SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. [Matthew 7:13-14] The Lord is reminding His people that choosing…
make my life a jubiliee
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’ then he rolled…
r.e.s.p.e.c.t.
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have…
the kingdom of God is a party
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing…
serious, sincere worship
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.” [Matthew 23:25-26] In today’s reading,…
set apart to serve
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. [John 17:15-16] Our goal is not to escape the world, but to be a set apart people in the…
I do not condemn you
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: He said to them, ‘If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.’ [John 8:7] As I read this chapter, I think about the time when Jesus was asked about whether the adulterous woman should be stoned [John 8:2-11]. According to this chapter, this…
laws and the Law of Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. [Matthew 5:18]. All of these laws, the least stroke of the pen, somehow find their fulfillment in Jesus. He is…
sexual inferno
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. [Matthew 5:28]. Sex, like fire, is a beautiful gift. In the fireplace, it provides warmth and comfort. But outside of healthy boundaries, that is, when it jumps from the fireplace to the…
one with Jesus
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my…