"One entire tribe of Israel was set apart for the service of the sanctuary.
As we recall the last words spoken to Levi by his father Jacob as he lay on his death-bed, we might wonder that his descendants were chosen for that sacred work. When Jacob remembered the sins of Levi, he pronounced almost a curse instead of a blessing upon his son, and closed it with these words: "I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel." (Genesis 49:5-7)
Wondrous is the love of our God that can change a curse into a blessing. (Nehemiah 13:2).
Only a mighty God can make scarlet sins as white as snow. (Isaiah 1:18).
The fearless character which, under the control of Satan, led Levi to murder the Shechemites, when controled by the grace of God, enabled his descendants to take their stand boldly on the Lord's side when the mass of Israel went into idolatry. (Exodus 32:26-29).
God then turned the curse into a blessing; He said because they had observed His law and kept His covenant, they should "teach Jacob His judgments and Israel His law." (Deuteronomy 33:8-11)."
StephenHaskell
As we recall the last words spoken to Levi by his father Jacob as he lay on his death-bed, we might wonder that his descendants were chosen for that sacred work. When Jacob remembered the sins of Levi, he pronounced almost a curse instead of a blessing upon his son, and closed it with these words: "I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel." (Genesis 49:5-7)
Wondrous is the love of our God that can change a curse into a blessing. (Nehemiah 13:2).
Only a mighty God can make scarlet sins as white as snow. (Isaiah 1:18).
*The impulsive nature which, under the control of Satan,
drives a man to commit desperate crimes, is not removed when he is converted.
*That same impetuosity, consecrated and under the control of Christ,
makes him a valiant warrior for the Lord.
The fearless character which, under the control of Satan, led Levi to murder the Shechemites, when controled by the grace of God, enabled his descendants to take their stand boldly on the Lord's side when the mass of Israel went into idolatry. (Exodus 32:26-29).
God then turned the curse into a blessing; He said because they had observed His law and kept His covenant, they should "teach Jacob His judgments and Israel His law." (Deuteronomy 33:8-11)."
StephenHaskell
