"Leave Them for the Needy" (2/19)

Daily Notes & Observations

Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 19-21. Sadly, helping the poor is a contentious issue in our society. It is not so much that people do not want to help the poor – most good, moral people want help to be provided. The issue is over how to best help the poor and whether this […]

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"You Shall Keep My Statutes" (2/18)

Daily Notes & Observations

Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 16-18. As God gave His Law to Moses to pass down to the people, He explained how the people were to conduct themselves compared to the other nations. “You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do […]

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“When You Enter the Land of Canaan” (2/17)

Daily Notes & Observations

Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 14-15. The Law of Moses contained very specific instructions regarding leprosy and those who had the disease. It can be tempting for us today to quickly skim over these sections, but there are still lessons to be learned. “The Lord further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: […]

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"Be Holy, For I Am Holy" (2/16)

Daily Notes & Observations

Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 11-13. “For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land […]

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By the Grace of God

Paul

In presenting evidence to support the resurrection of Christ, Paul told the brethren in Corinth of several eyewitnesses who could verify that Jesus did in fact rise from the dead. The last of these eyewitnesses that Paul mentioned was himself: “And last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also” (1 Corinthians […]

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One Unauthorized Action (2/15)

Daily Notes & Observations

Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 8-10. “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed […]

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"If He Cannot Afford a Lamb" (2/14)

Daily Notes & Observations

Thought from today’s Bible reading from Leviticus 5-7. If one of the Israelites under the Law of Moses sinned, he was to offer a sacrifice. “He shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat as a sin […]

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