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PROFANE NOT GOD’S HOLY NAME!
TUESDAY, JUNE 11
Leviticus 22
Romans 6:18-19
“And when the sun is down, he shall
be clean, and shall afterward eat of
the holy things; because it is his food.”
PROFANE NOT GOD’S HOLY NAME!
The only part of God that man can profane is His holy Name. This truth holds true even when God incarnate (i.e. Jesus Christ) walked on earth! The name that saves is the Name of Jesus Christ. When this holy Name is profaned by wrong teaching or by tampering with God’s Word (such as saying that the Bible has mistakes), then the person who holds to such doctrines will have no salvation. This is made very clear by God in Leviticus 22.
Any aspect of the Levitical priesthood from their person, to their food, to their service, had to be holy in Christ, i.e. observed according to Holy Scriptures. If this was not done, then the priest would be cut off. In Leviticus 21, a priest who was born with a physical blemish or injured himself growing up and had a blemish (like a limp), was barred from serving as priest, but was still permitted to eat the holy food of the priests. But if he was stricken with leprosy, he was not to eat of the holy thing until he was clean, i.e. healed by God and completed the cleansing process. Leprosy was a disease that was an affliction from the LORD. If a priest of any Israelite was afflicted by leprosy, it was because he had sinned against God. God said so in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. Therefore, when he repented of his sin, the LORD would heal him. Then, he could be cleansed, and eat the food of the priest. The priest who touched any unclean, dead carcass would become unclean until the evening. He had to go through the cleansing process to be clean again. This would last the entire day. By evening, he would be considered cleansed as it was the start of a new day. He could then have his meal, for all that the priests ate were holy as the priests were the LORD’s inheritance.
The LORD always has a sanctified or holy people as His witnesses since the fall of man. This has not changed in the New Testament witness of the church. God’s people need to be holy in practical ways, so that all can see their holiness. That is why the LORD was so strict when it came to the visible holiness of the priests.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 22:2
PRAYER: Help me, Father, to be holy in practical ways, so that my holiness can be seen by others for Thy glory. In Jesus’ name. Amen.