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THE LORD WILL SET HIS FACE AGAINST…!
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
Leviticus 20
1 John 5:20-21
“And I will set my face against
that man, and will cut him off
from among his people…”
THE LORD WILL SET HIS FACE AGAINST…!
Very seldom do we read in the Bible that the LORD will set His face against anyone. Here, the LORD mentions the phrase three times in quick succession (Lev 20:3, 5, 6). If the LORD mentions it once, we are to listen twice. But when the LORD mentions it three times in quick succession, we should take note and never forget! The consequences will be very dire if we sin after three stern warnings.
What is that sin? The sin is idolatry. The wrath of God would be upon all who lived in the Land of Promise, including non-Israelites. This was one law that had to be applied to all residents. The judgment against the worship of idols was death by stoning. The LORD would be against anyone who would conceal and not expose an idolater who was to be stoned to death. He and all who followed him in that idolatry would be cut off. The reason was that to spare the idolater meant that he supported idolatry as well. Knowledge of an idolater equalled responsibility to protect the holiness of God and His people in the Land of Promise. Idolatry hidden by silence meant being a partaker of the idolater’s sin, allowing him to continue to be an idolater and infecting others as well. Silence was a serious transgression as measured by the penalty enforced by the LORD. No one who lived in God’s Land, and was called by His Name, had any right to plead ignorance. Neither was he to have his own view of idolatry and the idolater. This rule against idolatry did not apply to Gentile nations as they would not defile the LORD’s sanctuary (i.e. the Tabernacle) and the LORD’s holy Name. They were idolaters from birth to death, but their idolatry did not mar God’s Name because they were not called God’s people. If the LORD were to apply the same holy law to them, there would be no Gentile nations left on earth for God to save! It is true that when their sins are full, they will be judged by God at the return of Christ.
Idolatry is a sin committed directly against God and not man. That is why it is most heinous. Beware the sin of idolatry.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 20:6
PRAYER: Father, may I repent of the sin of idolatry always. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.