Week 6 (Should have been the 1st post in June)

Choice 3: Leviticus 17-25. Holiness to the Lord

a.       Read Leviticus 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7, 26; 21:8. Write a sentence that could be used as a theme for the book of Leviticus. "Be ye holy for I am holy" is the sentence that can be the theme of Leviticus. Read the Bible Dictionary entry for “Holiness” (pgs. 703-4) and compare it with what is said in the Guide to the Scriptures entry for “Sanctification” (available online athttps://lds.org/scriptures/gs/sanctification?lang=eng.) Then answer the following questions in writing:

• What does it mean to be holy and sanctified? To be holy and sanctified is to become pure.
• Why could Jehovah command His followers to be holy? Because He Himself is holy.
• What could we do today to avoid the same downfall? Read scriptures, go to church, avoid profane things.
• How can the principles you have studied to this point in the book of Leviticus help you become holy? I don't know because it was all about "This is a leprosy" and punishments for unholy things. So I guess just making sure I try to be holy. 

b.      Read Leviticus 18:4-5 and write a brief statement of how keeping the commandments applies to these verses. Read Leviticus 19:3-4, 11-20, 28-31; 20:10, 13 and make a list of commandments from these verses. Highlight the commandments from your list that you think the world struggles with the most today. Make note of the commandment that you want to improve in the most. Write some ideas of how you plan to improve in keeping that commandment.

The commandments apply to these verses because Molech can be Satan, so we can end up offering our talents, etc., to Satan, which is bad.

Commandments:

Fear (respect) your mother and father.

Keep the Sabbath.

Worship God only.

Don't lie, steal or deal falsely.

Don't swear falsely, or use the Lord's name in vain.

Don't defraud your neighbor.

Don't curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind.

Judge righteously.

Don't gossip or stand against the blood of your neighbor.

Don't hate your brother.

Love your neighbor.

Keep clean and unclean things separate.

Don't lie with a woman.

Don't cut yourself for sadness, don't make any marks in your body.

Don't prostitute your daughter

Reverence the sanctuary.

No witchcraft.

Don't commit adultery.

No homosexuality.

I want to keep the Sabbath more holy. I will do this by not doing anything unrelated to church before 7:30.