Last Sunday afternoon, we heard from Leviticus 11 together. This chapter is all about clean and unclean food—what animals the Israelites could and could not eat. We saw that the animals themselves are not sinful; instead, the animals serve as a symbolic object lesson for the people about the holiness of God. In particular, the unclean animals are symbolically linked with death and disorder, reminding the people that God is a God of order and life who must be separated from death and disorder. Even more, the clean and unclean foods show us that the holy God calls His holy people to live differently and distinctively in this world. How does Jesus change the way we think about clean and unclean food? Jesus shows us that ultimately, sin is a matter of the heart, not a matter of what we eat. Even more, Jesus died to wash our hearts clean, and now we have freedom in Christ to eat all kinds of food. Yet, God still calls us to live differently as His blood-bought people, not in the food that we eat but in our joyful service from the heart. This week, take some time to think about whether you are really living any differently from the world around you. Is there some area of your life where you need to ask for the Holy Spirit’s help to live as the holy people God has called us to be?
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