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PROTECT THE HOLINESS OF THE LAND!
THURSDAY, JUNE 6
Leviticus 20
Romans 12:1-3
“And I will set my face against
that man, and will cut him off
from among his people…”
PROTECT THE HOLINESS OF THE LAND!
The land of Canaan was called the Land of Promise by the LORD. Israel was never to forget this change, from a land filled with sin to a land that was supposed to be filled with holiness. Israel was to live in the Land of Promise as if they were living in heaven. Since holiness characterises the heavenly environment, so was the Land of Promise on earth to be characterised. The LORD God had provided in the Law of Moses (i.e. the Pentateuch) all that they needed to be holy. The only ones who could keep the land holy, or unholy (i.e. sinful), were the people who lived in it. That was why the LORD commanded His people to utterly destroy everything idolatrous and every idolater from the youngest to the oldest. This was the holy beginning, and Israel needed to accomplish what the LORD commanded. From the dietary laws to the religious laws, everything Israel needed to live in holiness in the holy Land of Promise was provided. Israel did not have to invent her own ways in anything. All they needed to do was to obey God.
The backbone of this holy requirement is the LORD’s own holiness. Therefore, His people had to represent Him in holiness by being holy. Holiness is not to be mistaken for perfection. Holiness means to get rid of sin and sinners that promote idolatry. Leviticus 20:22 may sound harsh, but it is not. It was for the protection of Israel’s holiness. Witches, wizards and all who observed any form of idol worship, including communicating with the dead, would be put to death by stoning.
The holiness of the church today must be protected by God’s people. They do so by being holy in Christ. In this manner, the witness of God’s holiness will be seen by all who come to the church, which was what the LORD wanted for Israel in the Promised Land. Without holiness, the witness of Christ is destroyed. The church becomes a citadel of idolatry just as Israel was before her destruction in the period of the kings.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 20:26
PRAYER: Forgive me, Father, of all my sins and help me to be holy as Thou art holy. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.