TOPIC: DON’T
DEFILE THE LAND
KEY VERSE:
Leviticus 18:27,28
“(For all these abominations have the men of the land
done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) That the land spue not
you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before
you.”
TEXT: Leviticus
18:17-30
17. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and
her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s
daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen; it is
wickedness.
18. Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex
her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19. Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover
her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20. Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy
neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
21. And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through
the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God; I am the
LORD.
22. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind;
it is abomination.
23. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile
thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down
thereto; it is confusion.
24. Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for
in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you;
25. And the land is defiled; therefore I do visit the
iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments,
and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation,
nor any stranger that sojourneth among you;
27. (For all these abominations have the men of the land
done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
28. That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile
it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
29. For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations,
even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30. Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye
commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before
you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein; I am the LORD your God.
MESSAGE:
Two evil friends who specialised in robbing accident
victims enjoyed their “vocation” for some time. They usually rushed to accident
sites and while the victims struggled between life and death, they dispossess
them of their valuables – money, etc. But one night, a strange thunder struck
and killed them both. The land “spued” them out of it.
The occupants of the land of Canaan had defiled the land
with evil practices. Their iniquity had blossomed and multiplied. The judgment
of God came on them as they were rooted out and replaced with Israel.
The earth does not operate independently of the righteous
laws of God; there are natural laws such as the law of sowing and reaping,
which often plays out in all spheres of a man’s life. “Woe to him that coveteth
an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high… For the
stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer
it” (Habakkuk 2:9-11). Unbridled quest for sins has pervaded the modern
societies. All forms of evil – robbery, rape, ritual killings, kidnapping,
banditry, embezzlement, etc. are so common these days.
But does the sinner today know that the horrors of hell
must be avoided? Does he know that there is a lake that burneth with fire and
brimstone “where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched”; where
those who die in sin will live all eternity? Most persons, even those who
profess to read the Bible, still do not believe this truth. The truth is that
anyone who dies with any unforgiven sins will certainly be sent into
everlasting fire. The way out is to repent from all sin and receive Jesus as
Lord and personal Saviour.
THOUGHT FOR
THE DAY: To
avoid eternal regrets, receive Christ today as your Saviour.
THE BIBLE IN
ONE YEAR:
2 Thessalonians 1-3
Daily Manna is the daily devotional of the Deeper Christian Life Bible Ministry (DCLM) by Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
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