The Obed Edom EffectCHURCH MINISTRY DAYST. MONICA PARISH APRIL 9, 2016

Church on the RockPastor David Jackson

and Wife Tracy

2 Samuel 6:1-11David again brought together all the able

young men of Israel—thirty thousand. He and all his men went to Baalaha in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark.

2 Samuel 6:1-11 (continued)They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought

it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were

guiding the new cart with the ark of God on it, and Ahio was walking in front of it. David and all Israel

were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets, harps, lyres, timbrels,

sistrums and cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:1-11 (continued)When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon,

Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.

Numbers 4:15 "After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the

holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites (no one else) are to come and carry those things that are in the Tent of Meeting”

They must not touch the holy things or they will die.”

2 Samuel 6:1-11 (continued)David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How

can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?” He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David.

Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household (“and everything he owned”).

1 Chronicles 15:16-18 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their

fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

1 Chronicles 15:23-24Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for

the ark.

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God.

And Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.

Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it

is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

James 4:7-10Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the

devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.

Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Ephesians 5:18-19

be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and

making music to the Lord in your hearts.

Psalm 22:3 Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises

of Israel (aka “The Church”).

Whatever you are about, in word and action alike, invoke always the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, offering your thanks to God the Father through him.” – Colossians 3:16-17

“Would that I could exhaust myself in acts of thanksgiving and gratitude towards this Divine Heart, for the great favor He shows us. - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Praise and Thanksgiving

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus (Greek speaking philosopher AD 55 – 135)

“Remember the past with gratitude. Live the present with enthusiasm. Look forward to the future with confidence.” –St. John Paul II (Polish speaking philosopher AD 1920 – 2005)

The Obed Edom EffectCHURCH MINISTRY DAYST. MONICA PARISH APRIL 9, 2016