LEVITICUS – Pursuing Holiness LESSON 6

ACCEPTABLE ATONEMENT

(Leviticus 16)

Introduction: Sin has a price tag and it isn’t pretty. “The wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23). A holy God cannot ignore sin and must, in fact, demonstrate a holy reaction to remove it. Sin causes a separation (death) from a God who has no sin. Atonement is the way God deals with sin. It’s the removal of sin by paying a price. An act of another’s death illustrates God’s righteous wrath. Until the cross, it was the death of animals. Within the tabernacle system, the Day of Atonement prepared the people for the coming of Jesus.

1. AN APPOINTED PLACE/TIME (16:1-2):
A. Yesterday’s Sin (1)
B. Today’s Solution (2)
C. Tomorrow’s Savior (Hebrews 9:24-26)

2. AN ASSIGNED PROCEDURE (16:3-28):
A. The High Priest Prepares Himself (3-5)
B. The High Priest Provides The Offering (6-22):
1) For the people (6-10, 15-22):
a) The Release of a Scapegoat (6-10, 20-22)
b) The Requirement of Blood (15-19)
2) For the priest (11-14):
a) The Bull as a Sin Offering (11)
b) The Burning Coals of Fire (12)
c) The Beaten Incense (13)
d) The Blood of the Bull (14)
C. The High Priest Purifies Himself (23-28):
1) Body Washed With Water (23-24)
2) Burning of Sin Offering’s Fat (25)
3) Bathing after the Burning (26-28)

3. AN ANNOUNCED PURPOSE (16:29-34):
A. To Cleanse From Sin (29-31)
B. To Cause Atonement (32-34)

CONCLUSION: God provides a way back for separated sinners.

LEVITICUS – Pursuing Holiness LESSON 5

HEALTH AND HOLINESS

(Leviticus 13-15)

Introduction: Diseases and discharges are the concern in this section of Leviticus. The spiritual application is the sin, salvation, and sanctification of God’s people. These are issues crucial to God’s desire for His people to “Be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes said, “The beginning of health is to know the disease.” It sounds like the words of The Great Physician.

1. SIN – RESULTS OF DISEASE (13:1-59):
A. The Damage – Sin Spreads (1-46):
1) Swelling and a rash (1-8)
2) Swelling and raw flesh (9-17)
3) Boils (18-23)
4) Burns (24-28)
5) Skin eruptions (29-46)
B. The Decision – Sin Stays (47-59):
1) Bring the garment to the priest (47-51)
2) Burn it in the fire (52-59)

2. SALVATION – RESTORATION OF THE DISEASED (14:1-32):
A. The Priest Comes to the Leper (1-7)
B. The Person Cleanses Himself (8-32):
1) He washes himself (8-9)
2) He offers the required sacrifices (10-23)

3. SANCTIFICATION – REGULATIONS FOR SANCTITY (15:1-33):
A. Discharges For Men (1-18):
1) Unnatural (1-15)
2) Natural (16-18)
B. Discharges For Women (19-33)
1) Natural (19-24)
2) Unnatural (25-33)

CONCLUSION: Physical health gives us a perspective on our spiritual health.

LEVITICUS – Pursuing Holiness LESSON 4

CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS

(Leviticus 11-12)

Introduction: For the Hebrew people, and particularly the priests, cleanliness wasn’t just next to godliness, it was absolutely connected to it. Personal hygiene and spiritual purity are often intricately linked throughout the Bible. It was simply another reminder in the book of Leviticus that God’s desire was, “Be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy” (19:2). Leviticus 11-12 called the people to submit various aspects of their physical daily lives to standards that would show their willingness to be spiritually clean before God. Whether it was in the selection of foods, the handling of dead animals, or caring for a mother and her newborn, nothing was left to chance and every precaution was taken to avoid defilement.

1. DECIDING WHAT TO EAT (11:1-23):
A. Wild Animals (1-8)
B. Water Creatures (9-12)
C. Winged Animals (13-19)
D. Winged Insects (20-23)

2. DEALING WITH DEAD ANIMALS (11:24-43):
A. Carcasses of Unclean Animals (24-28, 41-43)
B. Creeping Things (29-38)
C. Carcasses of Clean Animals (39-40)

3. DISCERNING THE UNCLEAN (11:44-47):
A. Admonition: Be Devout (44-45)
B. Assessment: Be Discerning (46-47)

4. DECLARING PURITY IN BIRTH (12:1-8):
A. Conception (1-2)
B. Circumcision (3)
C. Cleansing (4-5)
D. Consecration (6-8)

CONCLUSION: Will you distinguish between the clean and the unclean (Leviticus 10:10)?