🫶 Leviticus 19:18 | Good Friday

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Praise God for another week that we get to study and memorize His Word. I hope you’ve been seeing that Leviticus isn’t just a “book of rules”, but that it contains some of the foundations of the Christian faith.

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Leviticus 19:18

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This week, we’ve explored Leviticus 19:18 in depth.

On Monday, we stepped back and looked at the whole picture of the book of Leviticus.

Leviticus was given to the people who had just been miraculously rescued from slavery in Egypt and were learning how to live as God’s covenant community. The book answers the central question: How can a holy God dwell among sinful people?

Through instructions about sacrifice, worship, justice, and daily life, God was re-forming Israel into a distinct community meant to reflect God to the world around them.

On Tuesday, we zoomed in on Leviticus chapter 19.

In the chapter, we noticed the practical instructions about all aspects of daily life: family relationships, justice, business practices, sacrifices, and how people treat one another.

And we saw our memory verse couched in a section focused on how we treat our neighbors, calling us to justice, fairness, and compassion toward others.

On Wednesday, we examined the key words in Leviticus 19:18.

The verse begins with two prohibitions: do not take vengeance and do not bear a grudge. These commands warn against retaliation and stored-up resentment.

Instead, God calls his people to something higher: loving your neighbor as yourself.

And one of our big takeaways was that biblical love is not primarily a feeling but rather an active commitment to seek the good of another person.

And on Thursday, we covered how the heart of Leviticus 19:18 shows up in the New Testament and connects to the gospel.

Jesus quotes this exact command, saying that loving your neighbor is the second greatest commandment (Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27).

Paul echoes this teaching in his letters to Christians in Rome and Galatia. James even calls it the “royal law” that governs the Kingdom of God (James 2:8).

Ultimately though, our memory verse is fulfilled and demonstrated through Jesus’ life and death.

Christ gave himself not only for those who followed him, but also for those who rejected him, mocked him, and even crucified him.

In doing so, Jesus reveals the fullest expression of loving our enemies: self-sacrificial love for the good of others who do not deserve it.

Today is Good Friday.

The cross and resurrection is the ultimate answer to everything we studied this week. Jesus didn't just teach us with words to love our neighbors. He loved His enemies to the point of death, and asked His Father to forgive the very ones driving the nails.

This weekend, as you remember what He did for you, let it move you toward someone else. Has God placed someone on your heart recently that He is drawing into relationship with Him?

Easter Sunday is one of the times of the year when people are most open to attending church. Invite at least one person (the more the merrier), and pray for God to soften their heart and the gospel to be preached clearly.

It just might change the trajectory of their eternity.

🙏 Pray

Lord God, you are holy, and you call us to reflect your character in the way we live. Who in my life are you already working on bringing to you? Give me courage to share the love of Christ through both my words and actions with them, starting this weekend. May your love flow through me, and may this weekend be the one where they give their life to you. Amen.

Here are a few resources to help you dig deeper into our memory verse and its themes:

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You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:18