Day 53 - Rules

In these chapters it would be easy to get bogged down with all the rules, but you can’t miss the repeated idea or phrase - I am the LORD. The end of chapter 19 has these words:

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the LORD (19:36, 37 ESV).

At the beginning of chapter 18 you read these words:

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their stattues. You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God (18:1-4 ESV).

• Why were the Israelites called to live in a certain way?

• How does this actually speak to grace?

• Compare this idea with Ephesians 4:1 and others like it.

• Consider now the words of 1 John 2:15-17.