Leviticus 19:12-37 Bible Study - Various laws Pt 2 - (Holiness Code)

In this study we finish up our study of Leviticus 19, looking at such subjects as:swearing in God’s name, misusing the name of the Lord, perverting justice, rebuking friends, loving your neighbor as yourself, slavery, the occult, and avoiding pagan practices including self mutilation (cutting) and tattooing. Lots to talk about!

Outline:

02:18 - Reading of Levitics 19.1-2 and 12-37.

06:59 - Leviticus 19.12 - “Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God.”Matt 5.33-37 and Deut 23.21-23, Ecc 5.4-5. Ex 20.7 - (3rd Commandment)

12:34 - Leviticus 19.14 - “Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind.” Deut 27.18 and Mat 25.31-40.

15:33 - Leviticus 19.15, “Do not pervert justice, do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” Exo 23.1-3, Deut 1.17 and Deut 16.19.

18:21 - Leviticus 19.17b, “Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt.” Mat 18.15 and Gal 6.1

21:55 - Leviticus 19.16-18, - Love your neighbor as yourself. Mat 22.34-40 and Luke 10.25-37 (parable of the good Samaritan) “Who is my neighbor?” Rom 13.924:27 - Leviticus 19.19 - “Keep my decrees, do not mate different kinds of animals, do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.”

26:42 - Leviticus 19.20-22 - Slavery. Exodus 21:7-11 and Mark 10.42-45

30:48 - Leviticus 19.23-25 - Rest your Fields33:58 - Leviticus 19.26a - Do not eat meat w/ blood in it. Lev 17.11-12

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35:10 - Leviticus 19.26b & 31a - Do not turn to the occult. Deut 18:10-12; Eph 6.12

Frank Peretti - “This Present Darkness.”

CS Lewis - Screwtape letters

Nefarious - 2023 film by Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman

40:25 - Leviticus 19.27 & 28 - Avoid pagan practices. Lev 18:3, “You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.” Do not cut your hair at the sides of your head, or clip off the edges of your beard. I am the Lord.Cutting your bodies: Deut 14.1 (no cuttings when in mourning). Tattoos - only verse in the Bible that specifically speaks of no tattoos. 1 Cor 6.19-20 and Rev 19.16

47:42 - Leviticus 19.29 - Prostitution48:50 - Leviticus 19.30 - Observe my sabbaths. We covered this with verse 3 last week.

48:59 - Leviticus 19.32 - Show respect for the elderlyBible Verses: Prov 20.29 and 1 Tim 5.1-2

49:59 - Leviticus 19.33-34 - Do not mistreat the Foreigner. Bible verses mentioned: Lev 25.35; Exo 22.21; 23.9, and Deut 10.19

At the base of the Statue of Liberty is written this poem, called “the New Colossus” by American poet Emma Lazarus in 1883: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.”

52:40 - Leviticus 19.37 - “Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.”Psalm 119.1-8.

53:39 - Closing Questions to ponder:

Does God call us today to be perfect?

What is sanctification, and is it a call to perfection?

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