Means of Grace Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Mediation (6) Follow the pattern! Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. Leviticus 10:1 We remember ...

Work of Mediators Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Mediation (3) God’s mediators performed the duties of His Law for the sake of His grace. And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them… ‘They shall be holy to their God and not profane ...

Qualifications of Mediators Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Mediation (2) God’s mediators were expected to exemplify His holiness and grace. “You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I, the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.” Leviticus 21:8 God established a unique ...

Mediators Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Mediation (3) Priests and Levites served to mediate God’s saving grace to His people. And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them… ‘They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their ...

Sin and Grace Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Mediation (2) Only grace can overcome our sinful and rebellious ways. “Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” Deuteronomy 5:29 God’s ...

Antecedent Grace Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Law: Mediation (1) Everything about God’s Covenant is all of grace. “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” Exodus 20:2 The now-eclipsed ceremonial or religious laws of ancient Israel still have much to ...

Qahal Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: The Presence of God (5) God’s presence is more powerfully known when His people assemble as one body before Him. Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. Exodus 19:17 It pleased ...

The Promise of the Spirit February 12, 2012 Lesson: Galatians 3:1–14 Key Verse: Galatians 3:14  aaa Introduction Paul speaks of “the blessing of Abraham,” that it “might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Gal. 3:14). We have the promise of the Spirit ...

February 5, 2012 Lesson: Galatians 2:15–21 Key Verse: Galatians 2:20 aaa Introduction Paul asks, “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (Rom. 7:24). The answer is one of faith and grace, for there is “no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who ...

The Fruit of the Spirit February 26, 2012 Lesson: Galatians 5:22–6:10 Key Verse: Galatians 5:22  aa Introduction What does it mean to “live by the Spirit”? it means to be alive. In its context, it means to be spiritually alive. We are to reckon ourselves “to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto ...