My thoughts and reflections about myself, God, and my faith journey. I pray that my honest thoughts will help and encourage anyone else who visits this blog.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Leviticus 20:6-21:6
This passage is all about how Jews, as God's chosen people, should be holy, should be different than the other peoples. The same is true of us as Christians. We're no longer required to offer sacrifices in the temple or refrain from eating pork, but we are required to keep ourselves holy (with God's help, of course!), to view our bodies and our lives as temples to God, to behave differently than others--with love, with purity, with righteousness. I'm not advocating being purposefully, intentionally different, necessarily, I mean simply that the way we live our lives, as Christians, is ultimately different than how a 'normal' person would live his or her life. Of course we will not succeed by ourselves and need God's help every step of the way, but that's no reason not to strive.
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