This study focuses on the Sabbath, and while it is only mentioned in one verse in Lev 23, we'll also use other passages in the Bible to understand the value and purpose of the Sabbath.
Every nation has a national narrative. For us in Singapore, the annual National Day Parade is a special time set aside to tell our story, and to shape our identity. Each segment of the Parade is designed to remind us of where we came from, what we enjoy now, and to project our hopes for the future. In some sense, then, the feasts were given by God to teach the people of God and reinforce something about their identity too.
As we continue to make our way through this section on the Feasts, we may get easily thrown off by events that don't seem to have much bearing on our lives today. But as we read through these verses, it would be helpful for us to remember 2 Tim 3:16, that this too, is Scripture breathed-out by God. What use then, does God have for us from this book and these laws.
This is the first of another section in Leviticus. Through studies on the feasts and instructions for worship, we'll learn how God's people are to worship Him in holiness.
We finish this series in Leviticus with this study, where we see once more how the people of God are to worship a God who is holy and demands that His people are holy.
Last week, we learnt about how the priests were set apart for God’s work. This study is a continuation of the previous study, and it focuses on holiness as a lifestyle and requirement for the people of God.
Leviticus 21 focuses on God's priests, who have been set apart to serve Him. These might seem foreign and even distant to us today, but if we believe that it has been breathed out by God, we know that even these passages in Leviticus can teach, rebuke and reprove us.
Leviticus 20 emphasises the need for God’s people to be holy in every way. Today, we finish up this section by taking a look at what holiness looks like, and how we ought to reflect it.
The Israelites were surrounded by nations practicing their own set of sexual norms. But Lev 20:10-21 is meant to show us that God has a say even in the most private of spaces. God's people were to live in a holy way, even in the area of their sexual relations.
When God speaks, He is not giving us more information. When God speaks and gives His laws, He is not speaking to neutral parties, but rebellious, idolatrous sinners. With this in mind, we'll take a look at these 9 verses that appear seemingly irrelevant to our modern lives today.
This study deals with the rest of Lev 19. A key idea in this chapter is that God is holy and His people are to live in a way that reflects His holiness. These verses continue to illustrate how the people of Israel were to live this truth out practically.
Lev 19:1-19 is supposed to be a picture of a nation. A foreigner coming in to the people of Israel should see a Godward holiness reflected through a people of God who live lives revolving around the nature of God. Today, we'll see in these verses how a Godward holiness also shapes our relationships with other people.
Christians often talk about the holiness of God, and a holy God. But what is holiness? Lev 19 helps us understand more about the holiness of God and it's implications for our lives.
We are now at the beginning of our third series in Leviticus. Chapter 18 marks the beginning of what is sometimes called the Holiness Code, because it is about God’s instructions on how to be holy.
In this last study in our Scripture series, we'll pick up on events that take place after the death and resurrection of Christ. The events of Luke 24 take place after the resurrection, and in these accounts, of all the things the resurrected Jesus could do, He meets with the disciples and takes the effort to explain Scripture to them. Jesus took Scripture seriously. What does He say is the point of Scripture?
Psalm 1 is the first Psalm in the entire book, and in many ways sets the stage for the rest of the book of Psalms. As we meditate upon God’s word tonight, we'll see how the verses of Psalm 1 apply not just to the other 149 Psalms, but to the entire Bible.
Rev 1-3 forms a series of letters to churches. Today, we'll look at Rev 3, which is part of seven letters to seven churches. Before we look at the text proper, we need to realise that Jesus has a view on your life, and how you use the Bible. If Jesus could comment on your use of the Bible, what would He say?
This is the first in a new series, which takes it's title from the hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" by Martin Luther. In this series, we hope to see in a fresh way what the Bible says about itself.
In this study, we come to the death of Christ, which is a familiar topic to most of us because it is so central to the story of Jesus. However this familiarity sometimes works against us – we start to take things for granted, instead of taking them to heart. "What kind of death?" is this that we are going to look at? It is no ordinary death. Every part of Jesus’ death is out of the ordinary and we have to avoid making it ordinary so that we can fully understand it. Let's not come to Jesus' death in a flippant way. His death should be something we behold and treasure.
We move closer and closer to the cross, and in this study, we'll take a closer look at the trial that Jesus went through on the way to the cross. Mark 14:53 picks up right after Jesus was betrayed by Judas and arrested.