Leviticus
18 Immorality
God
is now dealing with the moral aspect of the lives of His people. He had to
separate His people from the influence of the sinful lives they had lived in
Egypt. The children of Israel were caught between a rock and a hard place. The Egyptians were behind them and the
Canaanites were ahead of them, and both were grossly immoral.
God
makes the rules. Breaking the Ten
Commandments is wrong because God says it is wrong. He tells us that if we
break His commandments, we will pay for it. Someday each of us will stand
before Him. He sums up immorality in these forms: lust, defrauding our brother, lasciviousness,
greediness, fornicator, covetousness, idolatry, derailer, drunkard,
extortioner, adulterer, incest. He tells
us not to associate with these sins.
God
created this universe, and He is the One running it. He says, “I am your God.” He loves us, and if
we are reconciled to God, we will want to please Him. The child of God can be filled with the Holy
Spirit so that he will not commit the sins of the flesh but will produce the
fruit of the Spirit. The family on earth is to mirror the family in
heaven. Purity of living was to be the
badge of God’s family.
The
pagan worship of Molech was closely related with sex. The image of Molech was heated red-hot, and
the bodies of the children were placed in its arms, to burn the sons and
daughters in the fire which God did not command, nor did it come to His heart.
Jeremiah 7:31. God condemns it! He also condemns men having relations with men
and women with women. He calls it unseemly. “And even as they did not like to
retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do
those things which are not convenient.” Romans 1:24-28. “There is no peace,
says the Lord, unto the wicked.” Isaiah
48:22
The
land of the Canaanites was eaten up with venereal disease. Why do you
Suppose
God told them not to take even a wedge of Gold or to touch a garment in the city
of Jericho? They were guilty of the vilest sins imaginable. God’s land must be Holy. God’s goal is that righteousness will cover
the earth.
Please
read the scriptures to get a fuller understanding of God’s Word.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary, NKJ Bible and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary
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