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This week I have been reading the Law
Old Covenant
- the practices that made it possible
for unholy people to live in 
God's Holy Presence  
Lev 15:31  "‘You must keep the Israelites separate 
from things that make them unclean, 
so they will not die in their uncleanness 
for defiling my dwelling-place, 
which is among them.’"
God's dwelling was the tabernacle
Now
His dwelling is 
me....
Cleaned and made righteous
by the Blood of the Lamb
Filled with 
the Spirit of the God of Creation
Sovereign over all
in me
so... 
how then should I live?
Whoa.
Heb 10:19  Therefore, brothers, 
since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place 
by the blood of Jesus,
20  by a new and living way 
opened for us through the curtain, 
that is, his body,
21  and since we have a great priest 
over the house of God,
22  let us draw near to God 
with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, 
having our hearts sprinkled 
to cleanse us from a guilty conscience 
and having our bodies washed with pure water.
23  Let us hold unswervingly 
to the hope we profess, 
for he who promised is faithful.
24  And let us consider 
how we may spur one another on 
towards love and good deeds.
25  Let us not give up meeting together, 
as some are in the habit of doing, 
but let us encourage one another
—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
26  If we deliberately keep on sinning 
after we have received the knowledge of the truth, 
no sacrifice for sins is left,
27  but only a fearful expectation 
of judgment 
and of raging fire 
that will consume the enemies of God.
28  Anyone who rejected the law of Moses 
died without mercy 
on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29  How much more severely 
do you think a man deserves to be punished 
who has trampled the Son of God under foot, 
who has treated as an unholy thing 
the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, 
and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30  For we know him who said, 
"It is mine to avenge; I will repay," 
and again, 
"The Lord will judge his people."
31  It is a dreadful thing 
to fall into the hands of the living God.
Wow.
Pretty straight forward.
Living in Grace
does not mean 
Living in License.
Lord,
You are
Holy.
and You live in me
every word
every action....
Cleanse me
Wash me
make me fit for Your
Habitation.
Thank You for doing that
once
and
every day.
PJ