9/17/2008 9:23 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Sin is fit only for the fire
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Lev. 13:52, 55, 57
Message
of the verses: 52 "So he shall burn the garment, whether
the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which
the mark occurs, for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the
fire.
“55 "After the article with the mark has
been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its
appearance, even though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn
it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the top or on
the front of it.
“57 and if it appears again in the garment,
whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an
outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire.”
First of
all I want to say that I will not be going over every verse in this 13th chapter of Leviticus because
of the format that I have been using to study it.
These verses
here are speaking of leprosy and will be studied as if they were speaking of
sin because leprosy and sin have many similarities. One of the differences however is that there
was not cure for leprosy in the OT times, but there is a cure for sin, and that
of course is the forgiveness found in Jesus Christ to paid the price for sin.
These
verses tell that if a garment of piece of leather or something else that has
leprosy cannot be taken care of by washing or some other means of cleaning it
that it must be put into the fire. Jesus
spoke a lot about hell, where the fire will never go out, and that is where
people will go who do not trust in the Lord Jesus Christ alone for their
salvation. Here are a few verses that
speak of hell: “If your hand causes you
to sin, cut it off. It is better to enter heaven with only one hand than to go
into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands. 41
"Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me,
accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and
his angels. 20 And the beast was seized, and with him the
false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived
those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image;
these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. 12 And
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books
were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the
dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to
their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in
it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were
judged, every one of them according to their deeds. 14
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in
the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Hell is a real place where real people will
go someday just as Rev. 20:15 says. I
have nothing to brag about when I say with confidence that my name is written
in the Lambs book of life, but I do have something to be humble about and I do
have something to praise the Lord forever about, through out all of eternity,
because it is only by His grace, love and mercy that I will be able to praise
the Lord for His wonderful gift of salvation.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Praise the Lord for the wonderful gift of salvation.
- Give myself to the Lord for service and worship today.
- Put on the spiritual armor.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
- Trust the Lord to take care of our financial problems and work out something for me to get a job and for both Sandy and I to have contentment in that job.
Memory verses for the week: Exodus
20:8-11
- Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
- but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, or your male or female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
- For in six day the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
9/17/2008 10:06 AM
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