A PEOPLE HOLY TO THE LORD
Keywords 14:2
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all
the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his
treasured possession.
1. The LORD has chosen you (1-21)
The people of Israel
were children of the LORD and made holy by him. They were
a chosen people, God’s treasured possession. God is holy; he
calls his people
to be holy. Therefore, they can’t live as the other nations
do. God called them to
live a separate life, guided by love for him and his
commands. They would remain
clean as a people when they practiced living in accordance
with his commands
every day, even in the matter of the foods they ate.
2. So that the LORD your God may bless you (22-29)
God commanded the
people to offer a tenth of their produce. He did this so that
they might learn to revere God who provided so abundantly
for them. It was the
recognition of the LORD’s blessing. The LORD made the people
holy by dwelling
with them, though they were not faithful to him. He bore
their rejection forty years
in the desert. He had a hope that his people would live as a
holy offering to the
LORD, that he may continually bless them.
Prayer Lord, thank you for bearing my sin to make me
holy. Help me to live as an
offering to you.
One Word Live as a people holy to the Lord
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