Read: Leviticus 15:1-16:28; Mark 7:1-23; Psalm 40:11-17; Proverbs 10:13-14
Today we deal with running issues out of the flesh. That is pretty self-explanatory. It is when the sins of the flesh are out in the open and obvious. That person is unclean and every thing he touches is affected by his sin. We are seeing many examples of that in the news. A man has a sexual issue and abuses innocent young girls. It affects everyone involved. God is bringing it all to light.
Men are not the only ones who are guilty of issues of their flesh. Women are the seductresses, the manipulators and the Jezebel’s of society also. Their influence on the next generation is devastating.
Where sin abounds, grace abounds even more and where their is a tower of evil, God always plants his stronghold of righteousness. We fight evil with good, so the opposite of running issues of the flesh is an overflow of the river of God. We need to let the Holy Spirit flow out of us in righteousness and grace.
God told Moses that he had to keep the Israelites separate from things that made them unclean, so they would not die in their sin of defiling God’s dwelling place, which is among them. If we are Christians then the dwelling place of the Lord is within us.
In Mark, the Pharisees were all upset about the mechanicals of resisting sin and staying clean. They wanted to look good on the outside, but their hearts were full of evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. These were the things that Jesus told them made them unclean.
Lord, may the issue of our flesh be purified by the blood of Jesus. Give us a heart to live righteously and turn from temptation.
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