Don't Do What They Do.

You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt,
where you lived,
and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan,
to which I am bringing you.
You shall not walk in their statutes.

— Leviticus 18:3 (ESV)

Hashem pulled Israel out of a depraved society and put them smack-dab in the middle of a land surrounded by more depraved people. The life of a believer in Messiah is not a cakewalk. We are to be in the world but not of the world. We will always be surrounded by the morally corrupt. We will be tempted by their ways, but we cannot give in and participate with them. We are called to be set apart and by living set apart we, in turn, set apart His Name. How can we say we are His if we are living like the world, contrary to His instructions?

It is a constant uphill battle but with His help, through the power of the Ruach, we can make it.



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