DCLM Daily Manna 1 July 2020 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi
DCLM Daily Manna 1 July 2020 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi
Topic: Disqualified Through Uncleaness
Text: Leviticus 22:1-16
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from
the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my
holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
3
Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations,
that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow
unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut
off from my presence: I am the LORD.
4 What man
soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he
shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth
any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from
him;
5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping
thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take
uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
6
The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and
shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
9
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it,
and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
10
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and
he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
12 If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no
child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she
shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
14
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the
fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the
holy thing.
15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Key
Verse: “Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your
generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of
Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul
shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.” – (Leviticus 22:3)
MESSAGE:
Some
students of the Bible are often confused by the Old Testament laws
regulating uncleanness. They do not understand the purpose of the laws
and often wonder how they impact the New Testament Christian. The
concept of uncleanness is certainly an old one. It dates back to the
days of Noah when animals were categorised as clean and unclean.
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God
wanted the Israelites to distinguish between holy and unholy, and
between clean and unclean. From our text, those that were under any
ceremonial uncleanness, made possible by their own fault, were forbidden
to eat of the holy things while they continued in their pollution.
Those that had a natural blemish, though they were forbidden to do the
priests’ work, were yet allowed to eat of the holy things. This obliged
the priests to carefully preserve their purity and to dread everything
that would defile them.
Uncleanness means
physical or moral impurity. Sinners are unclean and cannot offer worship
to God. Their offerings are abominations unto Him.
To
appear qualified before Him, we must flee from all impurities because
He is too holy to behold iniquity. Nothing defiling will enter heaven.
Though the Lord has graciously made adequate provision for our holiness,
we cannot possess it without our willingness. We must then resolve to
be holy both in our secret and public lives. Remember, the key to
heaven’s gate remains, “holiness, without which no man shall see the
Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).
Thought For The Day: Sin can never enter heaven.
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DCLM
Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the
founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church
situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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