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Leviticus\u00a0 19:1-10\u00a0\u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Leviticus 19:1-10.\u00a0With a humble heart, see what sticks out to you in this passage.\u00a0 Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?\u00a0 After you\u2019ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Leviticus 19:1-4 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The\u00a0LORD\u00a0said to Moses,
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God, am holy.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-4:\u00a0\u00a0Just as God is holy (i.e. without sin and set apart), we, being made in God\u2019s image, are called to be holy as well.\u00a0\u00a0Here the LORD tells Moses that or the Israelites part of being holy is respecting our parents (v3), observing a Sabbath (a weekly time to rest) (v3) and turning away from idols (v4).\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Holiness shows up in how we respect God, how we respect others (including our parents), and how we respect ourselves and the way God made us to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leviticus 19:5-8 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the\u00a0LORD, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Whoever eats it will be held responsible because he has desecrated what is holy to the\u00a0LORD; that person must be cut off from his people.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 5-8:\u00a0\u00a0Unlike other offerings described in Leviticus, in the case of a fellowship offering, the person giving the offering was expected to eat part of the meat being offered as a fellowship offering (see Leviticus 7:11-18).\u00a0\u00a0Here verses 6-7 say that by the third day the meat should not be eaten any more but should be burnt up.\u00a0\u00a0Why?\u00a0\u00a0It is not entirely clear, but keep in mind that the Israelites did not have refrigerators.\u00a0\u00a0So a possible reason could be to protect people from pathogenic bacteria like salmonella and e coli.\u00a0\u00a0If that is the reason for the prohibition, then this is one more of numerous examples in Leviticus of how God\u2019s commands are for our protection and our good.<\/p>\n

Also, Jesus laid down his life as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God (Ephesians 5:1-2).\u00a0 You could call Jesus our fellowship offering, for in dying on the cross Jesus made reconciliation and fellowship between God and humanity possible.\u00a0 I find it interesting that Leviticus 19 required the fellowship offering (or whatever was left of it) to change its nature and be decomposed through burning on the third day after being sacrificed.\u00a0 Our fellowship offering \u2013 Jesus \u2013 was raised on the third day, changing his nature from being dead to alive again.<\/p>\n

Leviticus 19:9-10 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 9-10:\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a0Leviticus\u00a019:9, God commands His people not to reap to the very edges of their fields or go through their fields a second time to pick up any left over crops they may have missed.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Is it because God is promoting waste or laziness?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 It’s because\u00a0your Heavenly Father has a heart for the poor.\u00a0 He wants us His children to have a similar heart as well.<\/strong>\u00a0 It’s as if God is saying, “Work hard. Provide for your family.\u00a0 But don’t forget to leave something for those who have less than you do.”<\/p>\n

Question: is there margin in your life for those who have less than you do?\u00a0 Or do you use your time, your money and your talents “to the very edges” on yourself such that there is nothing left over for others in need?<\/p>\n

Perhaps you already have a group of people that you\u2019re focused on serving, but let’s remember to leave some for those who may not fall within that group and who may not be our main focus.\u00a0 That’s what Jesus did.\u00a0 His main target group was “the lost sheep of Israel” (Matthew 15:24), but he still left something for those who didn’t fall within his main target group, like the Canaanite woman whose daughter was desperate for healing (see Matthew 15:21-28).\u00a0 He didn’t sacrifice his mission to serve the non-target people, but he served the non-target people “along the way”.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You for showing us that holiness shows up in very practical ways, in the way I treat You, others and myself.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You for having a heart for the poor.\u00a0\u00a0I pray that I would leave margin in my life so that I can care for those who have less than I do.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

copyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Leviticus 19:1-10.\u00a0With a humble heart, see what sticks out to you in this passage.\u00a0 Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?\u00a0 After you\u2019ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Leviticus 19:1-4 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0LORD\u00a0said to Moses,
\n2\u00a0\u00a0“Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God, am holy.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0“‘Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God.
\n4\u00a0\u00a0“‘Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-4:\u00a0\u00a0Just as God is holy (i.e. without sin and set apart), we, being made in God\u2019s image, are called to be holy as well.\u00a0\u00a0Here the LORD tells Moses that or the Israelites part of being holy is respecting our parents (v3), observing a Sabbath (a weekly time to rest) (v3) and turning away from idols (v4).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36351","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\/36351","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=36351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36354,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36351\/revisions\/36354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}