Believe it or not we finish our series in Leviticus today. We started this journey in January of this year. If you missed any, you can find them on our church website. And as we draw our study to a close, I am reminded of how God went to great detail in passing down his instructions to his people for how He is to be worshipped, how the priests were to conduct the worship services and handle the offerings and sacrifices. God had called them to be Holy because He is holy and this revelation was written and passed down for his people to learn and then to obey; to put into practice. As we considered these commands we appreciate how the sacrificial system took place under the Old Covenant, and how amazingly all of this pointed forward to Christ. Jesus fulfilled the Old covenant by himself being priest and sacrifice, Redeemer and Mediator, Savior and Kinsmen. His sacrifice was required, his blood to atone for our sins. And so as the sacrificial system has been abrogated by the once for all, perfect sacrifice of Jesus, yet the many principles undergirding the commands of God still hold true for us in our time as we seek to live in holiness under the New Covenant of Grace. We employ these godly biblical standards to in holiness as a sacrifice of praise to God. “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.” (Rom. 12:1) Doing this out of obedience because we love God. “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.” (1 John 5:2–3) To walk in holiness, to be holy, is to be obedient to God. This morning we will consider two topics, vows and tithes, where we also need to walk in obedience. At first glance they might seem to be foreign to us, and yet again, we will find these principles to be applicable to our lives. It’s easy to make promises, but to keep them? That’s an altogether different story.
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