Bible study guide in English from Trinity International Baptist Church in Athens, Greece
God is holy, and His people must be holy, too.
Leviticus 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Leviticus 19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Leviticus 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Leviticus 21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
In this chapter, God demands holiness regarding several themes.
I. Parents and the Sabbath (Leviticus 19:1-2)
II. Idolatry (Leviticus 19:3)
III. Peace-offerings (Leviticus 19:4)
IV. Harvesting and gleaning (Leviticus 19:9-10)
V. Lying and stealing (Leviticus 19:11)
VI. Perjury (Leviticus 19:12)
VII. Cheating employees (Leviticus 19:13)
VIII. The disabled (Leviticus 19:14)
IX. Bias in judgment (Leviticus 19:15)
X. Tale-bearing (Leviticus 19:16)
XI. Hatred and unkindness (Leviticus 19:17)
XII. Revenge (Leviticus 19:18)
XIII. Cross-breeding and cross-weaving (Leviticus 19:19)
XIV. Rape (Leviticus 19:20-22)
XVI. Fruit-picking (Leviticus 19:23-25)
XVII. Superstitious practices (Leviticus 19:26-28)
XVIII. Prostitution (Leviticus 19:29)
XIX. Sabbaths (Leviticus 19:30)
XX. Wizards and psychics (Leviticus 19:31)
XXI. Respect for elders (Leviticus 19:32)
XXII. Foreigners (Leviticus 19:33-34)
XXIII. Just weights and measures (Leviticus 19:35-36)
Meditation Points:
- People who lived in conformity with these rules would certainly be different from their non-conforming neighbors.
- Spiritual devotedness to God affects all areas of our lives.
- Not all spiritual practices are acceptable to God. Superstitious traditions should be abandoned.
- He who loves God will love his neighbor-his employee neighbor, his disabled neighbor, his foreign neighbor, his married neighbor, his unmarried neighbor, his older neighbor, all his neighbors.
- Honesty is expected in our business and in our social relationships.
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