Blood, Beards & Belonging - Week 4
October 13, 2024

DIET AND DUTY

“Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth:”
Leviticus 11:1-2 NKJV

POINTS ON PURITY

- MORAL PURITY: BEING UNSTAINED BY SIN, IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD (ALL PEOPLE, ALL TIME)

- RITUAL PURITY: BEING UNSTAINED BY RITUAL UNCLEANNESS, IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH STANDARDS SET FOR ISRAELITES. (ISRAELITES, MOSAIC COVENANT)

WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE OUR DIETY’S DIET:

1. THE

OUTSIDE US, THAT WE ALLOW IN US, MATTERS TO GOD.

“Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you.”
Leviticus 11:3-8 NKJV

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2. FOR THE

TO HAVE A WAY TO BE MATTERS TO GOD.

“‘By these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.”
Leviticus 11:24-25, 28 NKJV