Approaching the holy God – Atonement

Sunday 11th February 2024

Read: Hebrews 9:1-15; Leviticus 16

Sermon: Leviticus 16


Leviticus in the five books of Moses

Leviticus 16:1-2 Approaching the holy God

Leviticus 16:3-4 Dressing and preparing to enter holy space

Leviticus 16:5-28 Atonement

16:5-10 the scapegoat

16:11-19 how to enter the most holy place

16:20-22 atonement and removing sin

16:23-28 Undressing and preparing to leave holy space

Leviticus 16:29-34 Approaching the holy God

Hebrews 9:1-15 Approaching the holy God – Jesus

Distinguishing between the clean and unclean

Sunday 4th February 2024

Read: Isaiah 33:13-24; 1 Peter 1:13-25; Leviticus 11-15

Sermon: Leviticus 11-15

Introduction: Read the fine print!


Defining some terms:

Holy


Common


Clean


Unclean


A.
11:1-47. Preventable uncleanness

11:1-47 Clean and unclean food animals


B.
12:1-15:33. Unpreventable uncleanness

12:1-8 Purification following childbirth


13:1-14:57
Laws concerning skin conditions and house infestations


15:1-33
Purification following various bodily discharges


Conclusion:

Does God owe us an explanation?


Living like rescued people

 

When do we need a priest?

Sunday 28th January 2024

Read: Psalm 110; Leviticus 8; Leviticus 9; Leviticus 10; Hebrews 7:12-8:6

Sermon: Leviticus 8-10


Leviticus in the five books of Moses

Leviticus 8:1-36 Getting the Priest dressed fit for Yhwh’s presence

(See Exodus 29)

Leviticus 9:1-24 The Priests’ function atoning for sin so the people can live near Yhwh

9:1-7 the various sacrifices and atonement

9:8-14 atonement for the priest’s sin

9:15-21 atonement for the people’s sin (by the priest)

9:22-24 the presence of Yhwh

Leviticus 10:1-20 Problems with the Priests

Hebrews 7:12-8:6 The Priesthood continues

Living with the Consuming Fire

Sunday 21st January 2024

Read: Hebrews 12:12-29; Leviticus 1:1-17; 7:37-38

Sermon: Leviticus 1:1-17; 7:37-38

Introduction: Why Leviticus?
For Christians (Rom 10:4; Heb 8:13; 10:1)?


Jesus & Leviticus (Matt 22:34-40; Luke 24:27, 44-45)


Leviticus in the Pentateuch: the priority of holiness


Leviticus 1:1-17
The burnt offering


Leviticus 2:1-16
The grain offering


Leviticus 3:1-16
The peace offering


Leviticus 4:1-5:13
The sin offering


Leviticus 5:14-6:7
The guilt offering


Leviticus 6:8-7:38
The priests’ role


Conclusion:
Living with The Consuming Fire (Isaiah 33:14; Heb 12:29)

 

What good plans?

Sunday 14th January 2024

Read: Luke 19:29-48; Jeremiah 29:1-32

Sermon: Jeremiah 29:1-32

Jeremiah and Jerusalem

 

Jeremiah 26-29 Good plans according to false prophets contrasted with Jeremiah
Jeremiah 26 what to do about Jeremiah

Jeremiah 27 Jeremiah the true prophet – put your neck in the yoke of Babylon 70 years

Jeremiah 28 False prophets – the yoke of Babylon is broken, everything returned in 2 years

Jeremiah 29 what good plans?

 

Jeremiah 30-33 The foundations of the good future and new Jerusalem

 

Christmas Day, 2023. Matthew 1:1-25. “The Book of the History of Jesus Christ”

Sunday 25th December 2023

Read: Matthew 1:1-25

Sermon: Matthew 1:1-25

Introduction: Don’t skip the genealogies!

Mt 1:1, cf Gen 2:4; 5:1

1:2-5. Jesus the son of Abraham

6-11. Jesus the son of David

12-17. Jesus is the son of the remnant

18-25. The Birth of Jesus Christ

Conclusion: Jesus, the Saviour of ‘crooked branches’

There was no king and everyone did what was right in his own eyes

Sunday 24th December 2023

Read: Judges 19:1-30; Judges 20:1-48; Judges 21:1-25

Sermon: Judges 19:1-21:25

Judges 1-18 Doing what is right in their own eyes

Judges 19:1-28 Benjamin and Sodom

19:1-10 Five days and four nights in Bethlehem

19:11-28 One night in Gibeah

Judges 19:29-20:11 How to outrage Israel?

Judges 20:12-48 Purging evil from Israel

Judges 21:1-24 A comedy of correctness

Judges 21:25 Will a king fix the problem?

Don’t envy the prosperity of the wicked, discern their end

Sunday 17th December 2023

Read: Psalm 73; 1 Peter 1:3-9; Judges 17:1-18:31

Sermon: Judges 17:1-18:31

Introduction “My truth”

17:1-6
“My truth” or God’s truth?

17:7-13
When “My truth” becomes God’s “truth”

18:1-31
Where “My truth” leads

Conclusion
Don’t envy the prosperity of the wicked, discern the end of the faithful (1 Peter 1:3-9)