Running Issues Leviticus 15

 

Leviticus 15 – Running Issues

 

Did you know that we are all preachers?  We are all preaching some message by the life we live.  We are influencing someone.  “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:  These are the things which defiles a man.”  Matt. 15:18-20.  The uncleanness here is in the thought life and the secret sins – secret to man but open before God. In Ezekiel 16:1-13 God makes it very clear to Israel that they had no virtues or attractions but were utterly disgusting to Him. God is concerned with the personal life of His people. He even watches over them while they are asleep!  The man with an unclean issue contaminated the bed upon which he slept, and even his dreams were impure.  God is interested in us when we lie down and when we walk about. God is interested in our conversation.  God is interested in our business and social contacts. We cannot be with people without becoming soiled.  We are constantly soiled.  We all have this sin, these running sores, these hidden sins. That is the reason it is so important for us to stay in the Word of God. “Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.”  John 15:3. We need to be cleansed of our secret sins.  God is also interested in the procreation of the race, God gave this gift to man for his good and inspiration, and so guards this system carefully.  Man is always in danger of debasing himself in that which was to be one of the noblest experiences.

The grace of our Lord healed the woman with the issue of blood and restored her, and He commended her faith.  Jesus is the fountain for the cleansing of the uncleanness of our hearts. 

Death was the penalty for the failure to obey the commandments regarding running issues.  Hidden sin is not a trivial matter to God.  Neither does He ignore the secret sins of believers. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?  If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of Go is holy, which temple ye are.  I Corinthians 3:16-17.

 

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