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  THE ORDER APPOINTED BY GOD
  by Clement of Rome
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of following the laws of
the Lord and performing actions at the appointed times to avoid sin and
be accepted by God.

Topics: "Worship Order", "Divine Authority"
Scripture References: Numbers 18:7

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Clement of Rome emphasizes the importance of following God's commands in
an orderly and timely manner, specifically in presenting offerings and
performing services to Him. He highlights that these actions should not
be done haphazardly but with reverence and according to God's will. By
obeying and fulfilling these duties at the appointed times, individuals
are accepted and blessed by the Lord, avoiding sin. Clement also
distinguishes the roles and responsibilities of different individuals
within the religious hierarchy, emphasizing the significance of each
person's unique service.

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These things therefore being manifest to us, and since we look into the
depths of the divine knowledge, it behoves us to do all things in [their
proper] order, which the Lord has commanded us to perform at stated
times. He has enjoined offerings [to be presented] and service to be
performed [to Him], and that not thoughtlessly or irregularly, but at
the appointed times and hours. Where and by whom He desires these things
to be done, He Himself has fixed by His own supreme will, in order that
all things being piously done according to His good pleasure, may be
acceptable to Him.

Those, therefore, who present their offerings at the appointed times,
are accepted and blessed; for inasmuch as they follow the laws of the
Lord, they sin not.

For his own peculiar services are assigned to the high priest, and their
own proper place is prescribed to the priests, and their own special
ministrations devolve on the Levites. The layman is bound by the laws
that pertain to laymen.

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