Leviticus – “where leprosy is present, people are commanded to tear down brick by brick.”
1) Susceptible spots
Every human being has weak spots where the Devil continuously tries to attack. When you sin, it becomes a habit. When you skip one church service, you skip the next one, and it becomes a habit. There is no such thing as a “small sin” – Moses got kicked out of the promised land for just one sin.
Romans 6:16: “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?”
Tear it down, brick by brick. Drag it out of your life. Don’t look back.
2) Scared spots
Certain leprous spots might scare you, make you worried and lose your joy. 12 spies went to the land of Canaan, but 10 of these spies were fearful as the enemy has an army size ten times bigger than them. According to God’s response, their fear and worry resulted in 3 things:
– Worry is a sin, robbing your peace and faith.
– Worry provokes God and other people. Your fear will annoy the people around you as it will make them fearful as well.
– Worry means that you no longer believe in God.
Tear it down, brick by brick. See those signs, and drag them outside the city. Make sure you don’t turn back.
3) Sensitive spots
Some things cause you to be sensitive.
Romans 14:4: “Who art thou that judges another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or fall the. Yea, he shall be Holden up: for God is able to make him stand.”
It’s God’s business to judge people, not humans’. You might think that you are better than God, but you are not.
John 7:51: “Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?”
As a pastor, it’s so easy to judge a person. Pastors have to judge and apply discernment. But it’s best to remain silent and not say anything. Do you really want to be the person who says the wrong thing, and when it goes out in public, you turn out to be wrong, and that ruins your testimony and others’?
Proverbs 20:3: “It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.”
A fool would always be meddling in someone else’s business. You’re considered a wise man if you stay out of it.
Proverbs 10:12: “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
If you really love a person, you might try to ignore some of the things that annoy or bother you. Do you think a person who loves could bear a grudge? No, for that is not what love does.
You need to tear it down – every sensitive feeling that you have — and drag it out, put it miles and miles away, and don’t look back at Sodom and Gomorrah.
4) Self-deceiving spots
There are spots in your life that cause you to deceive yourself.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20: “Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you see the to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He take the the wise in their own craftiness. And again, the Lord knowers the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”
You have many reasons to deceive yourself; “I am too tired, too busy, I have to take care of my wife, career, children, etc.” But God can read your thoughts and heart. See what God says to the person who makes excuses. You will miss out a blessing and chance.
Luke 14:24: “For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.”
“I have a good reason why I can’t memorize verses or fell back to my temptation.”
Tear it down! Drag them out of your life. The excuses are rotting. Leave them outside to rot where they belong.
5) Setback of spots
There are certain infected spots that you are setting you back. They make you feel sad, discouraged, and like you cannot do anything for the Lord.
Psalm 37:23-24: “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.”
The Bible knows that even though a man can do good, and still, he falls. Then why is this man good? Because he pulls himself back up again.
Shut off all these discouraging leprous spots! Isn’t God holding your hand? When you fall, you are not falling all the way down. God is always, always, picking you up. “I’m going to make a thousand mistakes until I get this thing right. I’m going to conquer this sin until I get a victory.”
Hebrews 12: 3: “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
God never gave up on you despite your sin of homosexuality, yielding to temptations …
Tear it down! Drag it outside the city and your life. That’s where discouragement should rot and stay in an unclean life.
6) Suffering spots
In suffering, there is great joy and power despite the pain. The human tendency is to ask, “Why God?” But what is more important is the question, “What can I do to draw myself closer to God through this pain?”
When those spots start to infest you with sickness, financial woes, family persecution, mental challenges, tear it down! Let those suffering spots rot outside.
7) Selfish spots
Certain spots might cause you to be self-centered. They are the worst spots that a person can possess. Many are unable to face embarrassment. They want to look good. That’s ego/pride. They detest feeling hurt or downcast. But “He that is of a proud heart, stirreth up strife.”
Has there been a lot of strife in your family, career, friends, etc.? Then maybe you are the problem.
Humility is to be crushed and to be broken. If you can’t learn to accept this, then you will not be able to be humble.
Tear it down! Do you not see all these colors in your house and room? Drag the leprous spots far outside, where they belong, and let them rot. Repent and pray to God to help you with these spots.