In Leviticus today we continue the theme we began yesterday. God's people are warned against child sacrifice, various types of sexual immorality, and various ways they could choose to look just like their neighbors in the land God is giving them. In every instance, God points out that He is the holy Lord who makes his people holy. He is the one who sanctifies the people of Israel. Without his work in their midst they are, in fact, just like their neighbors.
As believers in Christ, let us recall that we are not the ones doing this work. We are not the ones who make ourselves holy. It is the Lord working in us, the Lord our righteousness, the Lord Jesus who has broken the bonds of sin, the Holy Spirit who sanctifies us. May we look not to our own works for righteousness but only ever trust in the Lord.
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