HOLY GOD, HOLY PEOPLE HOLY GOD, HOLY PEOPLE L IVING IN H OLINESS Leviticus 18:1-26; 20:6-8

doubtlessliving.com One of these is a follower of Christ, and one is not. Can you spot the differences? What’s the difference?

3 doubtlessliving.com Living in Holiness  Ghandi famously said, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Did he have a point.

4 doubtlessliving.com Separate from Society’s Standards  Leviticus 18:1-5 (HCSB) Leviticus 18:1-5 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am Yahweh your God. 3 Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs. 4 You are to practice My ordinances and you are to keep My statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God. 5 Keep My statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am Yahweh.

5 doubtlessliving.com Conflicting Standards  If the standards of your society conflict with the standards God has set for you, what are your options? 1. You can ignore God’s standards and blend with the culture. 2. You can withdraw from society and only spend time at your church. 3. You can attempt to reinterpret God’s standards to make them more compatible with society’s standards. 4. Or you can work to transform culture to bring it in line with God’s standards.

6 doubtlessliving.com Separate from Sinful Practices  Leviticus 18:20-26 (HCSB) 20 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her. 21 “You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh. 22 You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable. 23 You are not to have sexual intercourse with any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. 24 “Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things. 25 The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. 26 But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable things—not the native or the foreigner who lives among you. Leviticus 18:20-26

7 doubtlessliving.com By the Numbers  How can we measure how accepted a certain sin is in our society? Let’s look at how pervasive something is in entertainment or media. Movie ThemesPluggedIn.comIMDB.com Adultery1203,848 Child Abandonment Profaning God’s Name1,460NA Homosexuality Bestiality70146

8 doubtlessliving.com Separate from False Spirituality  Leviticus 20:6-8 (HCSB) 6 “Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people. 7 Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God. 8 Keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who sets you apart. Leviticus 20:6-8

9 doubtlessliving.com Who Do You Trust?  Pastors  Salesmen  Builders  Teachers  Parents  Politicians  Doctors  Personal trainers  Neighbors  Bankers  Talk show hosts  News anchors  Celebrities  Lawyers

10 doubtlessliving.com Living in Holiness  To be holy is to be set apart.  If we are to be holy, we have to separate ourselves from:  Sinful practices,  Society’s standards, and  False spirituality.  Each of these areas of life contains enticing traps. If we aren’t careful, we can continue to become trapped by sin.

HOLY GOD, HOLY PEOPLE HOLY GOD, HOLY PEOPLE L IVING IN H OLINESS Leviticus 18:1-26; 20:6-8