Leviticus 15

In Chapter 15 we have another sweet principle! This one is simple but often overlooked. We are dealing with UNCLEANESS here, specifically an “issue”, a consistent flow of impurity. Our flesh is like that, it wants to spew out its uncleanness constantly. In this chapter we learn that when an individual has impurity issuing out of them, it contaminates EVERYTHING they touch. People, objects, situations… everywhere they go they spread their uncleanness all around.

Look at your life… each one of has been cleansed of sin, but we still have our flesh, in which dwells NO GOOD THING. Our flesh is impure and unclean through and through! Sometimes rather than walking by the Spirit, we allow ourselves to live according to the flesh… When we do this, we are allowing impurities and uncleanness to flow forth from our lives. “Big deal” you might say, “I’m the one who has to pay the consequences, so why does it matter?” I doubt that most of us would express our hearts in those words, but when we willfully choose to gratify the flesh, we are operating under this attitude. We figure that it will be OK because we are the once who will have to reap the consequences.

Is this correct? Think again… We don’t sin in a vacuum, and every decision we make affects everyone around us. Like the man or woman with the issue, when we walk according to the flesh we contaminate everything around us. Are you watching things you shouldn’t be? Are you saying things you shouldn’t be? Are the things of the world filling your mind rather than the things of the LORD? If so, then you are guilty of contaminating your brothers and sisters.

I used to hang out with some friends of mine on the weekend when I was at Bible College. They were Christians, and they loved Jesus, but they made a lot of decisions that were driven by the flesh. Namely, they watched a lot of movies that I didn’t have the liberty to watch. No matter how much I determined to stay away from those movies, or steer clear of inappropriate conversations, I walked away every weekend feeling defiled. When I really started to notice it was when Melissa started coming with me, and I realized that my decisions were defiling her. I felt AWFUL!!!

Don’t let yourself get to that place, cut off those unclean issues at the source, before they ever have the chance to flow out. Jesus tells us in Matthew that the uncleanness comes out of our unclean hearts, so the only solution is to keep our hearts pure before the Lord. Deal with it in your thought life, in your heart, long before the decision comes before you. Purpose to keep your heart fixed upon the Lord, and as far from “uncleanness” as possible!