In our reading today we find an
assortment of laws God gave to his people that would make any Pharisee feel
like a kid in a candy store. What strikes me as amazing is the fact that God has
given his law. In doing so he has told his people how they are to live … that
they are to avoid sin, and that they are to seek perfection. But he knows that
no matter how “good” people live they will never live anywhere near any level
of perfection. So he gives them ways to seek purity after sin.
That is what we see in the laws shared
by Moses. Whether they were laws concerning unknown murder, or marriage
violations, or eating from a neighbor’s vineyard, God provide them yet another opportunity
for purity. Isn’t it amazing how much human nature has not changed? No matter
how good we want to be, no matter how many good things we do, no matter the
ambitions we have, we still fall, we still slip, and we still fail miserably at
not sinning. Here’s the cool thing … God still loves us and still offers
salvation through his son knowing our human nature. I do not know about you,
but that makes me love God just a little more!
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