Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean. Leviticus 18:24 – This chapter is our best way to understand God’s definition of sexual immorality. Meaning when we read in the New Testament about how Christians are to abstain from sexual immorality, know the writers and Apostles would have been thinking back to God’s definition here in Leviticus 18 for their understanding of what sexual immorality was. While we won’t go into the whole list, note some of the laws God gave on what was unacceptable sexual practices. Don’t have sex with you mom or your sister, Don’t have sex with you aunt, or daughter, or daughter-in-law. Don’t have sex with animals, or those of the same sex as you, and don’t sacrifice your kids to idols. What’s even more insane is that all these were normal practices in the cultures around Israel. God, seeking to have His people distinct, called them to handle sex very differently than the world around them. While yes, we are under the new covenant, and we aren’t forced to follow the law anymore, God’s commands in the new covenant to abstain from sexual immorality means we are to hear what God says in this chapter as His views on what’s acceptable when it comes to sexual relations. Our world today is much like the world in the day of the Israelites. Anything is seemingly acceptable, and the ways that aren’t currently accepted by the world today will likely be accepted in the future. In a world then that handles sex in such a detestable way to the Lord, choose to be holy. Choose to handle it in a way that is honoring and pleasing to the Lord, even when the world around you is pushing you to compromise. There is a right way to handle these things, and it’s following the Lord’s direction. Be wise to not go the world’s direction or just what feels right to you. God’s way is better. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3220
Question To Ponder: Why do you think God’s commands around sex are so hated by the world?
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