not live our life with crumbs but with God’s glory completely in our life. If we are people who move God’s glory, we will do so wherever we go. We need God to see us, to hear us. He sees everything and brings His own judgments. When Jehovah doesn't hear it is because we haven’t spoken to him, when He doesn't open the door it is because we haven’t knocked, because He answers when we speak to Him and opens when we knock on the door. Those who move away from Jehovah’s glory say that God has abandoned them, but men are the ones who abandon God. We must be determined not to let Jehovah leave us. In order to have blessings we must move God’s glory. The only way to conquer God is by moving His glory. If the glory of God is no longer there the touch of God is lost and one doesn't cry, one doesn't pray. We no longer conserve God’s sacred presence and then greed comes and many other bad things. We need the power of God. We must struggle with our life so that God’s glory will never leave because it fills us of sanctity and keeps us from being unfair. God’s glory is like a thick cloud and that is where God is. The world is upset with those who love God’s glory. Nowadays the Jewish people have great prosperity, but they lack of God’s glory. Who cares if we have everything if we lose God’s glory! God moves inside of His house. When the glory of God arrives we are transformed. It is a necessity; we cannot live without His glory. Jesus filled us with many good things, we cannot lose that. There are men who have God’s mercy, but not His glory. When Satan comes to profane the sacred thing we must take him out, let us be courageous. Hatred cannot be where God’s glory is. If the glory leaves us it is because there is sin. Those who minister to children must do it in sanctity. Those people adored the sun, their flesh, and their pleasures. To turn our back from Jehovah is to give cult to sin. Idolatry and immorality are twins, they go together. The devil seeks to sow idolatry in the church and if we don't love God’s glory we will fall into this. Men degrade their- selves and offend God. The temple was degraded, neglected. The elders and those who had to love sanctity left. Mega Zoé is not for corruption. The God whom we serve is covered with light. That was a painful spectacle because God’s glory left and the people were going to perish because of the evilness of those men. Each one has to zeal the glory of Jehovah in their life. Why not take care of what God has given us? God took away His visible manifestation because of their sins. God would be vindicated because His sanctity had been insulted. Let us never unite with those who make God’s glory move away from us. God’s sanctity cannot be insulted by fornication, by evil games or the jeers against those who love sanctity. He yearns to fill us with His glory, of His power, to give us the very best. Amen.