When a person unwittingly incurs guilt in regard to any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done, and does one of them . . . Leviticus 4:2 Does One Of Them – Sacrifices do not atone for deliberate sins. Punishment atones for deliberate sins. But we need sacrifices because we still make…
and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 And – How many times have you heard this verse? Dozens, I’ll bet, but we often miss the…
When any of you presents an offering of cattle to the LORD, he shall choose his offering from . . . Leviticus 1:2 Offering – Do you think that God is mad? It seems that most religious people (of all faiths) certainly see God as an angry judge. He looks down upon the wickedness of…
“and even if our gospel is veiled” 2 Corinthians 4:4 Months have passes since I had my first taste of a Job crisis. God forced me to confront my trust in false security and selfish independence by stripping away the financial storehouse of my existence. Since that day, I have committed myself to a passionate…
Paul J. Meyer, the founder of the self-improvement industry, once said that he is an inverted paranoid. He believes that the whole world has conspired to do him good. That powerful idea alters everything about life. It shifts all of our being and doing from a posture of defense and protection to a posture of…
I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God Romans 12:1 Living – In order for a sacrifice to be “living,” something had to go wrong. You see, in the sacrificial system of Israel, an animal was destroyed when offered to God. …
If anyone offers a grain offering to the Lord, his offering must be of fine flour and he must pour oil on it and put incense on it. Leviticus 2:1 Grain Offering – Here’s an amazing fact. Paul justifies the payment of those who proclaim the good news of God by appealing to the grain…
and all who dwell on the earth will worship him, every one whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. Revelation 13:8 Foundation – In English, I prefer the New American Standard Bible. So, I was quite surprised when…
And YHWH called to Moses and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Leviticus 1:1 Spoke – Why did God wait until His presence rested over the tabernacle before He spoke to Moses about the sacrifices? Some contemporary translations of this verse omit the word “tabernacle,” but we shouldn’t! The tabernacle…
And YHWH called to Moses and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Leviticus 1:1 Called – If you had to decide which book of the Bible you would use to train your children in the ways of God, would you choose Leviticus? Probably not. You would probably decide on some…
