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Leviticus Notes

Here are my notes from reading Leviticus in the Read-a-thon (not much):


Sometimes I almost feel following these commands and laws might be easier... burn a bull and you're forgiven! But that only makes a person "act" good, since it's so costly to be evil (a cow or lamb for every sin you commit... if that isn't expensive, I don't know what is...) So the only way to change the heart is through a new creation - getting a new spirit.


Galatians 6:15 (NKJV)
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.


2nd Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.


Another thing I noticed was that God was so so so serious about lots of the little things. One was guilty if they *touched* something unclean (spreading germs) or made a thoughtless oath accidentally (hold yourself to something you shouldn't or can't do).  I mean, even if you keep silent on a matter when you should speak up you are not only responsible, you are guilty.  The seriosity (forgive the self-term-coin-ology) falls heavily on every man's shoulder.  While things are different now, I think God is still pained each time I break a single one of His commands. God still hates that in my life, especially the little sins as usually, they lead to the bigger ones.  The moments  of careless unkindness, the instances where I wasn't brave enough to protect those weaker or more lowly, the times I've ignored the needs or wishes of other people.  It means I haven't loved, and really... that's all God is trying to say in His Word and get us to do: Love Him and Love Others...


~CJ
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  1. MacMeisterJune 20, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Good thoughts! One thing I'm struck by when reading through the law is the constant death the people were exposed to through sacrifice. It really reinforces the relationship between sin and death (Rom. 6:23) and also points toward the ultimate sacrifice!

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  2. Caravyn JazminJune 23, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Mmm, true. I often forget what kind of a sacrifice my Saviour made for me. I almost wish we had constant reminders like that, but God's new covenant is so much better.

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