As I've been reading through the Old Testament the last couple of months I've noticed some things. One of the things that I've noticed is how desperately God longs for His people to be Holy. I reflected on this the other week, but it continues to strike me as I read.
Yesterday I was reading the second half of Joshua and came across the following verse, "He was not the only one who died because of his sin" (22:20b). As we read Scripture I think it's pretty clear that sin is not just personal. Sin always affects others, even when it might not seem so obvious to us. That is why God takes sin so seriously. Our sins do not only affect us! So, in the Old Testament we see this structure where laws are given in order to protect people from sin and to keep them holy so that they can truly live as God intends.
However, the laws didn't help to keep people free from sin. Instead, they had the opposite effect, and people became enslaved to sin. Then, in the book of Jeremiah we see that God is going to make a new covenant. No longer is the covenant going to be written on stone (the law), it is now going to be written on the heart.
God still longs for His people to know Him and follow Him. God longs for us to be free from the power of sin and to live life as it was intended to live. God desperately wants us to be holy, and will go to great lengths to make that possible. He even sent His one and only Son. Praise the Lord!
No comments:
Post a Comment