If you would please tell me the song 349.
Song number 349.
The comforter has come.
Sing it out a little faster.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
And the home of the brave
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
And the home of the brave
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
And the home of the brave
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
And the home of the brave
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
And the home of the brave
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
And the home of the brave
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
The comforter has come, the comforter has come
The home he goes to tell, the father's mom is here
Oh, spread the tidings down, wherever it is found
The comforter has come
O'er the mountains that we find, how shall the sun go by
To honor for himself the fastest ways to fly
That is how the bell sure is in its shine
The comforter has come
The comforter has come, the comforter has come
The home he goes to tell, the father's mom is here
Oh, spread the tidings down, wherever it is found
The comforter has come
Lord, I am the father who comes in the name of Jesus, I pray the blessed night.
And build not the innocent, which are words of wisdom.
And I pray that everyone in the congregation will take you to what is preached and apply it in your life.
And make a meal and go to what is good for you.
Amen.
If you will please tell me the song 255.
Song number 255.
Coming down.
Sing it out on the verse.
Jesus has a hateful spread, where the saints of God are fed.
He invites his chosen people, come and dine.
If this man, a heat of heat, can't supply for every need,
O say does he to separate Jesus all the time.
Come and dine, the master, come and come and dine.
You may feast at Jesus' table all the time.
He who fed the lonesome tree, turned the water into wine.
To the hungry, all who found, come and dine.
But this time he came to plan, thus obeying Christ the man.
For the master called out to them, come and dine.
There they found their hearts behind, bread and fish upon the fire.
Thus he satisfied the hungry every time.
Come and dine, the master, come and come and dine.
You may feast at Jesus' table all the time.
He who fed the lonesome tree, turned the water into wine.
To the hungry, all who found, come and dine.
Sir, the man will take his bride, to be ever at his side.
All the hosts of heaven will assemble him.
Oh, it will be a glorious sight, all the saints, his prophets bright.
And with Jesus they will feast eternally.
Come and dine, the master, come and dine.
You may feast at Jesus' table all the time.
He who fed the lonesome tree, turned the water into wine.
To the hungry, all who found, come and dine.
All right, this time we'll go through our announcements.
If the bulletins are being passed around, go ahead and put up your hand nice and high if you need one.
As the bulletins are going around, on the inside we have our service times.
Sunday mornings at 10.30 is our preaching service.
Sunday nights at 6.30.
Wednesday nights at 7 is our Bible study.
This week will be in Luke chapter number 5.
We have the soul-winning times listed there below, as well as salvations, baptisms.
And then across the page, congratulations to the Rich family on the birth of Andrew Lee.
Andrew was born on Monday, August 14th at 9.42 p.m., weighing 3 pounds, 1 ounce, measuring 15 inches.
He's doing well and growing.
I think there was just a little more good news on him today that now he's breathing the room air instead of the breathing machine.
So praise the Lord for that.
So be sure to pray for them.
And then also a few other births that have happened.
Yesterday the Baldazzaris had their baby, Joseph John David Baldazzari.
I don't have any stats on him, but congratulations to them.
And then also it looks like today the Freedoms had their baby, Uriah Levy Freedom, born today at 8.35 a.m., 7 pounds, 15 ounces.
So lots of babies being born around here.
It's great.
Being fruitful and multiplying.
So be sure to congratulate those families.
And there are a lot of meals needed because we like to help out families that have just had a baby by bringing them a meal.
So you can see Amanda Wright in the back right there with her hand waving.
And she's the one to see if you want to help out with meals, to get meals to the families that need them.
And then below that we've got the Bible memory passage, 1 John chapter 5.
Below that we've got the maternity shower coming up there that's listed.
Two maternity showers.
One on the 27th of August for Jenny Akinosho and one for Shanae Adams on September 10th.
And then on the back just another list of some dates that are coming up.
Also don't forget this Friday we're going to the Navajo Reservation Soul Winning.
We leave first thing Friday morning, get back Saturday night.
So if you're off on those days or can take off, then we'd love to have you come along with us.
For that we cover the food, the hotel, everything for that.
And so you're invited to that.
And then below that are just some notes about the home school field trips that are listed in the upcoming events.
I believe that that's it for announcements.
Let's go ahead and count up the soul winning from the past few days.
Going back to Thursday, which would have been what date?
Somebody help me out.
17, alright.
Alright, anything from Thursday the 17th?
One.
Isn't that when we went to the Indians?
What did we, Garrett, how many did we have? Is it 16?
That was Thursday, right?
Alright, so 16 for the trip to the White Mountains.
Alright, three more over here.
Alright, anything else for Thursday?
How about Friday the 18th?
Friday.
Group had 14, that was the ASU group, right?
Alright, anything outside of that ASU group?
Group with 10.
Alright, anything else for Friday?
Okay, how about Saturday?
Alright, brother Dominique Davis' group had two.
Any other groups?
The McPhail's group had 13.
Anything else for Saturday?
Alright, and then how about today?
Brother Scott.
10 for the main group with brother Scott.
Any other teams? How about Gila River?
Nine for Gila River.
How many? Three for Gilbert.
Is that a gang sign?
Alright, and then three for North Phoenix.
Or FWBC North, I should say.
Is that just outside of just a commando mission?
Alright, one.
Alright, three over here.
And then anything else that I missed for today?
Is that a five?
Okay, anything else for today?
One right here, okay.
Alright, very good. Keep up the great work on soul winning.
And then is there anyone who needs to be baptized tonight
so that we could get the water filling up for that?
Anybody need to be baptized?
Alright, very good. Let's go ahead and sing our Psalm of the Week off the green sheets.
If you don't have a green sheet, put up your hand nice and high until we get to you with one.
Psalm 117.
The alternative is just to sing it directly out of the Bible,
but put up your hand if you need a green sheet.
Amen.
For His merciful kindness is great toward us
And the truth of the Lord enduring forever
Praise He the Lord
Praise the Lord all ye nations
Praise Him all ye people
For His merciful kindness is great toward us
And the truth of the Lord enduring forever
Praise He the Lord
Alright, at this time we'll pass our offering plate
and as the plate goes around, let's turn our Bibles to Leviticus chapter number one.
Leviticus, third book in the Bible.
Leviticus chapter number one, as we always do, we'll read the entire chapter.
Beginning in verse number one, Leviticus chapter number one.
Follow along silently with brother Dominique Davis as he reads Leviticus chapter number one.
Leviticus chapter one the Bible reads
And the Lord called unto Moses and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation saying
Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them
If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord
He shall bring your offering of the cattle even of the herd and of the flock
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd
Let him offer a male without blemish
He shall offer it of his own voluntary will
At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering
And it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him
And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord
And the priests Aaron's sons shall bring the blood
And sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar
That is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
And he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into his pieces
And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar
And lay the wood in order upon the fire
And the priests Aaron's sons shall lay the parts
The head and the fat in order upon the wood
That is on the fire which is upon the altar
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water
And the priest shall burn all on the altar
To be a burnt sacrifice
An offering made by fire of a sweet savor unto the Lord
And if his offering be of the flocks, namely of the sheep
Or of the goats for a burnt sacrifice
He shall bring it of male without blemish
And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord
And the priests Aaron's sons shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar
And he shall cut it into his pieces with his head and his fat
And the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire
Which is upon the altar
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water
And the priest shall bring it all and burn it upon the altar
It is a burnt sacrifice
An offering made by fire of a sweet savor unto the Lord
And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls
Then he shall bring his offering of turtle doves or of young pigeons
And the priest shall bring it unto the altar
And wring off his head and burn it on the altar
And the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar
And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers
And cast it beside the altar on the east part by the place of the ashes
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof but shall not divide it asunder
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire
It is a burnt sacrifice
An offering made by fire of a sweet savor unto the Lord
Brother Dave Kiefer, could you pray for him?
Man, the title of my sermon tonight is
An overview of the book of Leviticus
A couple months ago I did some sermons
Doing an overview of the book of Genesis
An overview of the book of Exodus
And the purpose of these type of sermons
Is to help us to take a step back and see what these books are about
Sometimes when we just go to church week after week and hear preaching
You know, you might not be able to put things in context
And understand what the big picture is
And one of the biggest problems with people
Who don't read the whole Bible cover to cover
Is that they often don't see the big picture
That's why I strongly encourage you
If you've never read the Bible cover to cover
Don't wait till January 1st to start doing that
You know, start right now, get on some kind of a program
Where you start checking it off
And making progress toward reading the Bible cover to cover
I remember the first time that I read the Bible cover to cover
I started when I was 16 years old
And when I was 16, I decided I'm going to read the Bible cover to cover
The first thing I did was
I marked off all the books that I knew that I'd already read
If I wasn't sure, I didn't mark it off
But books that I knew for sure that I'd already read
I checked those off right away
And the reason I say that is because a lot of people
They're like, okay, I'm going to read the Bible
And then they read Genesis and then they tuck her out
And then they decide a few years later
Alright, I'm going to read it again
Start in Genesis again
Peter out again
Or they just keep reading Matthew over and over again
They've read Matthew 20 times
Never finished the rest of the New Testament
So pick up where you left off
So what I did, first of all, was I
If I knew for sure, I know I've read this book
I checked all those off
And then I began to start the new material that I hadn't done
And I just, I kept track of it
The table of contents is a great place to do this
When you finish a book, you can just underline it
And then let's say you're in chapter 8 of Leviticus
You've already read the first 7 chapters
I just write an 8 next to Leviticus
And then when I read further and I'm on chapter 13
Cross out the 8 and put a 13
And then once you finish that, underline it
Figure out a system
Whatever, you know, you might have an electronic way
That you want to keep track of it
Whatever you want to do
But get a system
Get a plan
And don't just read the Bible at random
But when you go to read the Bible, mark it off
Check it off
Give yourself credit for what you've read
So that you can get toward that goal
Of being one of the probably less than 1% of Christians
Who's actually read the Bible cover to cover
Sadly, I would venture to guess that far less than 1%
Of Christians have even read the Bible cover to cover
And then you wonder why so many Christians are into false doctrine
You say, well, if we all believe in God
If we all believe in Jesus Christ
If we all believe in the Bible
Why are there so many different beliefs?
Why are there so many denominations?
Why are there so many controversies?
Because 99% of Christians don't read the Bible practically at all
And then a small percentage actually have read the whole book
They're going to have a dramatically different perspective
Than the ones who haven't
And so you need to read the whole Bible to get the overview
To get the bird's eye view
Instead of just looking at one verse with a microscope all the time
Get the big picture
So what I want to do tonight
Is to give you the big picture of the book of Leviticus
Now, Leviticus is a book that's probably the book that people would throw out there
The first thing just to act like we're reading the Bible's hard
Ah, Leviticus
That's just kind of the example that they'd throw out of
Just how hard it is to read the whole Bible
Or if they wanted to make fun of a preacher
Worldly people would say
Oh, that guy, he's always preaching out of Leviticus
I mean, can you imagine preaching a sermon out of Leviticus?
It's sort of just become this byword that's thrown out there
It's the most disparaged book probably in the whole Bible
Which is silly because it's actually a really good book
I don't even think it's the hardest book to read
I think that there are other more difficult books
If you think Leviticus is the hardest book
You haven't been to Numbers yet
So, Leviticus is not the hardest book, alright
The point is that
Once you actually understand that Leviticus has a lot of really interesting things in it
I think you could actually get excited about reading Leviticus
Excited about studying Leviticus
It's not this daunting book that everybody makes it out to be
So I'm hoping that by preaching these type of sermons
I'm going to inspire you to want to read your Bible
Because we need to read our Bibles
We need to read the whole Bible
All scripture is given by inspiration of God
And is profitable for doctrine
For reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness
And that certainly includes the book of Leviticus
Now, let me start to give you the overview
Part of the reason why Leviticus gets a bad rap
Is because the first seven chapters
Are the roughest seven chapters in the whole book
So a lot of people, they never make it past those first seven chapters
To really get into the interesting stuff
So they get bogged down, chapter two, three, four, five, and they give up
And that's a great lesson for life, by the way
That sometimes you need to stay with things and be diligent
Before you get to the real rewards
You know, I was just out soul winning on Tuesday
And I spent the first few hours of soul winning
Just having no success at all
Very frustrating
Either everybody was not home
Or they just had zero interest
And it was just hour after hour of that
But then all of a sudden I get to that one door that makes it all worth it
And I was literally at that door able to win five people to the Lord
Because there were a couple people that were home
I preached the gospel to them
Just as we're leaving
Four other people show up
And then I said, hey, can I explain the same thing?
Yeah, sure, explain it all again
Go through it all again
And so we ended up just having this great experience
Getting a bunch of people saved
And then the next door after that we were able to win one more person to Christ
But there were hours and hours of frustration leading up to that
So it's the same thing with everything in life
With reading your Bible
Sometimes you have to plow through difficult periods
Sometimes you have to just through strength of character
Go through those dry periods
Those hard times
And tribulations that we endure as Christians
And then you come through those
And then you get to the real rewards
You know, like the children of Israel
They're crossing the desert
And then they get to that oasis
Where there are the palm trees and the wells of water
They needed to hang in there until they got to that refreshment
So the first seven chapters of Leviticus
Deal with all these sacrifices and offerings
Now we just read chapter one before the sermon
It gives you a little taste of it
Now I think it's pretty interesting anyway
And if you don't think it's that interesting
You gotta just plow through those seven chapters
It's not that long
I mean even Leviticus chapter one that we just read
It's really not a long chapter
It's seventeen verses
And what you're looking for in these chapters
When you read about these animal sacrifices
Is symbolism of the Lord Jesus Christ
Because obviously we don't perform these offerings in the New Testament
Jesus is the Lamb that was slain once for all
So what you do to stay engaged as you're reading this
And stay interested is
You look for the spiritual application
You look for the spiritual significance
And you get a great lesson in animal anatomy
And body parts and kidneys and gall bladders
And you know, you learn a little bit about butchering
But that's what you're mainly looking for
Christ, you know, he's the Lamb of God
He's a burnt offering for our sin
And you go through all that and look for that symbolism
So that's the first seven chapters
You get into chapters eight and nine
It's also a little dry
It's the consecration of Aaron and his sons for the priesthood
And they're getting all the right garments put on
And going through the process of being sanctified
And set apart for their job as the priest
When you get into chapter ten
Is when Leviticus really starts to kind of get exciting
Starts to get interesting
Because, you know, a couple guys get killed right at the beginning of chapter ten
So you get into a story at the beginning of chapter ten
So the first seven chapters are sacrifices
Chapters eight and nine just have to do with consecrating the priests
Getting them ready to serve in that capacity
Well then in chapter ten some of those priests are already screwing it up
And their names are Nadab and Abihu
If you would look down at your Bible there in Leviticus chapter ten
So the first nine chapters are pretty dry
But you got to look for the spiritual significance in order to stay interested
Look at chapter ten verse one
Nadab and Abihu the sons of Aaron
Took either of them his censer and put fire therein
And put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the Lord
Which he commanded them not
And there went out fire from the Lord and devoured them
And they died before the Lord
Then Moses said unto Aaron
This is it that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified
And them that come nigh me
And before all the people I will be glorified
And Aaron held his peace
So all these detailed instructions for nine chapters
That some people would think oh this is too boring
Well in chapter ten somebody wasn't listening
Somebody didn't pay attention to the instructions
And they want to do their own thing
They want to serve the Lord in their own way
Instead of following the clear instructions
And God just right away makes an example out of these guys
And just kills these two guys
Because he's sending a real strong message
Look we're not going to already start deviating
From my word, from my plan
We just started and you're already deviating
We're going to nip this in the bud right now
And he kills these two guys
You say well that seems a little bit harsh
But remember this is the same God
Who says that if you don't believe on the Son
You're going to be damned
And being damned for all eternity is a lot worse
Than just dying a physical death
If you don't believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
You're doomed
You don't have eternal life
The wrath of God abideth on you
And so we need to understand the God of the Bible
Doesn't mess around
And he doesn't just allow him to just seek him
In whatever way we want
And all paths lead to God
That is false
Because the Bible said Jesus saith unto him
I am the way, the truth and the life
No man cometh unto the Father but by me
And you have to come on his terms
It's by faith alone
It's not of works lest any man should boast
And that's the only terms by which you can be saved
You can't make your own turn
You can't be like Cain and say
Well I'm going to offer my own offering to the Lord
Instead of the Lamb of God
It's going to be my works
It's going to be my fruits and vegetables and produce
So that's another powerful message here
That helps us to understand that we need to serve God
And worship God in a way that pleases him
In the ways that he has laid out in his word
And not to just get creative
And deviate from what he has taught us
We need to worship him the way he has commanded to be worshipped
So that's what we get from chapter 10
And the aftermath is explained there in Leviticus chapter 10
Now when we get into chapter 11
We get into the clean and unclean beasts
This is where we get the instructions
On what kind of animals the children of Israel were allowed to eat
And which ones they were not allowed to eat
Now first of all let me just explain the fact
That back in Genesis chapter 9
When Noah gets off the ark
He's told that he can eat any animal that breathes
Every animal
All the animals were meat unto him
So before the Levitical law, the Mosaic law was given
Man was allowed to eat pig meat
Or any other meat for that matter
They could eat the shrimp and the lobster
And the pork
And all the things that are prohibited
Under the Mosaic law
So what we need to understand is that
These dietary laws are not just universal laws of right and wrong for all time
Because otherwise God wouldn't have allowed the consumption of those unclean meats
From Noah's ark all the way up to this point
Thousands of years
And then not only that
But in the New Testament now we're again told
Like Noah was told
That we can eat all manner of meats
All manner of flesh
I just had pork for lunch today
What did we have for dinner? What was that?
What did we have for dinner?
Roast what?
Roast pork?
So it was pork for lunch and pork for dinner
So I double dipped on the unclean meats today
But we need to understand that
When Noah got off the ark
He's told to eat everything
We're told in the New Testament to eat all meats
This was a temporary restriction imposed on them
For a period of time
Less than 2000 years
We're talking about 1600 years off the top of my head
I might be a little off on that
But something like that
That these laws were imposed just from Moses until Christ
You say well why? What's the point?
Well the point is that there's a symbolic meaning here
This stuff was part of that which was imposed on them temporarily
And if you would flip over to Hebrews 9
There are multiple scriptures we could go to in the New Testament to demonstrate this
Let's just look at Hebrews chapter 9
Where he explains this
It says in Hebrews chapter 9
Specifically about the meats and drinks
It says in verse number 9
Which was a figure for the time then present
Which were offered both gifts and sacrifices
That could not make him that did the service perfect
As pertain to the conscience
Look at verse 10 of Hebrews 9
Which stood only in meats and drinks and divers washings and carnal ordinances
Watch this
Imposed on them until the time of reformation
So they weren't imposed on them permanently
But imposed on them until the time of reformation
The time of reformation is defined in the next verse
Christ being come
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come
That's when the time of reformation is
That's when these things are no longer imposed
Because verse 9 says that they were a figure or figurative
They were symbolic for the time then present
You say, well Pastor Anderson, go back to Leviticus 11
What in the world would be symbolized by the, you know, not being able to eat pork
What's the symbolism?
Well, the symbolism of the unclean beasts in chapter 11
It talks about which beasts you're supposed to eat
And they are the beasts that part the hoof and chew the cud
He said all the animals that part the hoof and chew the cud
Those are the clean beasts
Anything that does not part the hoof and does not chew the cud is an unclean beast
So he explains to them the rabbit is going to be an unclean beast to you
Obviously carnivores are unclean beasts
The dogs and cats and bears and pigs are not
And he explains all that
And then the animals that do chew the cud and part the hoof
Would be the cows and the sheep and the things of that nature
So he explains in great detail listing animals that are to be eaten
Animals that are not to be eaten
And also amongst the sea creatures
So what is the symbolism here of parting the hoof and chewing the cud?
Well it has to do with their feet and it has to do with their mouth
Because they chew the cud with their mouth and they part the hoof on their feet
Well the first thing that we could learn from this
As far as a symbolic meaning
Is that we as Christians are to talk the talk
And walk the walk
If we're going to be clean and holy and righteous in the sight of God
We're going to not just talk the talk
But we're going to walk the walk
We're not just going to chew the cud
We're also going to part the hoof
And there are a lot of people who talk a really good talk
But they don't walk the walk
These people are known as hypocrites
They say and do not
Then we have another classification of people
Often pastors fall into this category
Where they walk the walk
But they don't talk the talk
And that's bad too
They part the hoof
Problem is they don't chew the cud
So they'll actually live a godly, Christian, separated life
They're reading their Bibles every day
They're praying, they're going soul winning
They're not indulging in sinful activities
But when they get up behind the pulpit to preach
They don't teach any of that
They don't actually get up and preach doctrine
And they don't preach hard on sin
And they don't preach a strict manner of living
But they're living it
So they're like the opposite of a hypocrite
They walk the walk
But they're not talking the talk enough
They're not saying enough
I like what it says in Acts chapter 1 verse 1
Where it says the former treatise have I made O Theophilus
Of all that Jesus began both to do and teach
To do and teach
That's what we need to be doing
We need to walk the walk
But we also need to open our mouths boldly
To make known the mystery of the gospel
We need to also teach people with our mouths
To observe all things whatsoever Christ commanded us
So don't just walk the walk, talk the talk
Don't just talk the talk, walk the walk
Don't just chew the cud, part the hoof as well
Another thing that this could be referring to
Symbolically is two aspects of our Christian life
Separation and rumination
What does it mean to be separated?
That's a word that fundamental Baptists will use a lot
Being separated means that there's a difference between us and the rest of the world
We don't just live exactly like the world
We don't just hang out with all the worldly sinful people
And do all the same activities
There's a difference between us and the people around us
We're a peculiar people
The Word of God says in 1 Corinthians
Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord
2 Corinthians 6
And touch not the unclean thing
Be separate
Don't indulge in the sins of this world
Be in the world but not of the world
That's separation
But in Romans chapter 1 it says Paul
A servant of Jesus Christ called to be an apostle
Separated unto the gospel of God
So we don't want to just be separated from the world
We want to be separated unto something
We don't want to just be separated from the world and then we're just kind of in a no man's land
We want to go from being worldly to being what?
Spiritual
So we want to be separated unto the gospel of God
A lot of people are really separated
They're living a really clean life
But are they working hard in the gospel?
Are they reading their Bibles?
Are they going soul winning and preaching to people and things like that?
So we want to be separated unto the gospel of God
Separation and rumination
What does it mean to ruminate?
Ruminating is when you meditate on something or chew on something
So think about an animal that chews the cud
What does it mean to chew the cud?
Well cows have four stomachs
They eat grass and they chew on the grass
They swallow it into one of their stomachs
Then they regurgitate it back up into their mouth
And then they chew it again
And then they send it down to another stomach
Then they bring it back up and chew it again
That's called chewing the cud
They do that multiple times
And then that's how they fully digest that grass
Well here's the thing
God wants us to fully digest his word
By ruminating on God's word
By chewing the cud of God's word
By meditating upon God's word
So we read the Bible
But then we're supposed to think about what we've read
And then we get it out and read it again
We think about it
Read about it
Think about it
Meditate on it
Ruminate on it
And especially if we memorize scripture
That allows for rumination
Because then we're driving down the road
We're walking down the street
We're swinging a hammer at our job
And verses are coming into our mind
And we can dwell on those things
We can ponder those things
And really digest those things
And we can ruminate on God's word
Not to just be separated from the world
But to also know and love
And understand the Bible
Separation and rumination
Parting the hoof
Represents separation
Why?
Because when we part the hoof
That's a splitting of the hoof
That's what it means to part, right?
So that picture is what?
Separation
Chewing the cud pictures what?
Rumination
Okay
Also in the New Testament
Our feet are always symbolic of soul winning
Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace
And bring glad tidings of good things
So the feet represent soul winning
So you could also have a third application here
And say chewing the cud and parting the hoof
Refers to both ingesting God's word
Learning the Bible
But then also using your feet to go out there
And get the gospel to other people
There are some people who are great soul winners
They don't know the Bible
They know the Romans wrote really well
They know how to win somebody to Christ
But is that really a complete servant of God?
Is that the perfect man in Christ?
No
We need to also make sure that we're eating God's word
That we're chewing the cud and parting the hoof
By getting our hoofs out there
And getting the gospel to every creature
So you see what I mean?
You can learn a lot of spiritual application
Even from the most mundane chapters
That people would point to about diet
Oh this doesn't apply to us anymore
Well sure it doesn't apply to us when we go grocery shopping
We don't pull out Leviticus 11
And make sure we're not buying anything prohibited
Because everything in that meat section is open season
In the New Testament
All of it
But we do need to understand these principles I just laid out
Talking the talk, walking the walk, going soul winning
Reading our Bibles, meditating on God's word
Being separated from the world
There's a lot in this book of Leviticus
This is just a scratching of the surface
So chapter 13 and 14
We get into the laws on leprosy
Now some of this might come in handy
If you start getting some bright spots appearing on your skin
Maybe a little hairs coming out of it
A rising in the flesh
Or maybe the flesh is somewhat lower
And maybe there's a white hair coming out of it
Or a black hair coming out of it
Before I went to the dermatologist
I'd consult these chapters
Because sometimes it tells you it's fine
And then you can say no big deal
Move on
But there's obviously a lot of spiritual application going on
Leprosy pictures sin in the Bible
And I'm not going to spend too much time on this
But if you're interested I did do a whole sermon called Leprosy
About a year and a half ago
So you can look up that past sermon
And I go into great detail on Leviticus 13 and 14
And show all the spiritual applications with the rest of the Bible
On leprosy
Okay, I skipped a chapter there didn't I?
Chapter 12, let's go to chapter 12
I wanted to talk about chapter 12
So chapter 11 was the unclean beast
Chapters 13 and 14 have to do with leprosy
Well chapter 12 is a short little chapter
And it has to do with a woman giving birth
And it says in verse number 1
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying
Speak unto the children of Israel saying if a woman have conceived seed
And born a man child
Then she shall be unclean seven days according to the days of the separation
For her infirmity shall she be unclean
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised
And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days
She shall touch no hallowed thing nor come into the sanctuary
Until the days of her purifying be fulfilled
But if she bear a maid child
Then she shall be unclean two weeks as in her separation
And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three score and six days
And then it goes into the offering that's offered
Now obviously we're not doing circumcision in the New Testament
And we're not offering offerings in the New Testament
But there's an important truth that can be learned from this chapter
And that is that after you give birth to a baby
You're supposed to take it easy
And this is something that a lot of modern women don't understand
A lot of modern women, they'll give birth on Friday
And they're back at work on Monday
No joke
They get the scheduled C-section
And they're back to work on Monday
And a lot of women even make it a point of pride
To just give birth
And it's like they're just gonna be in church the very next service
They give birth in the morning and they're at the evening service
And they're like, yeah, you know, I'm spiritual, I'm down here, I'm in church
You know, they're basically like cutting the umbilical cord on the way to church
And, you know, that's ridiculous
That's not what God's telling you to do
And a lot of times our modern society doesn't really stop and appreciate child birth
As a major ordeal
And a major impact on a woman's body that she needs to recover from and rest
And be healthy
And, you know, especially if you want to have a lot of children
If you're all fired up saying, I'm gonna be fruitful, I'm gonna multiply
I'm gonna get Pastor Anderson to run for his money
You know, then you gotta take care of your vessel
If you're planning on bearing a lot of children
You can't just drive it till the wheels fall off
You've got to care for it
And following God's advice is good here
Now, another thing that's interesting is that the uncleanness and the blood of purifying lasts twice as long for the female child
Now, why is that?
Because of the fact that the hormones are different
Giving birth to a boy is different than giving birth to a girl
My wife and I have had a lot of experience with this
Because we have five boys and four girls
So we've seen a lot of both
But the recovery is longer after a girl
Even just as a scientific fact
The bleeding lasts longer
The impact on the body is different
Because of the hormones that are different between a boy and a girl
And so this information is important for people to realize
That, you know, hey, for a week you don't go anywhere
For two weeks you don't go anywhere
You take it easy
You stay in bed
You relax
You know, you allow people to help you
And this is why we try to help people out with meals and do what we can
It's great if you can have family come over and help
Or other brothers and sisters can help
You know, if the husband can help
If he's available
So these are all good lessons that we can apply right now today
That we would respect when our wife gives birth
That she needs some time to recover
And that to be back to normal
And obviously you're not even going to be totally back to normal
After 40 days or 80 days
But after 40 to 80 days
Are you even reasonably back to normal
It's probably, you know, my wife and I have talked about this
You're probably 100% about six months after giving birth to a baby
You're back in the saddle again
You're back at 100%
It's a process
The first couple weeks
You need to take it very easy
Let your body recover
And then there's the blood of the cleansing
That's going to continue past that
But you're starting to get up and about and around after a week or two
And then the bleeding is going to stop
You still are recovering a little bit
It's a process
And it takes many months
We need to respect that
And understand that your body has gone through a lot
To bring that child into this world
And you need rest
That's a powerful lesson here from Leviticus chapter 12
That 2017 America should listen to
But no, Leviticus is this archaic, antiquated, put it in a museum
No, we need to learn from this right now
Speaking of which, chapter 15 is all about sanitation
And quarantining the sick
That's a pretty important lesson
Nowadays we take this for granted
But even just a couple hundred years ago
They didn't understand this
Even just a couple hundred years ago
Doctors and hospitals were spreading germs like crazy
And if they would have actually read and believed Leviticus 15
It would have stopped a ton of disease
A ton of infection
A ton of illness
Doctors would wash their hands in standing water
In basins of water
Whereas the Bible says in Leviticus 15 to wash them in running water
Why?
Because if you wash them in standing water
You're just spreading the germs
I wash my hands in the water
Somebody else comes and wash their hands in the same water
You have to pour the water
Running water
Obviously they didn't have plumbing back then
But one person would pour the water
And the other guy would wash his hands
And a lot of people still do this around the world
The Bible talks about Elijah having water poured on his hands by Elisha
So he could wash his hands
When we were in Africa before meals
The ladies would come around to all the men that were seated at the table
And bring out a basin and a little mug of water
And they would pour water on our hands
And we would wash our hands like that
Before eating under running water
And so the Bible teaches that in Leviticus 15
Way ahead of science
Everybody acts like the Bible is not scientific
Well you know what?
The Bible was way ahead of science a couple hundred years ago
But now science has passed up the Bible
And we've gotten so much smarter
No, the Bible is always going to be ahead
The Bible is always smarter than man
Chapter 16 goes into the Day of Atonement
It goes into more offerings
And it goes into the concept of the scapegoat
Which has a lot of problems
Which has a lot of powerful significance there about Jesus Christ
Where all the sins are placed upon the head of that goat
And obviously that represents Christ
Had all the sins of the world placed on him
And there's so many layers of symbolism with the scapegoat
There's so many different interpretations you can get from that
That many of which are valid
Then in chapter 17
The big message that I got out of chapter 17 is
Don't worship devils and don't eat blood
He's going into that kind of stuff
Don't be demonic
Don't eat blood
Don't worship devils
Then we get into chapter 18
And this is something that 2017 America needs
Chapter 18 talks about nakedness
And it talks about sexual perversion
And so this is something that just gives a lot of prohibitions
About what should not happen
And what relationships are an abomination before the Lord
Obviously the Sodomites are addressed in chapter 18 verse 22
Lots of other different perversions and nakedness are brought out
It also is prohibiting incest
And things like
It's not necessarily a pleasant chapter
But it's important
And in 2017 the words are kind of jumping off the page at you
Like it's as relevant as today's newspaper
Chapter 19 is probably my favorite chapter in Leviticus
I've done a lot of sermons on Leviticus 19
It's probably my favorite chapter
It's kind of just a mixed bag
Of just a lot of miscellaneous laws
But there's a lot of really interesting stuff
So I really like chapter 19
And of course chapter 19 contains
The verse that Jesus Christ said was the second greatest commandment in the law
It says in chapter 19 verse 18
Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people
But thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself
I am the Lord
That phrase
Love thy neighbor as thyself
Is found only in Leviticus 19 18
That's the only place it's found in the whole Old Testament
And this is what Jesus and the apostles are constantly referring back to
Love thy neighbor as thyself
So this is important to understand
That this is where the source of that comes from
Now people that are progressive or liberal or anti-fundamentalist
They'll often disparage us for preaching out of Leviticus
And say you're condemning the Sodomites but you're using Leviticus
First of all I preached pretty hard against the Sodomites this morning
And I don't think I even turned to Leviticus did I?
In fact all of my preaching this morning against the Sodomites
Was pretty much based in the New Testament
I was focusing on 2 Peter chapter 2 and the book of Jude and the book of Revelation
So there's plenty of preaching in the New Testament
Oh you know the book of Leviticus
Chapter 18 verse 22 when it says that if a man lies with a man it's an abomination
Or chapter 2013 where it says they'll be put to death
How can you get that from Leviticus?
They say you should do like Jesus said and love your neighbor as yourself
But here's the thing that's not what Jesus said
That's what Jesus quoted from Leviticus
So how can you throw out chapter 18 and throw out chapter 20
And then say you need to follow chapter 19 buddy
No actually I'm going to follow 18 19 and 20
And if chapter 19 falls between chapters 18 and 20 you know what that means?
Chapter 19 must not contradict 18 and 20
So I must be able to love my neighbor as myself
And consider Sodomy an abomination
And believe that they should be put to death all at the same time
Because God told me all three of those things
We need the whole counsel of God
People today want to pick and choose
They want to take one verse out of Leviticus literally
And throw the whole rest of the book in the trash
I want to believe and read and study and understand and apply the whole thing
All of it
Which leads me into chapter 20 which has to do with more perversion
You know you get through chapter 18 and you're kind of glad that's all over with
All the perverts
Then you get into chapter 19 and it's a really good chapter really interesting
And then in chapter 20 you're back on the perverts again
Unfortunately
So you know you read up on that all the disgusting things
And you know I remember when I was reading this as a teenager
Things weren't as weird as in America as they are now
And I'm a young man
So I read the book of Leviticus for the first time
Pretty much exactly 20 years ago
Because I'm 36 now and I read it as a 16 year old
Remember I told you I started reading the Bible cover to cover at 16?
Well Leviticus was one of the first books I read
Because that's where I had left off on a previous failed attempt
So I jumped back into Leviticus right away
And I remember when I was reading this in chapter 20
I just thought to myself
Why do we need all these like who would do this stuff?
Like why does he even need to tell us not to do this stuff?
And then I remember just having my mind blown
When I would get to the end of chapter 18
And when I would get to the end of chapter 20
And realize that the people of the land
They did all these things
Now go back if you went to chapter 18 verse 24
Because you're reading about just all these sick things
And incest and the sodomites and bestiality
And just all these horrific things
And you're wondering like why does God even bring this up?
Who does this?
Is this really necessary?
Why didn't he just say don't do anything weird?
Don't do anything that's not just with your wife that you're not related to
But he says in verse 24
Defile not yourselves in any of these things
And I mean he just finished in verse 23 talking about a woman
Standing before a beast to lie down there to
Then he says in verse 24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things
For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you
He said in all these the nations are defiled
He's saying the nations that I'm kicking out
The Canaanites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Amorites, the Jebusites
He said they've done it all
And you wonder why God told them to just wipe those people out
They've done all this stuff
And he said in verse 25
And the land is defiled therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it
And the land itself vomitteth out her inhabitants
I mean he's saying even the earth wants to just throw up
He said the land vomitteth out her inhabitants
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments
And shall not commit any of these abominations
Neither any of your own nation
Nor any stranger that sojourneth among you
He's saying look you don't do it
But don't even allow people to do this stuff around you
You can't even have these people around
Because it's so sick
He says all these abominations
Verse 27
Have the men of the land done which were before you
And the land is defiled that the land spew you not out
Also when you defile it
As it spewed out
The nations that were before you
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations
Even the souls that commit them shall be cut off
From among their people
And so that's pretty much the reason why God had to say this
Because people do this stuff
The workers of iniquity
The wicked people of this world
They go into all these perversions
And you know the world makes sin look so appealing
And it makes it look fun on the beer commercial
And on the casino ad
Sin takes people down a very dark path
Into some very dark places that no one would want to go
If they knew what they were really getting into
Chapter 21 changes gears and it gets into
The standards for the priests
You know different standards for the priests
Who they should marry
How they should live
Things that they're not allowed to do specifically
Chapter 22 is back to more offerings
More about the sacrifices and burnt offerings
Gets into a little bit of rules about being holy and unholy and so forth
Chapter 23 is a pretty interesting chapter
Chapter 23 goes through all the feast days and holidays
Now we don't observe these
Galatians is clear and other scriptures are clear
We should not observe the Jewish calendar
And the new moons and the sabbaths
And the day of atonement and all these things
We don't follow that in the New Testament
And we don't listen to the Judaizers
That are trying to bring us back under that
Paul said I'm afraid of you if you're into that stuff
The times, the months, the years
Forget that stuff
Say what do you think about this eclipse?
I don't think about it
I don't think anything about it because it's meaningless to me
I don't get dismayed at the stars of the sky
If I look up at the stars it's just to admire the handiwork of God
And I mean I think that an eclipse is as cool as the next guy
But what's the prophetic significance?
The answer is nothing
The prophetic significance is nil
The prophetic significance is that a lot of people are constantly bringing out false alarms
Of the second coming of Christ
In order to wear people out so that people will start to think it's never going to happen
Because the Bible says in the end times
People will say well where is the promise of his coming?
Why? Because they've had so many false alarms of Christians lying and saying
Oh we know when it's going to happen
The Bible guarantees it
The solar eclipse and the constellations and the zodiac
And they do all this stuff and it wears people out to the point where they think it's never going to happen
It's all a fraud
No the true story is that even Jesus Christ said
He said I don't even know when my second coming is going to be
He said the Father in heaven knows
And the angels know in Mark 13
He said the Son doesn't even know
But you think you know?
If you could figure it out from the Bible
Jesus would have had it figured out from the Bible
I mean he's the smartest man who ever lived
He's filled with the Spirit beyond measure
He knew the Scriptures
He was the Scriptures
It made flesh
He could have looked up at the stars and figured it all out if that's what it really was about
He said I don't even know
The Father knows
So don't think that you figured it out
No one has figured it out
We need to just patiently serve the Lord
And when it happens we'll see the signs of the times
We see the abomination of desolation
That's when we'll know this is not a drill
And we'll know that the end is near
We'll look up and know that our redemption draws nigh
But not before that
So don't get dismayed at these things
Don't sell the farm yet
Okay
So the feast days
Even though we don't celebrate those holidays
There's a lot of symbolic spiritual applications
So there are seven feasts that are listed
And we have the spring feasts
And then we have the fall feasts
And what's interesting is that when Christ came the first time
He fulfilled the spring feasts
Why? Because the spring feasts are the Passover
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
The Feast of Tabernacles
The Day of Pentecost fulfilled
So we have these feast days of the first coming of Christ
Obviously Christ is our Passover
He's the Bread of Life
Obviously the Day of Pentecost fulfilled that
So you have the spring feasts fulfilled with Christ's first advent
And then you have the fall feasts that will be fulfilled in the second coming of Christ
And I don't have time to go into it
But I did a whole sermon called the Feast of the Lord
That was all about Leviticus 23
I covered a little bit in the Revelation series
I think in chapter 2
Actually I just did it in the sermon called the timing of the rapture
Did I do it in that one?
Right? Like a month ago?
So there's a lot of really interesting things
Because Jesus when he gives parables in the New Testament
He says that the harvest is the end of the world
So the harvest feasts all revolve around end times events
So the spring feasts have to do with Christ's first coming
The fall feasts or harvest feasts have to do with his second coming
The sounding of the trumpets
The feast of Tabernacles
And also the
What's the other one? Day of Atonement
Day of Atonement, also Year of Jubilee
That stuff all plays a part in the end times
So that's pretty interesting in chapter 23
Chapter 24 talks about blaspheming God
And things like that
Chapter 25 talks about the Year of Jubilee
This is a fascinating concept
And I've heard almost no one talk about the Year of Jubilee
I've never heard a sermon on it
Except for the sermons that I've preached on it
But I've never heard a Baptist preacher preach on it
I've grown up in church my whole life
Has anybody heard a preacher other than me or one of my friends
Ever preach on this?
Anybody?
You heard a sermon on the Year of Jubilee?
It wasn't a Baptist?
What was it about?
I don't remember
Okay, you don't remember
I hope it was a long time ago
So you heard a sermon one time
So out of hundreds of people, one person here says
Hey, I remember a sermon that was done
Or actually, I don't remember a sermon
I heard a sermon that was done on the Year of Jubilee
Well, it's something that people don't talk about
But it's a fascinating concept
And you would think this would come up in political discussions
Or amongst libertarians
Or amongst patriots and constitutionalists
And people that are into getting back to the foundations of our country
Or the foundations of God's intent for human government
Because it's so fascinating this idea of every 50 years a reset button
Where all debts are forgiven every 50 years
Sounds pretty good
Some of you are like
Where has this been all my life?
Every 50 years a total reset button
All debts are forgiven
Every slave goes free
All the land returns to the owners thereof
Based upon their family ancestral lands
It goes back to them
So the land is divided up by people and their inheritance
And then new people would move into the area
Then they would carve out a place for them
They would inherit amongst that tribe or amongst the land
And you were only allowed to own land that you would use
You can't just own huge amounts of land that you're not using
You could buy them temporarily
You could farm them out
But guess what?
Every year of Jubilee it all gets reset
It all goes back to everybody having their piece of land
God wanted everybody to have their own piece of land
Do their own thing
To be out of debt
It's really a great system
I'm simplifying it
You have to read Leviticus 25 to get all the details
But if you really read Leviticus 25 and you really comprehend it
And study it and learn it and understand it
It is genius
It is a perfect system
And here we are thousands of years later and no one's ever done it
No one's ever tried it
I don't even believe the children of Israel ever did it
There were a lot of things about God's law that just never got implemented
The children of Israel, they never went all the way
Why? Because they're human
They're not perfect
They're sinful
They scoffed at this year of Jubilee
I personally do not believe it was never implemented
Because the whole Old Testament you'll never see any mention of this ever happening
God tells them to do it
I don't believe they did it even once
You say, well what's the point of coming out with a cool system that nobody's ever going to use?
Here's the point
The millennium
We're going to do this for a thousand years
Every fifty years there's going to be a Jubilee
And we'll see how well the economy can work
We'll see how God has a perfect system
Where people can work and enjoy the fruit of their labor
See the problem with all of man's systems
Is that they allow too much power to get in the hands of too few people
And even if you just went with a total libertarian or anarcho-capitalism or whatever you want to call it
You'll end up with people just amassing too much wealth
Which even just the word too much wealth is anathema sometimes to libertarians
What are you talking about? Free market
Yeah but if you just allow that to just go unfettered
And to be passed down from generation to generation
You'll end up with just a few super wealthy people
That buy up all the land
They buy up everything
And then everybody who lives on that land
Has to follow their rules
And so libertarianism
If carried out according to a lot of people's view of libertarianism
Would actually lead to feudalism
And we're back in the middle ages
Where you have the landlord
That owns half of Arizona
And we're all his serfs
We're all his servants
We're all his sharecroppers or tenants on his space
The year of Jubilee prevented the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers of this world
From just passing down these huge amounts of wealth
To their wicked inbred descendants
The Rothschilds need to go back and read that chapter again
But anyway
So the year of Jubilee is fascinating
In fact the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
Which is a great landmark in the United States
It has a verse inscribed on it from Leviticus 25
That says proclaim liberty throughout all the land
To all the inhabitants thereof
But I think that very few people
Went and looked up that verse in its context
Read the whole chapter and learned about this amazing thing called
The year of Jubilee
You know one time I wanted to call into it
One time I was in the middle of the night I was driving
And I was listening to some XM radio political talk thing
I was getting desperate for entertainment folks
It was the middle of the night and I was on a really long drive
I was listening to some
And I remember I just wanted to call in and explain to them about the year of Jubilee
And I kept calling and I just couldn't get through
I wanted to get on the air so bad and just enlighten the world about this
Because it's such a powerful truth
Chapter 26 is pretty interesting
It goes into the blessings and the cursings
So he's explained a lot of laws in Exodus
He's explained a lot of laws in the first 25 chapters
Then in chapter 26 he explains the consequences
Of obeying God's word versus disobeying God's word
He says if you obey God's word this is how you'll be blessed
And the blessings are from verses 3 through 13
You know your animals are going to be healthy
You're going to give birth to children
You're going to defeat your enemies
You're going to have prosperity
You're going to be blessed
He explains all these good things that he's going to do for them
Then in verses 14 through 39 are the cursings
All the bad things that are going to happen if they don't obey
Now right off the bat what I think is pretty interesting about this
Is that there are 11 verses dealing with the blessings
And then there are 26 verses dealing with the cursings
And that's the way the whole Bible is
There's more than twice as much warning you about disobedience
Than telling you positive reinforcement
So God isn't just giving a lot of positive reinforcement
He gives a little positive reinforcement and a lot of negative reinforcement
But what are churches doing today?
90% positive, 10% negative if you're lucky
If you're lucky
Then in chapter 27 we go into the values of various items
The values of houses, the values of servants
The values of different things that would be sold
Or devoted to the Lord or redeemed and so on
And there's a lot of interesting things
You can compare these values with other things in the Bible
You can even draw conclusions about the amount of money that was used to betray Jesus Christ
I mean there's a lot of application
So that's it for the book of Leviticus
I mean that's 27 chapters
Now look, this book gets a bad rap
It's packed with interesting stuff
This is not just some dry, boring drudgery of
You know, well let's just plow through this thing
Now I admit the first nine chapters are a little bit of heavy plowing the first few times you go through them
But chapter 10 about Nadab and Abihu is pretty interesting
Chapter 11 about the clean and unclean beast is pretty entertaining
At least reading about all these different animals
And which ones they ate and which ones they couldn't eat
You get the leprosy, the sanitation, the day of atonement
Don't eat bread, don't look at your auntie or your grandma naked
Don't perform all these perversions
In chapter 18, a lot of really interesting stuff in chapter 19
That's my favorite chapter of the book
Chapter 20, all the perversion, that's pretty relevant today
Chapter 21, the standards for the priest
We can apply those as, you know, some standards that we should have in our life
And, you know, convert those things to a modern application for us as Christians
We get into the feast days
We can learn something about Bible prophecy
Compare it with Revelation
Blaspheming God
That's relevant to understand that we need not profane the name of the Lord
Not take His name in vain
And all the blessings for doing right
God's still going to bless us today for doing right
And He's still going to curse us for doing wrong
And so as we study this book, there is a ton of relevant teaching
You could easily preach every Sunday night on the book of Leviticus for the next six months
And preach a relevant sermon that applies to us today in 2017
That would be edifying, helpful, practical, informative
You could do that easily for six months
I will do it on a Wednesday night when we get there
Right now we're in Luke, but I'm preaching through the whole Bible on Wednesday nights
Right now I'm in Luke, I'm skipping around
It's going to take me 23 and a half years to get through the whole Bible
It's 1189 part series
And right now I'm 11 and a half years in
So 11 and a half down, 12 to go, alright?
And so once I finish this, you know, so there is going to be a six month period
Where I spend a Wednesday night on Leviticus 1, a Wednesday night on Leviticus 2
I guarantee you it's not going to be the hardest series
I guarantee you there's going to be plenty of great preaching
And you could not even cover the same thing twice
This book is dense with spiritual nutrition
There is a lot of meat on the bone
And I'm not just talking about the heave shoulder and the wave breast
I'm saying there's a lot of spiritual meat on this bone of Leviticus
It's a great book
Love it!
Don't ever make fun of it or disparage it
Love it! Read it!
Meditate on it
Learn something from it
Apply it
Teach it to others
Let's buy our ads and have a word of prayer
Father, we thank you so much for the whole Bible
But especially, Lord, we want to thank you for Leviticus
It's a powerful book
Without it, there would be a lot of missing teachings in the Bible
If we had a 65 book Bible with no Leviticus, Lord, we would be deficient
We would lack many critical teachings
And so we thank you for giving us this book
Translated perfectly into our English language
So that we can read it in our own native tongue
And understand these great truths, Lord
Help us to take advantage of that
And Lord, if there's anybody here tonight who's never read the book of Leviticus
Which I'm sure that there were many
I pray that they would decide right now
To start with the book of Leviticus
And to read the entire Bible cover to cover
And to put a check mark by the book of Leviticus
Several days from now after they've read through it, Lord
And in Jesus' name we pray, amen
Please open your hymnals to song 131
Christ is all I need
Song 131
Christ is all I need
Song 131
Christ is all I need
All I need
Christ is all I need
All I need
He was crucified
For me He died
On Calvary
That's why I know
He loves me so
He's all I need