Leviticus 1:2-9 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.
“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD.
He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
Then he shall kill the bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and throw the blood against the sides of the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Then he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into pieces,
and the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
And Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar;
but its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 2:5 (ESV) And if your offering is a grain offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.
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I. The Was Brought
Romans 12:1 (ESV) I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
1. The was a
2. begins with
“God is looking for people that are more interested in His will than their agenda.”
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II. The Had to
1. The came
2. is a
“When things die in us, we begin to see God more clearly.”
1 Corinthians 15:31 (ESV) I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
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III. The Had to be
Ephesians 5:26 (ESV) that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
1. The represents
2. The is our
“God don’t change the Book, change me!”
3. The must
“Truth brings freedom and cleansing”
2 Timothy 4:3 (ESV) For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
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IV. The Had to be in the
1. The of changes everything it touches
“Without the Blood, there is no salvation, peace, or power”
2. The speaks
Hebrews 12:24 (ESV) and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
“Abel’s blood cried out, but Jesus’ Blood speaks an even better Word”
3. the
“The best thing we can do is stop speaking fear and let the Blood speak for us.”
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V. Closing Application
1. Jesus specializes in
i. Jesus told the disciples to gather the broken pieces
iii. God still works with broken people
2. Jesus offers in the midst of the
“Your broken pieces remind you that God has been faithful in the past and He’ll be faithful in the future.”
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