Leviticus 18:3
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
God instructs Israel that they are not to do as the Egyptians did, which they had just left or as the Canaanites do, whom they were about to approach.
The people of God are a unique people on the earth.
We are to forsake those things we have already learned in the world and ignore and avoid those things of the world that we will be exposed to in the future.
We have all been exposed to the worldly things.It is a fact of life on this planet. We must confess it and forsake it. Denying the truth of it serves no good purpose at all
But we must also be aware that new exposures will face us daily.
Being aware of that danger we will be better able to ignore and to avoid that exposure.
So what are we supposed to do if we do not conform to those things we have learned or fit into those things that are around us now?
We submit to and follow after those things God teaches in the Word of God.
We are to be a totally different sort of people, in the world but not of the world.
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
God instructs Israel that they are not to do as the Egyptians did, which they had just left or as the Canaanites do, whom they were about to approach.
The people of God are a unique people on the earth.
We are to forsake those things we have already learned in the world and ignore and avoid those things of the world that we will be exposed to in the future.
We have all been exposed to the worldly things.It is a fact of life on this planet. We must confess it and forsake it. Denying the truth of it serves no good purpose at all
But we must also be aware that new exposures will face us daily.
Being aware of that danger we will be better able to ignore and to avoid that exposure.
So what are we supposed to do if we do not conform to those things we have learned or fit into those things that are around us now?
We submit to and follow after those things God teaches in the Word of God.
We are to be a totally different sort of people, in the world but not of the world.
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