Heavenly Father, thank you for tonight dear God. I thank you for your word Lord. I ask that you please meet with us tonight
God give us a tender heart to your word be with our pastor Lord fill in your spirit and
Help us to apply the message to our life. God. We love you in Jesus name we pray. Amen
Amen, all right
We're there in Leviticus chapter number seven and we've been studying through the book of Leviticus on Wednesday nights
We're taking one chapter at a time
And we're this our seventh week in the book of Leviticus, and we are in chapter 7 and if you remember
In this in last chapter chapter 6 and in this chapter both of those we find a review of the offering so the first five
chapters of the book of Leviticus
We find the the five offerings that are outlined in chapter 1 we had the birth offering in chapter 2
We have the meat offering in chapter 3 we have the peace offering in chapter 4 we had the sin offering chapter 5
We had the trespass offering and then in chapter 6 and chapter 7 you kind of review all of those offerings
But then you also in this chapter specifically you get some additional instructions
For the offering so in this chapter chapter 7 kind of closes down the first section of the book of Leviticus
So the first section of Leviticus chapters 1 through 7 are focused on the offerings in chapter 8
We'll begin a new a new section
Which is going to deal more with the priest and the priesthood and in fact at the end of this chapter the focus kind of
shifts towards that
But much of what this chapter deals with is things that we've already covered in previous sermons
So I'm not going to go there's going to be parts of this chapter
We're just going to read through and we're just not going to cover them because we've already covered them tonight
I don't want to highlight that which we have not yet covered
About the sacrifices as we kind of finish up this section here
And I want to just teach the new material in regards to the sacrifices found in the chapter
But we will go through the entire chapter and read it if you look there at Leviticus chapter 7 verse 1
The Bible says this likewise. This is the law of the trespass offerings remember
We're going he's going through and reviewing the offerings and adding some additional information
And he begins here this chapter by adding
info in regards to the trespass offering he says likewise is the law of the trespass offering once you notice the last phrase of
chapter number one it is most holy he says it is most holy the trespass offering is
Most holy verses 2 through 5 are things that we've already covered
It says in the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the trespass offering and the blood thereof shall be sprinkled
upon the altar and he shall offer it all the fat thereof the rump and the fat that covered the inwards and the two kidneys
And the fat that is on them
Which is by the flanks and the call that is above the liver
With the kidneys it shall it shall he take away and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire
unto Lord it is a
Trespass offering notice verse 6 every male among the priests shall eat thereof it shall be eaten
I want you to notice what it says in the holy place
It shall be eaten in the holy place now the holy place there is referring to
The tabernacle is the place of separation is that tabernacle that they built and this is the new
Material that we're getting about the trespass offering is that it was to be eaten right then and there in the holy place
But I want you to notice the last phrase of verse 6 it is
Most holy so in in verse 1 we're told the trespass offering it is
most holy in verse 6
We're told that the trespass offering is to be eaten in the holy place
And you say why would we eat it in the holy place because of the fact that the holy place or the tabernacle?
Also, it is most holy verse 7 tells us that this applies to not just the trespass offering
But the sin offering as well notice verse 7 and the sin offering and I'm excuse me as the sin offering is so is
The trespass offering and if you remember those are those two offerings are almost the same offering
They're very similar, so he's telling us. This is this applies to both, but here's what I want you to understand
Something we can learn from this from this part of the chapter is we get a lesson about the tabernacle
Or a picture about the tabernacle and what we learn is this what you keep
You you keep what is holy in the holy place
So he says the trespass offering and the sin offering they are holy
And then he says I want you to eat them in the holy place
But I want you to notice there were certain things that were not to stay in the holy place in the tabernacle in fact
Just flip back to Leviticus chapter 6 and looking for some 11 just to give you one example
Not everything not everything that was sacrificed was kept or that had to do with the sacrifices was kept in
The tabernacle in the holy place if you look at Leviticus 6 11 it says this and he shall put off his garments and put
on other garments
Talking about the priestly garments that he was to wear and carry forth the ashes notice without the camp
Unto a clean place so the ashes were not supposed to stay in the holy place
Why because they were not holy so he says hey there are certain things that you eat
You partake of in the holy place you say why is that it's because it is holy and there are certain things
You have to go and remove from the holy place without the camp because they're not holy and there's a principle here
That you are to keep the holy with the holy and remove that which is unclean or unholy from the place
That is holy now again what he's talking about is the tabernacle is that holy place, but keep your place there in Leviticus
That's obviously our text for tonight. Go to the book of 1st Corinthians chapter number 6
1st Corinthians of the New Testament chapter number 6 you got Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1st Corinthians 1st Corinthians chapter 6 and
looking for some are 19
And when you get to 1st Corinthians 6 put a bulletin or a ribbon or a bookmark or something keep your place in 1st
Corinthians 6 is we're gonna leave it we're gonna come back to it 1st Corinthians chapter 6 and look at verse number 19
1st Corinthians chapter 6 and look at verse number 19 the Bible says this what?
Know ye not
that your body
Notice what it says that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost now. What is that temple?
That's the holy place and if you're and if you remember the tabernacle the tabernacle
Was the place that God had Moses built it was a tent it was
Portable because of the fact that they were still wandering in the wilderness
They had to be able to pick it up and move it as they went
Eventually, the tabernacle was replaced with the temple Solomon built a temple
Which was a physical building that basically replaced the tabernacle that became the holy place
But in the New Testament the Bible says that your body is the temple is the temple of the Holy Ghost
Which is in you which you have of God and you are not your own for you are bought with a price therefore
Glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are gods and you say well, what's the principle that we can learn from?
Here's the principle the holy place the tabernacle was to stay clean
Only that which was holy was allowed
The ashes were to be taken out the ashes had to be taken out of the holy place
Because God wanted his holy place to be clean
But today the holy place is you the holy place is your body and listen to me
It does matter and I realize we preach these things and we say these things and people just say they roll their eyes and say
Oh, that's just pastor. He meant is that's just you know, they just going, you know, just crazy lunatic, you know extremists
But listen to me. It does matter what you bring in to your holy place through your eyes
It does matter what you bring into your holy place through what you drink and what you eat and what you allow in
Through your ears
It does matter that you that you make sure that we are to keep our temple holy
What we can learn from this is that in the Old Testament God cared about the fact that the holy place was to be clean
It was to be holy. It was to be separated and you are to be as well. I
Mean the the Apostles said we can only speak the things which we have seen in earth and today it look we're talking about the
Television in case you don't understand what I'm talking even when I say that the television
All right
Your TV at home when you turn that thing on and there are women dressed immodestly that is not holy
When they are blossoming the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that is not holy when they are
Promoting drugs and alcohol that is not holy and God does not want you to allow that
Into the holy place into the temple, which is your body
We need to be and live like separated people and today we have a problem even in our independent fundamental
You know separated churches where people just want to live like the devil and live like the world
And then they get mad at a pastor like me for actually teaching and preaching the Bible
For actually believing the Word of God and actually holding up the standards of the Bible and though
Well, I can't believe you would do that. Hey, look you can't call yourself a biblicist and then not follow the Bible
When the Bible says that certain things are are sinful it's adultery it's fornication
It's drunkenness. Look you say well, I've got a drinking problem. I'm an alcoholic. No, you're a drunk
And you need to clean your you need to clean that up
The temple might not be a place where you allow the filth of the world to come in
Some of you need to go home and throw that TV out the window
Because you're allowing the sins of the world and the the filthiness of the world to come in and it does matter
What you expose your children to it does matter what you allow
Your spouse to be exposed to all of those things matter what we learn from this passage is that God?
Cared very much that the tabernacle was a holy place that it was cleaned up. He said hey eat it right there
Eat it right there in the holy place. Why God because it's holy
And I want the holy eaten in the holy place and that which is not holy take it out and
Then today God says and God looks at you and I says you you are supposed to be holy
You are supposed to be clean
You bring that which is holy in don't don't fight that which is holy
I'll get up and preach. Oh, you know like last week in Leviticus 6
We're talking about dress standards and what the Bible teaches about women not wearing pants and here's and here's what all you know
The common thing well, I just don't I just don't think that you know, yeah
That's just not a stand that I've chosen to take why?
Why is it not from the Word of God is that not is that not what the Bible says?
Well, if it's holy then eat it right then and it's holy then consume it right now
He's a the trespass offering is holy and God says you're in the holy place. So let's consume it
Look if the Bible says you gotta just make a rule in your life if the Bible says it I'm gonna do it
If the Bible says it I whether I was doing it before whether I understood it before whether I thought it was what we were
Supposed to do before once it's clear that it's holy that it's true that it's right. That's what I'm gonna do
It's not your house. It's God's house
Notice what he says verse 20 for you are bought with a price
Therefore glorify God in your but it's not ladies. It's not how you want to dress. It's how does how does God want you to dress?
glorify God in your body and
In your spirit, it's my body don't I get to do what I want? No, no, which are God's
Which belongs to God?
So first thing we see is this lesson of the tabernacle
What's the lesson of tabernacle if it's right bring it in if it's not right take it out. It's not that complicated
It's pretty simple if it's right bring it in if the preaching is right
Look if it's right to go soul winning then go soul winning just consume it right there. Well, you don't understand
Just figure out how to do it
If it's right to live separated if it's right to tithe if it's right to go to church if it's right
Look if it's right if it's holy if it's clean consume it if it's not take it out. That's the Christian life
Figure it out right there
You don't need a Bible college degree to figure that one out
If it's good, bring it in if it's bad. Take it out. That's basically it
That's the lesson of the tabernacle back to Leviticus 7. Let me give you one more
Let me get us chapter 7 look over say not only do we see the picture of the tabernacle?
But we also see a picture here of the skin coverings. This is additional information things
we did not see in chapter 1 when we're talking about the burnt offering look at verse 8 Leviticus chapter 7 in verse 8 and
The priests that offer with any man's burnt offering
Even the priests shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered now
We didn't see this when we were looking at the burnt offering in Leviticus chapter 1, but in Leviticus chapter 7
we're given additional information and it's specifically additional information to the priests and
We're told that the priests were allowed to keep the skin of the burnt offering now the skin
Represents something there is it's an important aspect of the offering and let me show you where that comes back to
Go back to Genesis chapter number 3
Genesis chapter number 3
First book in the Bible should be fairly easy to find Genesis chapter 3 look at verse 7
In Genesis chapter number 3 verse 7
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 7
Genesis 3 7 notice what the Bible says
This is of course the story of Adam and Eve
When man fell notice verse 7 in the eyes of them
that's Adam and Eve both were opened and they knew that they were naked and
Notice what they did they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves
Aprons, so they realized their eyes were open
They ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they realized they were naked
So they attempted to cover themselves. They sewed fig leaves together and made themselves an apron
Notice verse 8 and they heard the voice of the Lord God walk in the garden in the cool of the day
And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden
And the Lord called unto Adam and said unto him where art thou and he said I heard thy voice in the garden now
I was afraid because I was naked and I hid myself and he said who told you that I was naked
Has thou eaten of the tree where of I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat
And now skip down to verse number 21
So one of the what one of the results of them eating and disobeying is the fact that they realized they were naked try to
Hide themselves, of course God goes through and gives them all their punishments and everything, but look at verse 21
I want you to notice
What God did Genesis chapter 3 and verse 21?
unto Adam also and
to his wife
Notice the Bible says
Did the Lord God make coats of skins and clothe them?
See they tried to clothe
Themselves by sewing fig leaves together and they made themselves aprons
Now, I don't know about you, but an apron doesn't sound very modest if that's all you're wearing
You know what? I mean and here God says that's not gonna work
You going out and and and sewing your own fig leaf that that's not gonna work
He said I'm gonna have to cover you up and the Bible says that the Lord God made them coats of skins
Now listen to me in order to take the skin off an animal that animal had to die
This is probably the first animal that ever died in the world. This is the Garden of Eden
No one's died
Everything's been good Adam and Eve just sinned and immediately God gives us a picture through a sacrifice
Where he's basically explained to Adam as a result of your sin
What's going to have to happen is that you are going to need a covering?
You are going to need somebody to die in your place and God takes an animal and takes his life and
Rips the skin off and makes a coat and puts the coat around Adam and puts the coat around Eve and he covers them
Up go to the book of Galatians Galatians chapter number three
If you kept your place in first Corinthians continue to keep your place there in first Corinthians
But if you kept your place there of the Galatians is just one book past first and second Corinthians
You have first Corinthians second Corinthians Galatians
Galatians chapter number three and look at verse number 27 Galatians chapter 3 and verse 27 notice what the Bible says Galatians 3
27 for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ now that baptism
There is not talking about being water baptized in the water. He's talking about being baptized into Christ
Okay, the picture of baptism the picture of water baptism one of the pictures not just a death bail resurrection of Christ
But one of the pictures is that you get baptized into Christ you get baptized into the Holy Spirit notice
What it says for as many of you has been baptized into Christ notice what it says have put on Christ
See today you got people who are trying to work their way to heaven
They're trying to make they realize they're naked right they realize their sin is apparent to them
But they think well
I'm just gonna go out and get some figs and I'm gonna show that thing myself, and I'm gonna cover myself up
But look God says whatever you can make to cover up your sins not good enough
He said what what what we need is the shedding of blood what we need is a sacrificial lamp
What we need is to be able to take the skins of Christ and put them on you
That's why he says Galatians 3 through 7 have put on Christ see what saves you is the fact that when you got saved
You didn't cover yourself up, but Christ covered you you were covered in the life of Christ
We are in Christ is what the Bible said the reason you get to go to heaven
It says when you die and when I die when we stand before God God doesn't see you and God doesn't see me God sees Christ
Who covers us that's salvation so this is not figs that you sowed and well look at how great I did
Your works will never cover you up. They're like trying to hide your nakedness with apron. Just don't ever turn around you know
They'll never get it fully covered. It'll never completely work an
Animal and Adam and Eve's day had to die had to be sacrificed a picture of Christ and the fact that his skin
That he that he would cover us that we would put on Christ that we would be in Christ, and that is what salvation is
So in Leviticus chapter 7 and verse 8 as a throwback to that idea. God says hey, don't forget don't forget
Take the skin take that skin. That's a picture there
What's that picture of it's a picture of the fact that I made coats of skins to clothe?
Adam and Eve go back to the Leviticus chapter 7 look at verse 9
Leviticus chapter 7 verse 9 let me give you some more information that we find in this chapter
Leviticus 7 9 says and all the meat offering that is bacon in the oven and all that is dressed in the frying pan and
In the pan shall be the priests that offer this so we already talked about the meat offering and remember when you brought the meat
Offering you got two options you could bring it cooked or you could bring the ingredients both were fine here
We're told that when you bring it cooked
Then it shall be the priests that offerth it whatever the priests that's offering that he gets to eat that right then and there
Probably because it's holy and you should have consumed whatever is holy
But look at verse 10 and every meat offering mingled with oil and dry so all the sons of Aaron's have as
Have one as much as another so here
He's just telling us just additional information saying if someone brings a meat offering, but they don't bring it. It's not cooked yet
It's it's just the ingredients then you bring the meat offering and you bring the meat offering
Then you split that between all the priests because remember this how they got paid
But if someone brought it cooked already then the priests that was performing the sacrifice he could eat it right then and there
It's just additional instructions about the offering look at verse 11
And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offering so now he's gonna get into the peace offering
Which he shall offer unto the Lord and if you offer it for Thanksgiving
Then he shall offer with the sacrifice of Thanksgiving
Unleavened cakes mingled with oil and unleavened wafers anointed with oil and cakes mingled with oil and fine flour
Fried now. I want you to know I want you to notice this okay
Look at verse 12 again if we offer it for Thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of Thanksgiving notice this
Unleavened cake now it doesn't that sound normal
Are most of the sacrifices in fact all of the sacrifices up to this point aren't they all unleavened cakes?
It's always unleavened notice unleavened cakes mingled with oil and
unleavened wafers
Anointed with oil and cakes mingled with oil and fine flour and fried and we get that even our Lord's Supper that we take is
unleavened cakes notice verse 13 though
besides the cakes
So he says you know apart from that because if you remember back when we were talking about the peace offering
And these types of offerings what what does love and represent do you remember that leaven represents what?
Sin, so these cakes had to be unleavened
Because they picture Christ who was without sin the the the equivalent of that for a for an animal sacrifice
Was that it was to be unblemished?
No spot or blemish why because Christ is unblemished because he's without so the unleavened cakes and the unblemished
Animals all represent a Christ who is without sin, but I want you to notice verse 13 besides the cakes
Besides the cakes he shall offer for his offering notice this leaven cake leaven bread
With the sacrifice of Thanksgiving of his peace offering so he said I want you bring the unleavened cakes
Well, let me give you some additional
Instructions some additional information besides those cakes. I also want you to bring
leavened bread now if unleavened bread
represents Christ if
Unleavened bread go the book of Romans Romans chapter 12 if you kept your place in 1st Corinthians
Keep your place continue keep your place there, but if you have your place in 1st Corinthians
You're just right before 1st Corinthians. You got the book of Romans Romans chapter 12 if unleavened cake represents Christ because leaven represents sin
Then take one guess as to what leavened bread probably represents
It's you
Because you're a sinner
It's me because I'm a sinner see
God does not just want us to partake in the sacrifice of Christ for salvation
He also besides I like how it says there in Leviticus 7 13 besides the cake he shall offer for his offering
11 bread are you there in Romans chapter 12 look at verse 1. I know you know this, but let's look at it together
I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies
Your bodies my sinful body yeah your loving body a
Living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service see God does not look look look
Here's what we want
We want to partake of the sacrifice of Christ for salvation
But realize when you partake of the sacrifice of Christ God then expects you to sacrifice yourself
Now you say well, what if I don't sacrifice myself?
Well he he still died for your sins salvation is not of works
It's not fig leaves we already talked about that, but I want you to understand there is an expectation
That besides the unleavened cakes you are to bring leavened bread
And if you partake of salvation if you partake of the fact that he laid down his life for us
That he sacrificed himself for us
Then we are then to sacrifice ourselves for them if he died for us we should live for him a living sacrifice
Holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service
That's what the Bible says so we see the picture not of the unleavened bread, but of the leavened bread the leavened sacrifice
Teaches us that God wants you say well
I've got all these mistakes, and I've got all these flaws and I've got all this baggage
And I've got all this sin. He said just bring that with you. We'll work that out
Just bring that with you. Well. We'll work that out of you
Leviticus chapter 7
Luke verse 14 now in verse 14. We're start talking about things that we've already talked about, but let's just read it
Leviticus 7 14 and of it
He shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord and it shall be the priest that sprinkles the
Blood of the peace offering actually we didn't we didn't we haven't dealt with the heave offerings yet
But we'll deal with that in a little bit look verse 15
And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered
He shall not leave any of it until the morning
We've actually dealt with these verses already
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow or a voluntary offering it shall be eaten the same day that he offer
It's his sacrifice and on the moral also the remainder of it shall be eaten
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offering be eaten at all on the third day
It shall not be accepted neither shall it be imputed unto him that offered it
It shall be an abomination the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity
look at verse 19
and the flesh that toucheth any
Why don't you notice this word unclean is that word unclean there?
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing
shall not be eaten
It shall be burnt with fire
and as for the flesh
All that be clean shall eat thereof
So again this idea on if it's not clean take it out if it's clean bring it in look verse 20
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that pertain unto the lord having his uncleanness upon him
Even that soul shall be why don't you notice those two words? Can we read those two words together?
I know it's wednesday night and you're already not listening. But just can we read these two words together? Leviticus 7 20. All right
Even that soul shall be let's read those two words together cut off
Notice what it says
even that soul shall be
cut off
From his people moreover the soul that shall touch any
unclean thing
As the uncleanness of man or any unclean beast or any abominable unclean thing
And eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering which pertain unto the lord
Even that soul shall be can we do those two words together?
cut off from his people
And the lord spake unto moses saying
Speak unto the children of israel saying now here he's going to give a prohibition on eating fat
So, sorry
You're not supposed to eat the fat right off that steak. Ye shall eat
No manner of fat of ox or of sheep or of goat. I don't like eating fat anyway
but some of you do so verse 24 and the fat of the beast that dieth of itself and the fat of that which is
Torn with beasts may be used in any other use but ye shall in no wise eat of it for whosoever eateth
That fat of the beast or which men offer an offering made by fire unto the lord
Even the soul that eateth it shall be can we read those two words together?
Cut off from his people moreover. Here's another prohibition is going to mess up your steak not supposed to eat blood
Ye shall eat no manner of blood. All right, so you got to order that thing. Well done. Okay, i'm just kidding
You know, we're not under the blood or we're not under the law
We are under the blood so you can eat the blood I guess i'm not sure
But notice what it says you shall not eat you shall uh eat no manner of blood
although the book of acts does
Tell us that they told the gentiles not to eat blood, but that probably wasn't right either. So anyway, just medium well
All right, then that way we're just kind of we're okay
Whether it be a fowls or a beast or any of our dwellings notice verse 27
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of the fat even of that soul shall be
Can we read those two words together cut off?
From his people and the lord is speaking to moses saying speaking of the children of israel saying he
That offered the sacrifice of his peace offering until the lord shall bring his oblation unto the lord of the sacrifice of his peace
Uh frames I want you to notice that all over in in this chapter
It uses these words cut off from his people cut off from his people cut off from his people cut off from his people
And and you'll find that word those two words cut off all throughout the old testament. We're constantly being told
In the old testament that people are cut off and that those two words cut off they simply mean this to separate from
to separate from
Some people believe that every time you see the words cut off in scripture in the old testament
They're talking about putting someone to death. I don't believe that
There are verses that refer to that
Because you can separate someone for example the bible says about the lord. Jesus christ
You don't have to turn there isaiah 53 and verse 8
He was taken from prison and from judgment and who shall declare his generations for he talking about christ was cut off
Out of the land of the living for the transgressions of my people was he stricken
So what is it saying that he was separated from the land of the living?
So definitely there are times in the bible when the words cut off go back to go to first corinthians chapter five
when the words cut off
are in reference to
Separating someone from this world
He was cut off from the land of living. I don't believe every time the bible uses the words cut off
It's referring to putting someone to death. But but here's what I do believe every time
It talks about cutting someone off. It's talking about separating from them
You know whether they had leprosy and they had to go be without the camp
Or whether it was as a result of sin that they had to be cut off. But here's what's interesting
There is actually a new testament equivalent to the old testament
idea of cutting someone off
From the congregation or from the people and that new testament equivalent is found in first corinthians chapter five
Let's look at it together first corinthians chapter five and look at verse number one first corinthians chapter five and verse one
The bible says it is reported commonly that there is fornication
among you
It is reported commonly that there is fornication
Among you and such fornication as is not so much as named among the gentiles that one should have his father's wife
Notice verse two
And ye are puffed up said you're proud
and arrogant
And i've not rather mourned
You know when people are living in sin, it ought to break our hearts
That he that hath done this deed
Might be notice these two words taken away
That's the new testament equivalent of these two words cut off
Notice verse two and you are puffed up and i'm not rather mourn that he that hath done this deed might be
Taken away from among you
cut off from among the people
For I barely as absent in the body but present in spirit have judged already as though I were present concerning him
That hath so done this deed in the name of our lord jesus christ when you are gathered together
And my spirit with the power of our lord, jesus, uh, christ news was five to deliver such an one unto satan
For the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of our lord. Jesus christ
Now I don't necessarily believe that this is talking about spiritual salvation. I understand it's referring to the spirit
Soul salvation and the means of heaven and hell. I think I think this individual was saved
The bible used the word saved and salvation and many different connotations
I think this is talking about the fact that you want to save him so that when the lord jesus christ comes back
He can actually stand at the judgment seat of christ and not be fearful and and
Be able to have something to show for his life and not waste his life notice verse six. Your glory is not good
Know ye not
That a little leaven leaveneth to hold up. What's leaven represent?
sin
He says don't you know that if you allow a little sin in it'll leaven the whole long
notice verse seven
purge out
What does that mean purge out? Here's what it means to rid
To get rid of to cleanse out. You know what it means it means
Take away
It means cut off notice verse seven purge out
Therefore the old leaven that ye may be a new lump as ye are unleavened for even christ our passover is sacrificed for us
Therefore let us keep the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness
But with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth notice verse nine. I wrote them to you in an epistle notice what he says
To take the name of the membership role for fornicators. Is that what it says?
Because today you talk to pastors and and you'll say hey first corinthians five teaches that you're not supposed to allow fornicators
People who are living in fornication into the church, right? And you know what most churches do they'll say oh, yeah
We just remove their name from the membership role. They can keep coming to church
We just don't consider them anymore an active member. Is that what that verse says?
Because I think it says in verse nine I wrote unto you and an epistle not to company with fornicators
It means to cut off
It means to purge out. It means to take away. It doesn't mean that we change your status on some
Download, you know on our computer where you go from active member to just you know, a tender that's not what it's talking about
It says to remove
It says to not company with fornicators
Say well if I don't company with fornicators
Then i'm gonna have to quit my job. Okay smart aleck look at verse 10
Yet not all together with the fornicators of this world. We're not talking about unsafe people
If you gotta separate from all the fornicators in this world, you can never go to the gas station
You can never go to the grocery store. You can never go to work
He says you're not all together with the fornicators of this world or with the covetous by the way
It's not just fornication
It's also covetousness or extortioners or with idolaters for then must you need to go out of the world
He says you if you got to separate from these people you're gonna have to go be amish somewhere
He's like that's not what i'm calling you to do notice verse 11, but now I have written unto you not to keep
company
If any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, here's what he's saying
If someone has a testimony of being a safe person you say well, how do you know?
And and people often ask me because because one new people come to verity baptist church
You know a first-time guest comes in and they're living in fornication
You know people say well, how do you deal with that?
Well, I just try to follow what the bible says because look we're not going to stand at the door and ask people about their
marital status
To to you know, a guy and a lady come in and we ask are you too married?
You're living together
Say well, what what what do you do? Here's what we do when here's what I do
Because here's what you don't know
Is that there's tons of people that come to our church and churches like ours that'll show up on a sunday morning
We won't see them for three months. They'll come back on a sunday morning. We won't see them for six weeks
They'll come back on a sunday morning. We won't see them for six months. They'll come back on a sunday morning and I know them
Because i'm and my wife knows them because we make sure to know people that are coming into the church
But you probably don't know them at all
You you know you you'll walk up to them and say oh, it's your first time here and they're like no
I've been here six times and you and then you feel embarrassed
But what they're not telling you is that they've been here six times over the last three years
And that's why you don't know them
Am I worried about those people? No
So who do you worry about when you start knowing them well enough where you start saying? Hey brother so-and-so
Hey sister, so and so is that not what it says
Look at what it says
Verse 11, but now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother
be a fornicator
Or covetous or an idolatry or a railer or drunkard or extortioner with such and one no not to eat
Does it say to take him off the membership role? No, I think it says you're not even supposed to have a meal with them
You're not supposed to go to starbucks with them
It says with such and one know not to eat
For what I have for what have I to do to judge them also that are without do not e-judge them that are within
But them that are without god judges therefore notice these words put away
Let me just explain to you what that that's the new testament equivalent of these words cut off
From among yourselves that wicked person. Here's what you need to understand. There is a
biblical mandate new testament mandate for removing certain people
There is a practice of cutting off people from the congregation in the new testament church
You know call it whatever you want to call it excommunication
Now the catholic church has changed that term
Because the catholic church because excommunicate you know what excommunicate means what does it mean to communicate it means you're not talking to them
What does excommunicate means it means you're not longer talking to them people think excommunication means you lose your salvation
That's because the roman catholic church teaches that salvation is held within the church
So if they kick you out of church, then they take their salvation with them. Obviously, that's false teaching. That's false doctrine
Anybody can be saved even if you're a fornicator believe on lord jesus christ and thou shall be saved
But what does it mean to excommunicate someone it means you no longer communicate with them
It means you're not talking to them. It means you're not accompanying with them. It means you're not eating with them
And here's what I don't understand
You know
It's like people come to verity baptist church and they hear me preach this for years and years and years and years and years
And it's like they think i'm up here just like playing a game
Or messing around. I hope I said just saying that but he doesn't really believe that no, I believe it
No, I will abide by it
If you are living in fornication at verity baptist church do me a favor leave and don't ever come back until you get it
Right. I will kick you out. I will cut you off
I will put you away and I will try to tell our truth people to not communicate with you
That's what the bible says. That's what the word of god says and if you don't like it
leave
I don't know how many times I need to explain this to people i'm not trying to build the largest church in sacramento
I'm not trying to be the joel osteen of sacramento
The best thing that I can do for our church to continue to grow is to make sure that everybody understands
I love you, but I don't need you
There's not any one person that if they were to leave and never come back i'd be that sad about
Pastor I don't think you said you need to understand that because people get these puffed up idea
Well, i'm gonna have this position. So pastor's gonna have to no no pastor will remove you from whatever position
I don't care how many people I have to cycle through that position. We'll keep removing them till we get one, right?
And you get puffed up and you think well i'm just gonna do this and i'm just gonna do that
We're gonna follow what the bible says. I can't get up here and say we're biblicists
We believe the bible we believe what the bible says and then when we have to actually apply the bible, it's like oh well, you know
No, it's not well, you know
It's first corinthians five
It's the word of god
It's you cut off
There is a practice in scripture of cutting people off from the congregation now, what is the purpose?
Why why even do that? Look at it look at it in scripture second corinthians chapter two because here's the here's the problem
I have with these doctrines is that I feel like there's two extremes
One extreme is these people who just act like it doesn't matter
Like you have to discipline someone out of church and they're just like oh that's just pastor, you know
He's always just uptight about something no big deal. You want to hang out at starbucks? Sure
There's that extreme
And then there's the other extreme where like someone has to be disciplined out of church and it's like they become the enemy
They're the devil. They were the judas of scariot the whole time. Look, that's another extreme that we don't need to go down
Say what because there's a purpose in this what's the purpose second corinthians chapter two look at verse six
Look, I know you've never gone to church that actually taught this or believed this but welcome to verity baptist church
Second corinthians chapter two look at verse six sufficient to such a man is this punishment. Do you see that?
Pastor why do you guys cut people off from church as a punishment who gives you that right? I think that's what the bible says
Second corinthians chapter two verse six sufficient to such a man is this punishment
Which was inflicted of many
So the contrary wise he ought rather to forgive him and comfort him less perhaps such a one
Should be swallowed up with much notice what it says with up with over much sorrow
What's the purpose of this
They should be sorrowful
To punish them
That's the point
That's what the bible says now when they get it right. Should we just hate them and hold it over them? No
Look at verse seven again
So that contrary wise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him
Less perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with over much sorrow
Wherefore I beseech you that you would confirm your love toward him
Look if people get the sin right and they come back and get the sin right in their life
We are to forgive them and love them and move on for god and there's nothing wrong with that
We don't make an enemy out of people that have to get cut off. But at the same time don't minimize it
By just acting like I said pastor, you know
He's just this radicalist
Because if when you do that
You take away the fact that it's a punishment
You take a they when people get excommunicated it's supposed to hurt. It's supposed to be like whoa
This is costing me a lot. Whoa, not only do I not get to go to church. I lost all my friends
I you know this sin is not worth
But when everybody just acts like oh, it's no big deal. It's just pastor, you know
Then you are sinning
Then you're allowing leaven
Then you're promoting it and minimizing it and not look there is a practice of it in the new testament
There is a purpose of it in in the bible
There's a reason why we do it
But look when they come back we ought to forgive in fact, the whole point is restoration
Look at verse nine
You say well, yeah, but pastor if I have to do that
You know, that's going to be real awkward for me. Oh, well, i'm sorry that you know
Denying self is awkward for you
Look for this line to and for the and to this end
And to this end also did I write?
That I might know
the proof of you
Whether ye be obedient in all things
See when the rubber hits the road we get to find out who actually obeys you
See when the rubber hits the road we get to find out who actually obeys what the bible says
To whom you forgive anything I forgive also, that's the goal
Pastor you hate all these I don't hate anybody. I love them all I just
God gave me a church to oversee. I can't allow sin
In the church to run rampant a little leaven leaven it the whole lump and nobody listen to me. Nobody is worth
Keeping around to give my children an example. No, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that
I'm not going to give my children an example that living in fornication is okay
You can sit there and say oh, well, we're living together, but we're not sleeping. Nobody believes that
I just sure don't believe that
And no normal person actually takes that and I and we've always taught at meridy baptist church that we consider
Shocking up and living together fornication any questions because remember I can't believe pastor. You can't believe pastor what?
He actually did what he said he was going to do
I just think that that why don't you just quit whispering?
Why don't you just quit gossiping?
Why don't you just read the bible and realize that? Oh when pastor gets up and says he's going to do something. He's going to do it
And realize this
No one's worth keeping around look people people get to a point where they become such a problem that it's it's just better to have
Them move on
And you may be crossing that line
You say pastor I just think you're mean look I love all of you
But I don't need any of you
Well, I need one but you know, we're married legally, so that's cool
Look at verse 10
To whom you forgive anything I forgive also
For if I forgive anything to whom I forgive it for your sakes forgive I it in the person of christ
Let satan should be get an advantage of us
For we are not ignorant of his devices. So faster. Are you are you upset? Look i'm not upset with anybody
I'm upset with people who think that I get up here and I just speak
And don't actually mean what I say, please learn something. I believe what i'm saying
If I didn't I wouldn't say it
And it would be much easier to build a church without this type of preaching
But i'm not in the church building business
leviticus chapter 7
There was 14. Let's finish the chapter
leviticus chapter 7 and verse 14
Notice what he says in verse 14 and of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering
Unto the lord and it shall be the priest that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offering script down to verse 30
His own hand shall bring the offering of the lord made by fire the fat with the breast it shall he bring
That the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the lord
The bible says that the breast
Of the sacrifice was given as a wave offering to be waved before the lord
And the priest shall burn that fat upon the altar
But the breast shall be errands and his sons and the right shoulder shall be given to the priest for an heave offering
So you have a breast offering a breast that was given as a wave offering and then you have a a right shoulder
That was given as a heave offering of the sacrifices
Of your peace offering he means to move in a vertical
So the wave is like horizontal heave is up and down
They were supposed to give these sacrifices and wave them before the lord and heave them before the lord
Notice verse 33 he among the sons of erin that offered the blood of the peace offering and the fat shall have the right shoulder
for his part for the wave breast and the heave
Shoulder have I taken
Off the children of israel from off the sacrifice of their peace offering
And have given them unto erin the priest and unto his sons by a statute forever from among the children of israel
This is the portion of the anointing of erin. This is where we get into the new section about the
Priest and their anointing for the anointing of his sons out of the offering of the lord made by fire
In the day when he presented them to minister unto the lord in the priest's office
Which the lord commanded to be given them of the children of israel in the day that he anointed them by a statute forever
Throughout their generations. This is the law of the burnt offering of the meat offering and of the sin offering
And of the trespass offering and of the consecrations
And of the sacrifice of the peace offering which the lord commanded moses and mount sinai in the day that he commanded the children
Of israel to offer their oblation unto the lord in the wilderness
So that finishes up the chapter there, but I want you to notice the theme in this scripture
The theme in this chapter is this that when you put on christ you represent jesus
And you know that in this world you and I represent christ
And because we are the holy tabernacle that represents the lord jesus christ in this world. We are supposed to live a holy life
You say pastor mens. What's your goal for verity baptist church? Is it to have the biggest church in the world?
No, I don't think we're gonna make it either way
My you know what I want I want to
Have a church filled with people that are not perfect, but actually love the lord
And when they see something in scripture, they're like, wow, that's what the bible says. I need to conform myself to that
That's what we need
That's what you need and that's what I need
And when we administer church discipline for certain things or whatever. Look it's not because we hate people. We love people
We want to restore people but it doesn't help when others minimize that
And they make little of it
Because if I were to say take their name off a membership role
This is not to eat with them
This is not to company with them
And this is the proof of what?
Those who actually obey the bible. Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer. Heavenly father. Thank you lord for your word
I pray that you would just help our church to be a church that is always interested in following you
Lord help us to love people help us to be loyal to people but not to the extent that we are more loyal to people
Than we are to the word of god
Lord when we preach things here when we take certain stands help us lord
To be able to discern that if it's holy if it's right then bring it in and if it's not then take it out
And lord, I just pray at the very least that our church people would know that when their pastor stands up and preaches certain things
Is because he actually believes in
And whether they believe it or not that's between them and god
Father I pray that you would help us to have a church here
To the best of our ability that would be clean and pure
Lord I I look at these children and my burden is that these children see
Men who love their wives and sacrifice for them
Wives who love their husbands and submit themselves
Lord I pray that they would come to verity baptist church and they would see
People that are sold out people that love the lord people that actually believe what they say lord and that they that they would grow up
To just believe wow, that's what the bible says that's what we need to do
We love you lord in your precious name I pray
Amen