Day 207 - Leviticus Monday (chapters 19-21)
“You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2 ESV)
God reveals His desire for the crown of His creation. Since He made us and gave us our lives, He has every right to set this extremely high expectation.
How did you feel when you read today’s verse?
● Confident?
● Afraid?
● Self-assured?
● Doubtful?
In these three chapters of Leviticus, God details what He expects of us in the Ten Commandments. Even though much of what we read certainly isn’t “politically correct” today, still we must believe it, respond to it with repentance, and share this warning with others.
However, what we need to share above all else is the fact that, while we cannot even come close to being holy, Jesus was and ever shall be the holy Son of God. And this is precisely what makes His death on Calvary’s cross the greatest event of all history!
Yes, holy Jesus died like a guilty sinner in your place and mine so that we who believe in Him can be declared holy and fit for heaven!
How does that make you feel?
It makes me want to remember all that His has done for me and to daily beg for Him to continue to have such mercy on me. How about you?
Lamb of God, pure and holy, who on the cross didst suffer,
Ever patient and lowly, Thyself to scorn didst offer.
All sins Thou borest for us, Else had despair reigned o’er us:
Have mercy on us, O Jesus! O Jesus. Amen.
(Lutheran Service Book, Concordia Publishing House, 2006, #434)
Thank your merciful God for making you holy and fit for heaven!
Pastor David Paape
The following link is to the 52 Week Bible Reading Plan upon which these devotions are based. http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.pdf
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