APRIL 29, 2022 Leviticus 19:32 You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord. Not only does Scripture instruct us to honor our parents, “that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth” (Ephesians 6:3), but we are also instructed […]
APRIL 28, 2022 Leviticus 19:26-28 You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying. You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord. With these […]
APRIL 27, 2022 Leviticus 19:23-25 When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten. But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord. And in the […]
APRIL 26, 2022 Leviticus 19:19 You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you. As I have stated previously, there are likely practical reasons why God gave His […]
APRIL 25, 2022 Leviticus 19:19 You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you. The Jewish commentator, Nachmanides, wrote that these laws of “forbidden mixtures” are to be […]
APRIL 24, 2022 Leviticus 19:19 You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you. Today, let’s look at another aspect of these “forbidden mixtures,” especially the instruction about […]
APRIL 23, 2022 Leviticus 19:19 You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you. There are several rabbinic writers who say these seemingly disconnected instructions — and others […]
APRIL 22, 2022 Leviticus 19:17-18 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. How do we sin by resisting the need […]
APRIL 21, 2022 Leviticus 19:17-18 You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. All of us know that to “love your […]
APRIL 19, 2022 Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Before moving on in this chapter, I want to address one other point as it relates to honesty juxtaposed with lies and dealing […]
APRIL 18, 2022 Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Today, let’s look at another aspect of what is meant by the instruction, “Do not steal or deal falsely” besides the obvious fact […]
APRIL 16, 2022 Leviticus 19:3-4 Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the Lord your God. As I mentioned in the previous devotion, holiness is not some abstract notion that escapes being defined but is manifest in our lives […]
