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Leviticus chapter 21 verse six

they shall be wholly to their God

and not profane the name of their God. This picture talking about the

priests and they're being holy whole of the part for God.

But what I love about the end of that sentence in verse six,

they shall be a whole other God and not profane the name of their God.

Is it such a powerful reminder

that the priests were responsible

for maintaining, in a sense promoting,

the reputation of God's name,

that the way they carried out their work, their lives, their responsibilities would be a reflection on God,

would affect the way people think about God.

If they did their work with reverence and awe and fear and joy,

then they would reflect positively on the name of God.

If their lives, their work, responsibilities were carried out casually,

without respect, reverence, fear, begrudgingly, without joy, then that would reflect on the name of God.

And they were called not to profane his name.

So it just causes me to think and encourage you to think.

Again, as we see ourselves in the New Testament as a royal priesthood,

the reality is our lives have an effect on how people perceive God.

We are associated as his people, as followers of Christ, worshippers of God.

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