Leviticus for Littlies

Ok, so the previous one was epic. Sorry about that. I really need to get to the gym, so this one should be much shorter.

So. Stu wisely suggested teaching the Levitical Laws as part of "Our Story". What a corker of an idea, you sonofagun.

Yeah, so how does this work itself out?

Well, rather than saying to the littlies, like I may or may not have heretically done in the past, "Oh, look, it's the ten commandments, it says don't murder. And, wow, if you don't respect your father and mother, we're gonna come round right now, string you up and throw rocks at you 'til you're dead." Hmmm. Actually, I don't think I've ever said that to anyone. But there have been elements that seem far more harmless that I've probably used before.

Anyway ladies...

And blokes.

The upshot of the previous post was to say, no, we are not bound by the Law. Nope, we're bound by a far more all-encompassing principle, that leads to another principle... you know the ones, because you were paying attention.

So to the kidlets, we can say that this is our history; these are the laws that God gave to the Israelites. They are good rules. But they're not just rules that we need to follow because they're rules for rules sake. Nope. We need to link them back as ways in which we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and how we love our neighbours. So do we have to fulfill the sabbath? Nope. Because that's a law for the Israelites in their theocracy. It is however good to set aside time to dedicate to God. But that's also interesting in the context of our whole lives being worship, and our whole lives being dedicated to God.