The Appeal of Paganism Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Worshiping God (2) Believers must take care to keep their worship free of pagan influence and practice. “When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and dispossess them and dwell in their land, take ...
Follow the Pattern Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Worshiping God (1) God has declared the pattern He intends us to follow in worship. “Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and all its furniture, so you shall make it.” Exodus 25:9 The ceremonial laws of the Law of God ...
God’s Laws – Only Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Introduction (7) God’s people must not presume to approach in a way other than what He commands. “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.” Deuteronomy 12:32 It was hard ...
Sacrifices Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Introduction (6) It is easy to sin, but costly to restore fellowship with God. “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or ...
Mediators Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Introduction (5) Israel understood that they needed a mediator to bring them to God. “This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the priest ...
Right Attitudes Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Introduction (4) Faithful keeping of the ceremonial laws is a matter of the heart. “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 the ...
The Purpose of the Ceremonial Laws Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Introduction (3) The ceremonial laws renewed Israel in the heart of God’s Covenant. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting ...
The Privilege of His Presence Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Introduction (2) The ceremonial laws facilitate the privilege of enjoying the presence of God. And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. ...
The Purpose of the Law Abiding Principles from the Ceremonial Laws: Introduction (1) God’s Law teaches us the way of love. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your ...