Title: Keep the Rules/Leviticus 19:19-37
One of the best ways to understand the Christian faith is to think about how you will see the world through your eyes.
Last week I thought that Christian faith is meant to be seen in all areas of life. -Because people have changed, and that faith has become the dominant person in their lives- I thought that he was a person who struggled to live a life of faith by loving God.
How do these believers see the world? Let's think about how we come to understand and grasp the world fundamentally.
The world cannot be bright and beautiful in the eyes of the believer. For you will see that the outward splendor is a lie, and underneath the shell lies a pagan spirit. Therefore, this must be seen in the eyes of the believer.
Whether in the past or now, this phenomenon has not changed. Therefore, we need to listen to God's lessons from the social life that was being practiced at the time when Israel came out of Egypt and entered the land of Canaan before our eyes. It was given in the past, but it is still speaking to us today. ; This is because the human world has not changed about 4000 years ago or now.
If you look at the text
19: Do not mix classes. Do not mate with other types of cattle. - This is not about biological laws. It is for religious instruction. In other words, we need to know that the Israelis and Canaanites are different kinds of people and have different affiliations. - We must not forget that each of us belonged to heaven and earth.
-"Do not mix and sow the two seeds."
-"Do not wear clothes made of two materials."
-It is to know that people with different personalities belong to each other. ; It means that those who belong to God and those who belong to the earth should not mix.
20: When the betrothed maidservant has not yet been redeemed, the still master commits fornication.
-The slave girl is still the owner's property. (Possession) -"Norigae" (in view of the society at the time) -The law is something that changes from time to time; according to the trend.
-It doesn't kill (because it's yours, it's a slave state), but it has flaws. - If you are a married servant, it is right to protect the servant, because it is love.
-The world was like that at the time, but shouldn't God's people have love? is saying
23-25: A land that has been thoroughly polluted (23) The land that is sanctified by the sanctification of the Lord (24), know that it is a land that feeds on the fruit of grace. - so as not to forget this from the beginning.
26-28: Prohibition of pagan religious customs in Canaan -Eating blood (disrespecting life): disrespecting the image of Jehovah (Genesis 9:6)
- Gentiles can't think like this.
Fortune-telling - divination, palmistry, contemplation, and four signs - the movement of clouds, flying birds, horoscopes, hwatu, etc. - contains the theory of fate. -The absence of God, part of nature: Man as part of the laws of nature -The inevitable.
a round haircut; There were people in the wilderness who lived with only the top part of their head left behind. (Jeremiah 9:26, 25:23, 44:32) -Young people, do not damage the tip of your beard. ; The stranger was pushed away and lived. -Israel was raised.
sacrificed for the dead; It is meant to appease the ghosts with the offering of salve blood so that they do not torment the deceased any more.
patterning on the body; "Ownership" - a gang of gangs. ; Believers in the God of Violence
29: Offered as a new prostitute - Crime of incest - Even now, there are people who sell their daughters to brothels.
31: Newcomers and Applause - Those who communicate with the underworld; spirit medium
35: Deception of scales: judgment, weight and weight, deception of scales - Humans who live for self, greed - It is the same even now.
It is a world dominated by a pagan, demon-serving spirit, that is, desire and greed.
In this world - the root is dominated by desire. possessed by the spirit of a demon.
- Products for convenience - Stimulation with advertisements for promotion
- Automobile competition - Pollution, accelerated fuel depletion, air pollution destroys environment - Dying world
- Housekeepers competition - Kill the land and create a world of cement.
- The world is headed for destruction.
- The pagan spirit, the spirit of idolatry: It is a world that is ruined by its own desire
Having eyes that face the world as it is is proof that people have changed. The one who can see this in the world is a believer. ; It's not because of science, it's because when you become a person through faith, you can see the real world.
Are you the one who sees the world right? Are you living with the confirmation that you are different from the world?