“God is preparing His People to be Priests to a world in chaos.” TEXT: Chapter 8, Page 83 – Imagine the End Time world where all the clear-thinking, godly pastors – both Seventh-day Adventist and non-Seventh-day Adventist – are either dead or in jail. (They are the obvious first targets – always have been – [...]
“This is the closest you will ever be to God – when you are interceding for someone else.” TEXT: Chapter 8, Page 80 – And now we come to the third piece of furniture. Do you remember which it is from our tour? Very good. It’s the altar of incense that’s described in Exodus 30. [...]
“When strangers come through the door of the church needing ministry, the Lord doesn’t want them to find a bunch of amateurs.” TEXT: Chapter 8, Page 79 – Look at Leviticus 7:6-7 with me for a moment. The early part of this chapter is about the guilt offering; that is, a sin done thoughtlessly – [...]
“As you pick up the bread and the wine, you are promising to join Jesus in His ministry. Don’t do it unless you mean it.” TEXT: Chapter 8, Page 78 – On our tour in the first apartment, what did you see to the right? There was a table and unleavened bread. There were pitchers [...]
“In the service of humility, you don’t wash your own feet, just like you can’t cleanse your own heart.” TEXT: Chapter 8, Page 76 – As Jesus told Peter, the foot washing ceremony is symbolic of the cleansing of the heart, the cleansing on the inside (compare John 13:10 with Matthew 15:17-20). This cleansing of [...]
“There is something more to the Christian life than just the altar of burnt offering.” TEXT: Chapter 8, Page 75 – And when they came to this altar of burnt offering and made their sacrifice, when they said their penitential prayers while pressing their hand upon the animal’s head and cut the throat of the [...]
“Keeping” the commandments becomes possible, not because we try hard, but because we love hard.” TEXT: Chapter 7, Page 71 – One of my favorite things – besides raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens (thank you, Sound of Music) – is to find Bible passages that so beautifully express a concept that I’ve been [...]
“By receiving the Gifts and by abiding in Him, we are empowered to function like Him, to reflect His character to the world.” TEXT: Chapter 7, Page 68 – So, what’s the Lord’s will for you and me? What does the Lord passionately, lovingly, thoughtfully, hopefully desire for us? We have spent the last several [...]
“As an extension of His relationship with us, He wants the Ten Commandments to be a description of who we are as we reflect His character to the world.” TEXT: Chapter 7, Page 68 – My first discovery from my Bible study was this: The Ten Commandments and all other commandments are a description of [...]
“Consider a different description of the Ten Commandments. Consider them to be a description of the character of God.” TEXT: Chapter 7, Page 66 – Most Christians think of the Ten Commandments as a list of ten rules that God says you have to obey – or else God will frown on you, maybe even [...]
