The “Jesus Focus” In the Book of Leviticus

Reading The Bible Through The Jesus Lens in Leviticus

From Biblical Book to Biblical Hook

Charts adapted from Dr. Michael Williams Book

Leviticus Title

Leviticus: Theme

Leviticus 20:26

 Life in God’s Presence

 “God instructs His people how to live in His presence”

 “You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.”

Christ-Focus in Leviticus

Implications from Leviticus

Hooks from Leviticus

The holiness of Christ admits us into God’s holy presence.

“He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself .” – Hebrews 7:27

We must grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as we live in God’s presence.

“Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found in him without spot or blemish, and at peace. And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters.

There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”

– 2 Peter 3:11-18

Are you cultivating a life of holiness?

 What practices in your life remind you of your special relationship with God and His special purposes for you?

 How are the purposes of the various sacrifices in Leviticus realized in your own experience?

 How are they realized in the life of your community of faith?

 What does such a life look like today?

 How would anyone recognize that you are set apart to God and His purposes for you?

 Do you recognize those things?

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Author: lifecoach4God

I am the Lead Pastor of Marin Bible Church (Bay Area), born and raised in Huntington Beach, Ca., and currently living in Novato, California. I am married to my best friend of 32 years - Dana - and have five adult children; and eleven grand children. I have been a Teaching Pastor for over thirty years. I was privileged to study at Multnomah School of the Bible (B.S. - 1988); Talbot School of Theology (M.Div. - 1991); Westminster Theological Seminary & Northwest Graduate School (D. Min. - 2003). I founded Vertical Living Ministries in 2008 with the goal of encouraging Christian Disciples and Leaders to be more intentionally Christ-Centered in how they live by bringing glory to God in nine key areas of life: (1) Intimacy with God, (2) marriage, (3) family, (4) friendship, (5) vocationally/ministry , (6) emotional and physical health, (7) stewardship of resources, (8) discipleship, and (9) mentoring.

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