Loving What God Loves (2)

Loving God requires Means Hating Worldly Practices as God’s People

Read Leviticus 20:22-23

Throughout the books of the Law God commands His people to obey His statues, His laws, His judgements (what God has declared right in His sight). Lest the land vomit you out. The Canaanites were going to be removed from the land not because God needed a place for Israel but because of their wickedness. This passage is about punishment to those who break God’s Law. And He warns the people the God abhors these things. God finds disgust in them. We have talked about how we need to love what God loves , and have good fellowship with Him and His people. But we also need to hate the things that are contrary to Him.

(ILL) I love potatoes. One of the meals that my family has is Chicken, vegetable, with potatoes. Mashed Potatoes is the best way to have. I love that, If anyone brought me mashed potatoes, I would be happy person. I love mashed potatoes. But you want to know what is awful. Instant potatoes. Whoever invented instant potatoes was a sinner. They have such an artificial taste to them. I know that instant potatoes are just process potatoes made easier for your convince. But they have been processed and they are evil and a part of curse. I wouldn’t be happy if you brought me instant potatoes, I wouldn’t be happy. No imagine someone for some crazy reason mixing the together. What is wrong you? You monster. The two shouldn’t be mixed. Something that is good shouldn’t be mixed with something that evil.

The people of Israel are not to intermix with the world’s culture. Loving God Requires Means Hating Worldly Practices. Don’t have a just as I Am mentality. God accepts me for who I am. God commands His people as you have recieved Christ so walk in Him.

How are we to walk in a way that is consistent in the one we have believed in?

1. Being Committed to God Trumps All Else (v.1-8)

Who’s Molech

“the personified ruler of shameful sacrifice.”

child sacrifice

held out arms that would go into the stomach.

Cult of dead, (19:27-28)

They are to stay far away from that

God says that I have set my face against that man. I am enemies with Him. I will cut Him off from His people. God no longer sees that person as a part of the nation of Israel.

God requires His people to remove wickedness from among a nation that is to be Holy.

Stone Him with stones

God says that this will defile my Sanctuary. The people of Israel only had one God they were commited too. They were not to be commited to anyone or anything else. Elijah was talked about earlier today. Ahab brought Baal worship into the country. God has no competitor.

Life is about commitments. Good and bad. Commitment to your family. Commitment to pornography is bad. You fulfill responsibilities to. Molech. Everyday we are making commitments. Our Ultimate commitment is God. We need to make that commitment every morning. Making sure thee succeed in their career or sport. People are commited phone, post. me time. LGBTQ.

Spend time in prayer.

Sanctuary defied

Make sacred, be set apart. Be holy. I the Lord Sanctifies you.

There cannot be mixed commitment to the LORD

2. Being Separate from the World’s Flawed View of Relationship

Parents I notice none of your kids have been put to death yet.

Cure, wishing destruction upon your parents

This is an intense word that means to wish for demise on your parents

You need to follow your parents, they are called to be your guide towards godliness

Even if your parents offend you

Adultery put to death

between one man one women

I am not fulfilled in my marriage I deserve better

King David commits adultery

The canaanites practices (v. 11-21)

Not having relationship with close kin (don’t uncover a persons nakedness)

Between a man and women, man and a man, animal

There blood is upon them

The world has their version on how they are going to be fulfilled

God’s goodness should satisfy me.

Spouse’s don’t find satisfaction in any other

Singles, kids, don’t feed desires me, pornography, shows,

3. Protecting God’s People from Defilement

This passage talks a lot about punishment and notice who is supposed to carry out the punishment

It was the people Israel. They were to desire holiness so much that they would remove wickedness from the nation.

Put death, there blood is upon them.

Stone the person,

They look the other way (Ill math teacher)

ILL Achan

Israel didn’t take care of the sin that Achan had commited.

God says I am going to take care of it

Church discipline

The church is called to be Holy, living wickedness

Holy Sensitive, A desire to be set apart from sin,

Psalm 103:10 LEB

He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.

We need to be ready to forgive

4. Hating Sin Because We are His

Abhor what I abhor (v. 22-23)

God was bringing them to land that was good (v.24), God had delivered them from bondage.

Don’t fit with the world, we need to show the love of Christ, but do they see you as different