Gods Sign Post - EP 534 - The Purpose of the Law - 12/30/2024

A daily bible study to draw us closer in our relationship with GOD through our Savior Jesus Christ in prayer and reading the word of GOD.
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365 Devotions on the Power of Prayer:
Genesis 1:1-4
1) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2) The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3) Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
4) And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
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Genesis 1:1-4 NIV
1) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2) Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
4) God Saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.
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Life Lessons from GALATIANS
Lesson #6 - The Purpose of the law
GALATIANS 3:19-29
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Further Reading:
To Complete the book of Galatians during this twelve-part study, read Galatians 3:19-29.
More Bible passages on the purpose of the law, read Romans 3:19-20;5:18-21; 7:1-7; Ephesians 2:14-16; 1 Timothy 1:8-11; and Hebrews 7:18-22
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #11: QEDOSH YISRAEL
Key Scripture’s : Leviticus 19:1-2

Understanding the Name:
Qedosh is Hebrew for “Holy One,” a title for God that appears most frequently in the book of Isaiah, though it also appears in some of the other prophets (notably Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Habakkuk) and in Psalms and Job. It emphasizes God’s otherness, separateness, and mystery. The term most frequently used for “holy” in the New Testament is hagios.

To understand the title “Holy One of Israel,” Qedosh Yisrael (ke-DOSH yis-ra-AIL), we need first to understand that holiness is grounded in God’s nature. It refers not to one of his attributes but to the totality of his perfection. In his holiness, God exists above and apart from the world he has made.

Things, times, places, people, and other created beings became holy by virtue of their connection to God. Thus, the people of Israel became holy because God had chosen them. Their holiness was to be expressed and maintained through ritual practices and adherence to moral laws, which set them apart for the service of GOD.

It is important to realize that God’s holiness involves not just separation from sin, but his absolute hostility toward it. Christ ultimately bridged the chasm between God and sinful human beings by making himself the perfect offering for our sins. Believers are called to be holy as he is holy and are enabled to imitate Christ by the grace of the holy Spirit.