Cleanliness is Important

Moore's Corner Church

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Verse 10, then the Lord said to Moses, go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow and let them wash their clothes.

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This seems a little unusual. John MacArthur writes this about verse 10, how serious this step was for the nation was emphasized for them by two days of special preparation.

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The inward preparation for meeting with God was mirrored in the outward actions of maintaining bodily cleanliness.

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I would just like to add this because we've all heard people say this. We've probably said it ourselves.

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This statement is actually biblical. We say, God does not look upon the outward appearance.

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God looks upon the heart. Of course, that's true. But what does that mean?

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Does that mean that the outward appearance doesn't matter at all? No, that's not what that means.

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What that means basically is God doesn't care if you're tall or good looking or, you know,

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God doesn't care about the superficial things like that. But if you believe

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Exodus 19, that means there's something to be said about cleanliness and how you present yourself.

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Probably not heard a lot of sermons about cleanliness, but if you read through the

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Old Testament especially, there's a big emphasis put on this. I think that's part of why in, not the only reason, but in the tabernacle, there were, there's incense.

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You want to make sure there was a smell, a pleasant smell, right? The sacrifices, there was a pleasant aroma coming up.

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So if you have an unpleasant aroma coming out of you, you, how we dress and how we present ourselves can, it can reflect what's on the inside.