Leviticus 17:1-22:33

What God said to me – “I AM” the Lord your God.  “I AM” the one who makes you holy.  I set you apart . . . set you apart as Mine.  You belong to Me.  You are not your own.  Consecrate yourself and be holy.  I have given you all you need for life and godliness.  As you look at My Law, don’t focus on the impossibility of it . . . look at the grace . . . look at the mercy given to you so you might be holy and acceptable to Me.  You can’t make yourself holy.  The Law can’t make you holy.  Consecrate yourself to Me . . . follow Me . . . stay close to My side and I will make you holy.  “I AM” the Lord.

Leviticus 11:1-16:34

What God said to me – Holiness is not easy . . . you can see from all the requirements of the Law that it is virtually impossible apart from Me.  “I AM” the one who can make you holy – the only one.  The only way for you to be holy as I require is for Me to make you holy.  As you walk through the world day by day, there is so much uncleanness – one touch and you are unclean too, often without ever realizing it.  Let Me cleanse you often with the washing of the water of the Word.  Stay close to Me so I can show you those things that are holy or common, clean or unclean.  Listen to Me – I love you and don’t want our lifelong conversation interrupted. 

Leviticus 9:1-10:20

What God said to me – “I AM” holy. I show Myself holy to My people and make My Glory evident to them.  I have called you to holiness . . . to be like Me.  I have no greater joy than to hear that My children look like Me.  I have called you to live in such a way that the world sees Me when they look at you.  You are to be different . . . set apart for Me.  The world sees that in the choices you make.  Choose not the good, but the best.  Choose not the common, but the holy.  So much of what I ask you to do is not because it’s good or bad, clean or unclean, but so the world will see My Glory in your life as you choose to be holy.