💥"ஆதவன்" 🌳தியானம் - எண் 1929
💥 "AATHAVAN"
Meditation – No. 1929
📆 Wednesday, May 20, 2026
“You shall not do what is
done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor shall you do what is done in the
land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.
You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with
them; I am the Lord your God.” — Leviticus 18:3-4 (NASB)
Once, a Christian friend
asked me, "Brother, you say that God is loving and merciful. But when
we look at the Old Testament—how He killed and destroyed people in Egypt, and
how He commanded the Israelites through various wars to mercilessly kill the
people of Canaan, especially women and children—how can we say God is
merciful?"
I replied to him, "If
you found out that a cobra had given birth to hundreds of offspring in the
place where you keep old, discarded things in your house, what would you do?
Would you leave them alone, thinking, 'Oh, poor things, these babies were just
born'? Won’t you destroy and eliminate them all? Similarly, there is a Holy God
whose eyes are too pure to look at evil. He detests abominable sexual sins. He
wills that a corrupt generation of sin should not continue to exist."
"My friend," I
continued, "verses like Leviticus 18:6-23 clearly describe the
abominable sexual perversions committed by the people of Egypt and Canaan. That
is precisely why God destroyed that generation."
Yes, the Scripture says:
"...for the men of the
land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land
has become defiled." — Leviticus 18:27 (NASB) (Note: Verse 26 in
Tamil numbering)
Therefore, the Lord God
commands us not to act according to the practices of the land of Egypt where we
once lived, nor according to the practices of the land of Canaan where He is
leading us, nor to walk in their customs, but to practice His judgments and
keep His statutes.
God does not treat us like
other people. The reason is that we are a people set apart for God. Therefore,
the Lord God says:
"Thus, you are to be
holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples
to be Mine." — Leviticus 20:26 (NASB)
When I shared this with that
friend, he laughed scoffingly and said, "Brother, these are all Old
Testament commandments. You shouldn't be preaching these things in this day and
age."
I told him, "These
commandments are repeated in the New Testament as well. Read what the Apostle
Paul says," and I showed him the following passage:
"Or do you not know
that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived;
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor reviles, nor
swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God." — 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
(NASB)
Yes, dearly beloved, to
enter the Heavenly Canaan, it is absolutely essential that we preserve both our
bodies and our hearts in holiness. Therefore, let us not do according to the
deeds of the Egyptians, nor according to the deeds of the perished Canaanites.
Let us not walk according to their customs, but let us practice the judgments
of the Lord, keep His commandments, and walk in holiness. He has set us apart
from other peoples so that we may live as children of God.
Unlike the people of Egypt
and Canaan, we who live in the New Testament era have complete deliverance from
these sins through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, if any such
sins are found in us, let us confess them to Christ and seek His forgiveness.
✍️ Bro. M. Geo Prakash

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