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Weekly Guide：2022-2023 Week 23
June 12, 2022
Week 23 Day 1: Observe the Statutes ⇧ ⇩
Question
What other conducts are not pleasing to God?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Chapter 19 details the morality, regulations, worship, and spiritual life and covers all the Ten Commandments. A total of 16 short sections with each ending with the phrase “I am the Lord.” “Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.” is the basis for calling upon the people to live holy lives. “Love your neighbor as yourself” appears in the verses and tells Israelites that the standard of holiness is not just keeping the law, but also to actively live out its virtue.
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Chapter 20 is an addendum to chapters 18 and 19. It’s the punishment for those who rebel and unholy. Those who committed offenses must face severe punishments, executed, or cut off.
Meditation: My Story
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Community - Sin is not something private. It spreads and brings down the whole community like yeast in the dough. We not only are responsible for our own holiness but fellow Christians, too. How do these two chapters remind me of my view toward sin?
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Integrity - Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. This was the basis for God to elect Israelites and a basis for my life. Is there any part of my life I need to pay more attention in order to be holy?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 23 Day 2: The Holy Priesthood ⇧ ⇩
Question
What are other requirements for priests?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The priests are set apart from the rest of the people for God. The requirements for the priests are even higher. God set clear priority to their duty and daily lives.
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Holy objects are set apart for God. Israelites needed to keep these objects holy.
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The phrases “I am the Lord who makes them holy” or similar appeared 6 times and “I am the Lord” appeared 6 times, as well.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - God set high standards for the priests. How does today’s passage remind me that I am a chosen royal priest?
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Fidelity - What’s my priority comparing my tasks at hand and serving God? What do the requirements God set for the priests remind me of?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 23 Day 2: The Holy Priesthood ⇧ ⇩
Question
What are other requirements for priests?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The priests are set apart from the rest of the people for God. The requirements for the priests are even higher. God set clear priority to their duty and daily lives.
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Holy objects are set apart for God. Israelites needed to keep these objects holy.
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The phrases “I am the Lord who makes them holy” or similar appeared 6 times and “I am the Lord” appeared 6 times, as well.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - God set high standards for the priests. How does today’s passage remind me that I am a chosen royal priest?
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Fidelity - What’s my priority comparing my tasks at hand and serving God? What do the requirements God set for the priests remind me of?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 23 Day 4: The Sabbath Year ⇧ ⇩
Question
What are the regulations on blasphemy, killing, and Sabbath Year?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Leviticus 24:10-22 records the punishment laid upon a Gentile who blasphemed against God and thus committed an offense of the 3rd law of the ten commandments. “You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.”
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Verses 25:1-22 are about the regulations on Sabbath Year and Year of Jubilee. Verses 25:23-55 talk about the necessary attitude toward property and poverty to realize the meaning of Sabbath Year and Year of Jubilee.
Meditation: My Story
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Walking with God - Sabbath occurs after 6 days of work. Sabbath Year occurs after 6 years of work. The Year of Jubilee occurs once after every 49 years. What was God’s intention for these? Do I know the true meaning of Sabbath? Do I often take refuge in God?
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Community - Verses 24:17-22 list the punishments for injuring others and their animals. God shows us the attitude we ought to have toward poverty and property in verses 25:23-55. What is my attitude toward other people around me and their property?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 23 Day 5: Obedient and Disobedient ⇧ ⇩
Question
What are the blessings for being obedient and the punishments for disobedient?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Proclaim the blessings and punishments after the covenant was made.
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Verses 3 to 13 are the blessings: rain comes, crops grow, peace in the land, and Israelites’ number increase.
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Verses 14-46 are the punishments: disasters come, crops die, wars rage, famines occur, and people die. Not all disasters would come simultaneously. God always give His people chances to repent and turn around. Each time a disaster strikes, the next disaster comes only “if in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me.”
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - God blesses His people. He blesses those who obey His commands and love Him. Do I often see God’s mercy and love by counting the blessings He has bestowed upon me?
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Integrity - God sends disaster to people not to punish them but to give them a chance to turn around. What characters of God do I realize from the incremental disasters He places? Have I in my life been reminded or impeded by the Holy Spirit? Am I willing to understand His will and turn around to obey Him?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 23 Day 6: Redeem the Vow ⇧ ⇩
Question
How does a man redeem his vow to God?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
- Redeeming what is the Lord’s is a very serious business. Man often take a vow to make wishes to the Lord during distress but then forget his vow afterward. Bible often warned against this type of behavior. This passage set a relatively high redeeming price with additional 20% for those who forget their vows.
Meditation: My Story
- Walking with God - God dislikes those who don’t follow through with their vows. We must be prudent when signing a contract or making a promise. Have I made any promise to God, to my spouse, my friends, or my children? Do I always keep my promises? What should I do if I am in breach of my promises?