SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance….
forgiven
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ [Luke 23:34] I think that we normally do not know what we are doing when we sin. If we really understood what sin was, we would not willfully do it. As I read Leviticus, I hear the heart…
restored fellowship
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is…
breaking bread with Jesus
As part of the Leviticus challenge, I am carry a slice of bread with me through the day. As I read about the grain offerings in Leviticus 2, and saw them as part of the CONSECRATION offerings (devoting oneself to the Lord), I wanted to remind myself through the day of my own consecration to the…
bread of life
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 1. Give us today our daily bread. [Matthew 6:11, see Proverbs 30:7-9] The symbolism of bread is important here. It represents our basic needs. Through these sacrifices we acknowledge that we do not live by bread alone, but by God’s grace and truth. We need the Lord, He is our true bread [John 6:35]. 2….
mishandling dynamite
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) was sure perceptive… “You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilization to pieces, turn the world upside down, and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of good literature.”
He doesn’t want blood
SCRIPTURE: Leviticus 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’ [Matthew 9:13] Jesus is faulted for eating with sinners. And yet, an underlying theme in Leviticus is on how God invites sinners to have fellowship with Him. The Tent of…
one year sermon series on Leviticus???
Rob Bell shares why he began his church plant (Mars Hill) with an 18 month, verse by verse sermon series on the book of Leviticus.
kingdom perspective
Only A Tiny Fraction of the Kingdom Archbishop Romero It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we…
preach the good news
SCRIPTURE: Acts 28 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak…