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A CONSTANT REMINDER OF HOLY LIVING!
MONDAY, JUNE 3
Leviticus 19
Galatians 2:19-20
“Ye shall keep my sabbaths,
and reverence my sanctuary:
I am the LORD.”
A CONSTANT REMINDER OF HOLY LIVING!
A Christian’s life is really a life lived in Christ. Sunday-only believers are rejected in the eyes of God, for they are hypocrites who live for Christ only on the Lord’s Day but not the other six days of the week. Fair-weather believers are also rejected as they live in holiness when it is convenient to do so. The moment they are asked to suffer for Christ, they pretend that they are deaf or blind.
The people of God were required by their LORD to live holily every moment of their lives and not only when they brought the animal sacrifices to the Tabernacle. Their garments had to be pure wool or linen. They were not to sow with mingled seed. They were not to commit fornication or adultery. When they entered the Land of Promise, they were permitted to eat the fruits they planted from the fifth year onwards as the fruits of the first three years were unclean and the fruits of the fourth year belonged to the Lord. They were not to be superstitious like idol worshippers. They were not to make any cutting in their flesh, i.e. no tattooing. They had to keep the Sabbaths and revere the LORD’s sanctuary. They were not to regard witches or wizards and not to be defiled by them, i.e. had to stay away from these people. They had to respect the elderly. They had to show compassion to strangers who lived in Israel as they were once strangers in Egypt. They had to be honest in their business dealings. They had to observe all the statutes and judgments of the LORD.
These daily experiences were to remind Israel that they were God’s holy people. This was how they had to live to reflect the holiness of the LORD in them. There was not a moment when the Israelites were permitted by God to forget this. From their garments, to their food, to their relationships with people, all were constant reminders to live holily.
Christians today also need to be constantly reminded of the importance of holy living. There are too many professing believers who live in sin, many more than true believers living in holiness. Which are you?
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 19:37
PRAYER: Teach me, Father, to be holy every day of my life till Christ’s glorious return, in Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.