Tag: sin
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The problem of sin – and the remedy
Leviticus 11:27 “And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.” Leviticus 12:1 “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ‘If a woman conceives and bears a male child, then she shall be…
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Wonderful shadows: the Sin Offering
Leviticus 4:1-2; 5:1, 11 “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionallyin any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them, if it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he…
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Sacrifice of the innocent
Leviticus 1:3-5 “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make…
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Are you good?
Psalm 57:4-5 “My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts—the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!” My wife tells me I’m prone to exaggeration – like the…
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The glory of God: have you seen it?
John 11:40 “Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” “ Have you ever seen the glory of God? In the verse above, Jesus is speaking to Martha right after He commanded that the stone be removed from Lazarus’ tomb – a full four days after…
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A God Who loves?
Exodus 19:21 “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.’” God is love. That’s what the Bible tells us. Yet, in so many of the places we read about Him, it seems to us like He’s anything…
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Forgiven!
Psalm 32:1-2 “Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.” Do you want to hear some really good news today? Then read the verses above and roll them over in your mind. Sin, also known as…
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Fearing the unknown
Exodus 14:10-12 “When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, ‘Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the…
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Plagues
Exodus 11:1 “The Lord said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here.”” Plagues. They are a sign like no other that things aren’t right in the world. We have heard about the great plagues that God brought upon Egypt when he delivered Israel…
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The conscience
Psalm 19:13 “Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.” One of man’s tendencies is to presume on the patience and mercy of God. To “presume” is to proudly take liberties. Usually when someone cares about what God…
To Encourage You 