"Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy."
This is the message God told Moses to give to the people. Then he goes on to give a detailed description of what that means. After almost every command he gives this as the reason. "I am the LORD your God." "I am the LORD, who makes you holy." Over and over this is repeated. This is the reason given for every single command. It makes me think of how my mother would answer my repeated question of, "Why?" - "Because I said so, that's why!"
Why should we live holy lives? I suppose you could come up with hundreds of good reasons to live holy lives. You'll live longer. It's better for society. You'll have a more peaceful and happy life. I believe all those things to be true.
But when you get right down to it...the real bottom line reason to live a holy life is... Because God said so, that's why.
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