{"id":18475,"date":"2021-11-11T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/leviticus_24_1-9-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T23:50:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T06:50:57","slug":"leviticus_24_10-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/leviticus_24_10-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Seek God\u2019s Will, Protect God\u2019s Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leviticus 24:10-23\u00a0\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Leviticus 24:10-23.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Leviticus 24:10-23 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They put him in custody until the will of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0should be made clear to them.
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then the\u00a0LORD\u00a0said to Moses:
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Say to the Israelites: ‘If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible;
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0anyone who blasphemes the name of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘If anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death.
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution–life for life.
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God.'”
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the\u00a0LORD\u00a0commanded Moses.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 10-23:\u00a0\u00a0Leviticus\u00a024:10-23 describes how Moses dealt with a half-Israelite, half-Egyptian man who had been found “blaspheming the name of God” (that is, misusing God’s name and speaking about God’s name disrespectfully).\u00a0 The people bring this man to Moses, Moses waits until he has a clear direction from God, and eventually the man is stoned in accordance with God’s command.\u00a0 Here are two lessons we can learn from this passage:<\/p>\n

1. Seek God’s will when making a tough decision. \u00a0<\/strong>Are you needing to make a tough decision?\u00a0 Don’t rush it.\u00a0 Don’t decide based on how you feel.\u00a0 Otherwise, you might miss the will of God.\u00a0 Instead, when you’re faced with a difficult question, go to God and seek His will until it’s clear in your heart and mind what He wants you to do.\u00a0 That’s what Moses did in verse 12: “They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.”<\/p>\n

2. Protect God’s name. \u00a0<\/strong>The name of Jesus is precious.\u00a0 The Bible says that no other name can save us and that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow.\u00a0 It’s no wonder that in the middle of talking about a man who blasphemes God’s name,\u00a0Leviticus\u00a024:17-21\u00a0starts talking about what happens when a person takes away another\u2019s life; it’s because God’s name and our lives go hand in hand.\u00a0 We can’t live without God’s name.\u00a0 Jesus’ name is the most precious, life-giving name there is.<\/p>\n

As life-giving and all-surpassing as Jesus\u2019 name is, unfortunately there is also no other name that is more abused, more misused and more mistreated in our world than Jesus’ name.\u00a0 Our world has turned the most precious, beautiful, life-giving name into a cuss word.<\/p>\n

Be careful to protect God’s name.\u00a0 Don’t say, “Oh my God” unless you’re actually praying to God.\u00a0 Don’t use the name of Jesus as a swear word. Remember: our lives are wrapped up in His name.\u00a0 So let’s treat God’s name with honour.<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, Your name is above every name.\u00a0\u00a0You have exalted above all things Your name and Your word (Psalm 138:2), so may I treat Your name accordingly, with the highest honour.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 precious name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Leviticus 24:10-23.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Leviticus 24:10-23 (NIV)
\n10\u00a0\u00a0Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
\n11\u00a0\u00a0The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)
\n12\u00a0\u00a0They put him in custody until the will of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0should be made clear to them…….<\/p>\n

On verses 10-23:\u00a0\u00a0Leviticus\u00a024:10-23 describes how Moses dealt with a half-Israelite, half-Egyptian man who had been found “blaspheming the name of God” (that is, misusing God’s name and speaking about God’s name disrespectfully).\u00a0 The people bring this man to Moses, Moses waits until he has a clear direction from God, and eventually the man is stoned in accordance with God’s command.\u00a0 Here are two lessons we can learn from this passage:<\/p>\n

1. Seek God’s will when making a tough decision. \u00a0Are you needing to make a tough decision?\u00a0 Don’t rush it.\u00a0 Don’t decide based on how you feel.\u00a0 Otherwise, you might miss the will of God.\u00a0 Instead, when you’re faced with a difficult question, go to God and seek His will until it’s clear in your heart and mind what He wants you to do.\u00a0 That’s what Moses did in verse 12: “They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18476,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18475\/revisions\/18476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}