Giving What God Requires Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: The Forms and Elements of Worship (4) We worship God according to what He requires. “Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.” Exodus 25:9 What was true concerning the construction ...
Worship as Obedience Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: The Forms and Elements of Worship (3) Worship is, in the first instance, an act of obedience from the heart. “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to the ...
For the Lord’s Pleasure Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: The Forms and Elements of Worship (2) The ceremonial laws were established to satisfy God’s demands for holiness. “When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that it may be accepted.” Leviticus 29:5 Anyone who failed ...
A Covenant Assembly Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Law: The Form and Elements of Worship (1) Worship is intended as a celebration of our Covenant relationship with God. “You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your ...
Giving and Self-Denial Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Giving (7) The ceremonial laws provide a context for learning and practicing self-denial. “…you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18 Jesus commanded His followers to emulate His example by making their lives living sacrifices, gifts of love to God and neighbors ...
Prayer as a Sacrifice Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Giving (6) Prayer is the quintessential means of giving. “The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!” Psalm 50:23 It’s not difficult to see how God can refer ...
Giving to Neighbors Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Giving (5) The ceremonial laws encouraged grace toward one’s neighbor. “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD’s; it is holy to the LORD.” Leviticus 27:30 Tithes in Israel were also ...
Renewing in God’s Covenant Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Giving (4) By giving of their possessions as sacrifices to the Lord, Israel was regularly renewed in the promises of God’s Covenant. Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering ...
To Maintain Focus Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Giving (3) We cannot live by grace unless we focus continually on it. “And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.” Exodus 25:8 The sacrifices and offerings God required of Israel were of various sorts. Offerings were made for ...
Disciplining the Heart Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Giving (2) Grace begins in the heart, or it is not grace at all. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve ...