Practices of Holy People

Separation on SermonAudio · Oct 25, 2026 · 49m

This sermon examines Deuteronomy 14 and 15 to illustrate the principle that God's people are to be distinctly separate from pagan cultures, a mandate rooted in their covenant relationship with Yahweh. The teaching clarifies that Old Testament dietary laws and tithing were positive laws designed to mark Israel as a holy nation, rather than health regulations, and notes that Jesus fulfilled and removed these specific restrictions in the New Covenant. While the legal requirements have changed, the core imperative to live distinctively as God's treasured possession remains, shifting from ethnic…