Guard against Hate – The Law of God for Daily Meditation
Guard against Hate
The Law of God for Daily Meditation
Morning Meditation
Leviticus 19:17, 18
19 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. 18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear a grudge against the children of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.”
Here’s a huge challenge, not just for today, but for every day. How can I keep hatred from settling into my heart? Will I be open to being rebuked today, or willing to rebuke another in love?
Evening Meditation
Leviticus 24:17
“Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.”
Leviticus 24:21b
“…but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.”
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
11 “‘But if anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises against him and strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with you.’”
Life is precious, and should be regarded as such by everyone. God is Lord of life and death, and His judgments are always just. How can I keep my heart clean of plotting, scheming, or even wishing for harm to come to those I don’t like, or who don’t like me?
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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T. M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).
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