Daily Bread – August 1, 2024 (The Fifth Day – Genesis 1:20-23) Romans 8:19 – I speak as a man because of the frailty of your flesh. For as you have yielded your members as slaves to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, in the same way now yield your members as servants to righteousness unto holiness. Defining The Difference Between Holy & Unclean Purity is paired with holiness as impurity, or uncleanness, is paired with iniquity. The word translated unholy in Leviticus 10:10 means profane or common (Hebrew – chol). The first thing God taught Israel with regards to the holiness of His presence was that there had to be a clear distinction between the holy and the profane and the pure and impure (Leviticus 10:10). It was the transgressions and sins of the people that created uncleanness (Leviticus 16:16). Paul defines the difference between that which is holy and unclean in more specific terms in Romans, revealing how uncleanness is the opposite of righteousness. As righteousness is the practice of those who are holy, iniquity is the practice of those who are unclean. The service to righteousness, or to uncleanness, depends on the master that is being obeyed. As the servants of the sinful nature, righteousness was not possible. But having been liberated by Christ Jesus from the sinful nature and made servants of God, the power of godliness and holiness brought to us by the Holy Spirit produces the fruits of holiness (Romans 6:16-22; 1 Thessalonians 4:7). The Holy Spirit, Who is now our Master, will lead us and guide us into every aspect of righteousness and true holiness – and all we must do is follow! Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 8/1/2024
