Cleanliness!

For Wednesday, March 12, 2025:

Leviticus 15:1, 2b NLT: The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Any person who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.”

Cleanliness is next to Godliness. We know way more about communicable diseases nowadays than they did in Moses’ day. God wants to keep his people safe, alive and well, so we are told to stay clear of bodily discharges. That includes clothing the unclean person may have worn, their bedding and places where they may have sat.

If someone has been exposed to a disease, they are told to wash themselves and their clothes in water. Nowadays the instruction would probably include anti-bacterial soap!

Remember when Covid-19 was a big issue in our country? We experienced a shortage of N-95 surgical masks. Many chose to protect themselves from the disease. But surgical masks were designed not to protect the wearer, but rather to protect the patient. We don’t want a doctor or nurse accidentally sneezing into invasive surgery, so mask up! In other countries, masks were the law. No one was allowed outside their residence without protection. We have since learned that those masks have a 2-way benefit. Also, if you entered a business or restaurant, someone at the door squirted you with hand sanitizer! (I never liked that gooey stuff!)

God says that the way to avoid disease is to limit exposure and keep everything clean. Nowadays this is just common sense, but it was news back then, God caring for His people!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship