This past weekend at Eastbrook, we began a new preaching series entitled “Holy God, Wholly Given: Lent in Leviticus.” My message this week aimed to set up the entire series while also exploring the holiness of God and the way God pursues us. “Jesus, Holy God With Us” drew upon a wide variety of texts but leapt off from Leviticus 1:1-2a: “The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said, ‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them…'”
You can find the message outline and video below. You can access the entire series here. Join us for weekend worship in-person or remotely via Eastbrook at Home.
“The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting…” (Leviticus 1:1)
“‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’
(which means ‘God with us’).” (Matthew 1:23)
Introducing Leviticus
The place of Leviticus in the Hebrew Bible
The relationship of Leviticus with the Christian New Testament
The importance of Leviticus for us today
God is Holy
What does it mean that God is holy?
The holiness of God reveals God’s greatness
The holiness of God reveals our need
God Desires to Speak to and Be With His People
The holy God who desires to speak to us
The holy God who desires to be with us
Jesus, the Holy God with Us
The provision and inadequacy of the guidelines in Leviticus
The provision and adequacy of Jesus as Messiah
Dig Deeper
This week dig deeper in one or more of the following ways:
- Join in with Eastbrook’s daily devotional during Lent
- Take some time to prayerfully reflect on this past week’s message by going on a walk, journalling, drawing, or talking to a friend. Use some of these Scripture texts for further reflection: Leviticus 1:1; Exodus 19; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23; Matthew 28:20; 1 Corinthians 3:16
- Gordon Wenham, The Book of Leviticus, New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1979).
- Bible Project Leviticus Bible book overview
- Bible Project Leviticus in the Torah themes series
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