King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: I Am The Lord Your God
Date: Friday February 03, 2012
Today's Chapters: Leviticus 19-21

Hello My Friend,

Many people know of Jesus or even believe that He died to save people, but very few will believe in His death, burial, resurrection, and that He alone is the Only One who will save them from hell. However, it is only when we believe that Jesus Christ is the one who can save us and receive Him as our personal Savior can we be saved. Any alteration to this simple rule is among the unbelieving who will not be one of God's children and will be cast into the lake of fire no matter how good you try to be.

“And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.” -Revelation 21:6-8,27.

God chose Israel to be the nation that He would represent as His children, but that did not mean that every Jew would be one of His children. They had to live by the law and if they did anything that God considered to be an abomination they were cut off from the family. But God did not just limit Himself to the Jews, any person, regardless of their race that wanted God in their lives was able to receive Him, they just had to follow the same law. “Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will...And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God...Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.” - Leviticus 19:2-5,33,34,37.

The same punishment that we receive regarding sin is the same punishment they received as well, the second death, anyone who rejected God, regardless of their race, would be sent to hell and later on will be cast into the lake of fire when Jesus returns. God did and still saves those who want Him in their lives, a sacrifice is still required, but this time it is not the blood of animals that saves us, but the blood of Jesus Christ, He became the only acceptable, perfect sacrifice to redeem a soul from hell. “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God.” - Romans 2:7-11.

God has distinguished His children from all others by a holy covenant, and while being or not being obedient to Him is what saves us, He expects His children to be holy, because He is your God, and He is holy. “Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death...If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them...And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.” - Leviticus 20:7-10,13,26.

While God uses certain people to serve Him in the ministry, He accepts all, no matter what infirmities we have, after all He made us. God instructs Aaron on who would serve Him in the ministry. Priests laboring under any personal defect were not allowed to officiate in the public service, they might be employed in some duties about the sanctuary, but could not perform any sacred office, meaning receive the sacrifices. “Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.” - Leviticus 21:17-23.

The reason why a priest with an infirmity was not allowed to receive and offer the offerings of the people to God was because their physical appearance would have caused a distraction to what the people would really be there for. This did not mean that God pushed the person away from serving Him, He just gave them other jobs to do. It is the same way today, there are hundreds of women heading up churches today, this is considered as an infirmity and one in which God does not agree with. While we can all be teachers we are not all to be ministers, “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.” - 1 Timothy 2:12-15.

People ask me all the time, why is it important to learn these laws when they do not apply to us today? The entire Bible, Old and New Testaments, represents one person, that is Jesus Christ and the theme of the entire book is the Blood. All of the laws before He came to earth were a foreshadow of Him and while we are no longer bound to the law itself, it is important that we understand what God detests, and that they are things that we should detest. We need to be very grateful that we are no longer bound to the law, otherwise we would learn very quick how to fear God. The truth is we all need to fear God, and I do not mean to be afraid of Him, I mean to respect Him, to honor Him, and to be holy, for He is the Lord Your God. How hard is it for us to live the way God wants us to live? To have some morals about how we live our lives? If we truly want to understand God and live the way He wants us to live it is important to learn all of His Word. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” -2 Timothy 3:16,17.

Today's Psalm: 34:11 - “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”

Today's Proverb: 14:26 - “In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.”

Today's Prayer: God, I will never understand just how simple it is to be one of Your children, but I believe that Your perfect Son died for me to save me from that horrible second death and I am trusting only in Him to save me. However, I do want to show You how much I love You and how grateful I am to be redeemed and the only way I can show that gratitude is to be holy as You are holy. Lord, keep me in Your Word, help me to understand the importance of learning all of it and applying those concepts to my life today. In Jesus' name. Amen

Enjoy the rest of your day/night.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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