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 […]
APRIL 15, 2022 Leviticus 19:1-2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.’” Have you ever stopped and considered what it truly means to be holy? I know what I thought it meant growing up in church. It […]
APRIL 14, 2022 Leviticus 19:1-2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.’” Holiness is something the entire congregation of God’s people are responsible for — all are to be holy because our God is holy. This is […]
APRIL 13, 2022 Leviticus 18:30 Therefore, you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God. In the previous verses, the Bible makes it clear that the land of Israel cannot tolerate the type of activities described as being […]
APRIL 12, 2022 Leviticus 18:24-25 Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. The land that God brought Israel into was a land […]
APRIL 11, 2022 Leviticus 18:7 The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. Admittedly, there are some things in Scripture that make you go “Hmmm.” Some things Scripture addresses can be a bit embarrassing to read, much less discuss, in mixed company. Nevertheless, the Creator is well aware […]
APRIL 10, 2022 Leviticus 8:6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord. Beginning with this verse, the text begins to address what we will refer to as forbidden relationships. The expression “uncover his nakedness” alludes to the principle of honor and shame but is […]
APRIL 9, 2022 Leviticus 18:5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord. There is an unfortunate misconception within mainstream Christianity that the laws God set forth in the Old Testament are debilitating and not conducive to life. The reality is its man’s […]