📖 Based on Numbers 19 | Sunday 29th June 2025
✍️ By Eric Otchere | http://www.livingourbible.com
Introduction
God is holy—and those who serve Him must be holy too. In Numbers 19, God outlines a purification process for the Israelites to maintain ritual cleanliness, especially after contact with death. This passage points us toward a deeper spiritual reality: we must be cleansed to draw near to God.
The ashes of a red heifer were used to make water for purification—symbolic of Christ’s ultimate sacrifice and the cleansing work of the Word. Today, it’s not the ashes but the blood of Jesus and the washing of the Word that purifies us.
“We must be cleansed to draw near to God.”
1. Making the Water of Purification
📖 “Bring a red heifer without defect or blemish… its ashes are to be used in the water of cleansing.” — Numbers 19:2,9
God commanded a red heifer to be sacrificed outside the camp. Its ashes, mixed with water, became a sacred solution used for cleansing the people from ritual impurity—especially from contact with the dead.
📝 Lesson: Cleansing is not random. It follows God’s process and points to the blood of Jesus, who cleanses us from all unrighteousness. (See Hebrews 9:13–14)
“Cleansing is not random. It follows God’s process.”
2. Cleansing the Unclean with the Water
📖 “Whoever touches a human corpse will be unclean for seven days… they must purify themselves with the water.” — Numbers 19:11–12
Touching death made a person unclean. The water of purification had to be sprinkled on them on the third and seventh days. Refusing this process meant being cut off from the community.
📝 Lesson: Holiness is not optional. God takes impurity seriously—and so should we. He calls us to seek cleansing and live set apart. (See 1 Peter 1:15–16)
“Holiness is not optional. God takes impurity seriously—and so should we.”
3. The Warning Against Refusing Purification
📖 “If those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off… because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them.” — Numbers 19:20
There were no shortcuts. Anyone who refused God’s cleansing was excluded from fellowship. This stern warning reminds us that sin separates us from God—and only genuine repentance and cleansing can restore us.
📝 Lesson: The cost of remaining unclean is spiritual separation. But God, in His mercy, always provides a way back through cleansing. (See Psalm 51:2, John 15:3)
“The cost of remaining unclean is spiritual separation.”
Conclusion
Numbers 19 teaches that purity precedes worship. Without holiness, we cannot serve or approach God. In Christ, we have a better sacrifice and a greater cleansing—one that purifies not just the body, but the soul.
“True worship begins with a clean heart.”
Take Action
🧼 Examine your heart: Is there spiritual impurity hindering your fellowship with God?
📖 Allow the Word to cleanse you daily (Ephesians 5:26).
🙏 Confess your sins and walk in the light of God’s holiness.
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Let God purify you. True worship begins with a clean heart.
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