Deuteronomy 14: You Are Chosen - Do Not Compromise Your Holiness

One of the parallels between the Israel of the Old Testament and the Israel of God today—the church of Christ (Galatians 6:16) is found in the wording of verse 2 (see 1 Peter 2:5-9):

¨ You are holy people of the Lord

¨ He has chosen you—specially

¨ Chosen out of all of the people of the earth

Let us also learn—from the failure of that Israel—to be sure that we do not compromise our holiness (our “chosen-ness”) by doing that which is unclean.