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by: Lowell Harrup

10/29/2025

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Few narratives in scripture teach more clearly the danger of handling what is holy in a common way. Israel’s loss of the ark to a Philistine army was tragic but was a poor victory for the Philistines. The Philistines found that they were not dealing with a magic “trophy,” but with a mighty God. Their very existence depended on their getting it back to Israel (6:19,20).

In the NT, concrete things are not addressed as “holy.”  People are holy;  our actions and relations with others, our minds – these must be treated as holy. And nothing is more holy than the living Word. In a common world, we must handle holy things in a holy way.

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Few narratives in scripture teach more clearly the danger of handling what is holy in a common way. Israel’s loss of the ark to a Philistine army was tragic but was a poor victory for the Philistines. The Philistines found that they were not dealing with a magic “trophy,” but with a mighty God. Their very existence depended on their getting it back to Israel (6:19,20).

In the NT, concrete things are not addressed as “holy.”  People are holy;  our actions and relations with others, our minds – these must be treated as holy. And nothing is more holy than the living Word. In a common world, we must handle holy things in a holy way.

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