Andy became our church pastor in November 2020
This section anticipates the next major division of Leviticus, ‘The Institution of the Priesthood.’ Unswerving obedience to God’s commands is one indication of a sanctified life in both the Old and New Testaments. Leviticus 7: 1-21 “This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy. In the place where they kill the burnt offering they…
As soon as Jesus steps back into Jewish territory, He is immediately hit by His enemies. They waste no time in approaching Him, and here we begin to learn the characteristics of people who are spiritually blind. Matthew 16:1-20 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from…
We all want close human relationships. We want to love and be loved; we want friends who care for us, colleagues who respect us, a family that love us. God is in the process of restoring to perfection not only the relationship between man and God but also the relationships between man and man. Leviticus…
God not only wants us to restore the broken relationship with Him through confession of our sin, but He also requires that we confess to and recompense the person we have hurt. Leviticus 5:1-19 “If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen…
Jesus is reaching beyond the covenant people, beyond the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He’s reaching to gentiles, and He is giving us a prophetic picture of the extension of the Kingdom in the purpose of God to encompass the lost of the world. Matthew 15:29-39 Jesus went on from there and walked beside…
In this chapter we’re reminded of the enormity of sin, and the enormity of God’s grace. We must never belittle either of those truths. Sin is serious but the blood of Jesus is sufficient to cover all our sins. Leviticus 4: 1-21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins…
In this passage we encounter a woman who is an example of how sinners approach Jesus without right, privilege, worthiness and embrace Him by faith. Matthew 15: 21-31 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy…
By grace, we receive the faith that enables us to believe that the Father has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross and provide the salvation we cannot achieve on our own. Ephesians 2:1-10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world,…
Not taking the Lord’s name in vain, isn’t limited to cursing. We are to be careful to not treat God with irreverence, superficiality and insincerity with empty worship. Matthew 15:1-20 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” He answered…
All these sacrifices picture God’s provision for meeting our needs through Jesus Christ, and the first three represent God providing us with Love, Joy, and Peace. Leviticus 3:1-17 “If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. And he shall lay…