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SEX SHALL NOT BE PART OF WORSHIP!
MONDAY, MAY 20
Leviticus 15

Psalm 24

 

“…and the priest shall make
an atonement for him before

the LORD for his issue.”

 

SEX SHALL NOT BE PART OF WORSHIP!

 

In idolatrous worship during Old and New Testament times, temple prostitutes were a common sight. Both men and women worked as temple prostitutes. Men were called sodomites in biblical times. When Israel fell into the sin of idolatry during the monarchy, they had sodomites committing dastardly sins. 1 Kings 14:24: “And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.”
 
The priests who worked in these idolatrous temples taught their devotees that when these lusts of the flesh were done before their idols, the idols would be delighted and bless their land, wives and animals with fertility. The farmers’ land would not suffer drought but would have a bumper harvest. Their animals and wives would have many offspring. Such evils were common throughout the surrounding nations. When Israel fell into the sin of idolatry, this evil was also committed in the Land of Promise.
 
This Levitical law of uncleanness was instituted to prevent and protect Israel from such abominations. The LORD was not teaching that sex was wrong within the confines of marriage. The LORD wanted His people to have the highest regard for worship, and know the great importance and clear distinction between the physical and the spiritual. This means that Leviticus 15:18 taught the Israelites that they ought to prepare themselves spiritually and keep themselves from any conjugal relationships when they knew that they would be worshipping the LORD the following day.
 
Uncleanness is not always due to a sinful act but sin always makes a person unclean. This is the high standard of God for all His people. Holiness in the eyes of God means to stop sinning and to make oneself spiritually clean. God wants all of us to be physically and spiritually clean. Are you?
 
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 15:18
PRAYER: Cleanse me, O Father, of all my sins, within and without, in Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.

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