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A Study of Leviticus.

Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:4-6

Regardless of anything that is going on in your life, God is good.

The miracles that Jesus performed are an example of His deity and compassion.

Compassion & purpose

John 4; is the story about the woman at the well that Jesus met. Jesus made it on purpose to visit the well during a time when no one else would be there except this woman. Everyone else had already visited the well early in the morning when it was cool in the day.

John 5; a pool of water that once a year it was troubled by an angel and whomever stepped in it would be made whole. Jesus met a man there who had waited for 38 years to be healed. All He asked the man was do you want to be made whole, healed? Imagine this man waiting for 38 years and each time someone cut in front of him. We get upset when someone jumps in front of us at the grocery store one time.

John 9; the people asked Jesus who sinned and if it was his parents. The problem was that it wasn’t his parents that sinned and caused the man to be blind but it was Adam and Eve, the first sin.

The woman at the well, the man at the pool, the multitude that was hungry, the blind man, all who were sinners that Jesus healed or helped. Why did He do these things? Because to prove who He was and His compassion.

Why do we need to suffer? Because we need to. Laid up in the bed with a hurt back, sick with the flu, etc. If you have no needs then you will not appreciate the compassion of God. God is not our idea of good but His idea of good.

John 11 is a perfect example of purpose and compassion. We are not hurting for no reason. We are not sick for no reason. We don’t struggle with depression, anxiety, emotions, or anything else for no reason. The purpose for us we don’t know but God’s purpose is for Him to get glory. His compassion is perfect and so is His purpose.

His purpose seems at times to be imperfect. Job is a man that we often look up to and think we can’t be like him. What is the purpose of Job’s life? Job is not a chess piece in God’s life. What is the devil's purpose in Job’s life? The devil's purpose was to trick him. The devil doesn’t care about those that are already his, he wants to turn the ones that want to work for God away from God.

Most want to give an excuse instead of owning up to it. At the time of your death, there will be no more excuses. If you chose to be lost then at your death you will say amen to your own condemnation.

 

Thousands and thousands of witnesses to Jesus’ miracles that He performed. They were all done publicly for people to believe. If done in secret then no one would have known. There is no excuse for not knowing who Jesus Christ is. One can certainly tell another they were never told about Jesus but that would be a lie. Romans 1:19-20. Thankfully, there are still churches out there today that still believe and preach that Jesus Christ is still alive. 

 

You know that Jesus Christ is the son of God. What is it that holds you back from being saved? You pass multiple churches on your way to work each day and God speaks to you each time. The many crosses are placed along the side of the road as a memorial but that cross brings to memory the one that was sacrificed on it. His crucifixion was a public display. The tomb is still there and people still visit it, and it’s still empty just like it was on the 3rd and appointed day after His death. People are sitting next to you that are there because Jesus Christ is real.

Why do you follow God? You can’t see Him. You can’t feel Him.

Jesus began His journey way before He came to Earth as a child. Throughout the entire Bible, even though the naysayers say it contradicts itself, it does not. In a saved person's life, there are so many miracles that have taken place that no man could ever do. A lost person gets their information from man and man is evil and doesn’t want God in their lives. The lost say about the Christian is that they are narrow-minded, yet the Bible states that narrow is the gate to Heaven and wide is the gate to Hell. When trouble comes, who do you call on? A lost person has no one to turn to in their time of trouble. A born-again Christian has God to turn to any time, anywhere and He is always there.

One thing that is true is death. One can not defeat death. We were all alive and we will all die at our appointed time. At death, we will be judged. There is no confusion about what God said, no person can get to God but through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the only way to God.

God is looking for people to take His Word out and into the world of the lost and tell them what He’s done for them. A Christian has a story and more than likely many stories of what God has done for them. Tell the lost your stories of God’s blessings. Every person has someone that follows them or looks up to them. What are you showing or teaching the person who follows you?

The first offering of man was when Cain and Abel gave their sacrifices. Abel gave his first, his best as a sacrifice while Cain gave to God uncaringly.

Noah made a burnt offering unto God selecting the best from the ark after the flood.

Abram made a burnt offering to God of a little lamb.

God told Abraham to take his only son and offer him up as an offering to Himself. Abraham knew God wouldn’t fail and never wavered his trust in God for this test of faith.

Isaiah 53:2-3; God gave His best for our sin. His lamb was sincere, honest, and meek. We turned our faces away from Him because of our shame.

Isaiah 53:4-5; God’s lamb was a suffering sacrifice. There has never been a true day of peace since sin came into the world. When God’s lamb was sacrificed He suffered it all of us. They didn’t force the lamb to do something it didn’t want to do, the lamb laid down willingly. The only way for us to be saved and forgiven of our sins, God’s lamb had to be sacrificed.

Isaiah 53:6-7; God’s lamb never opened its mouth during its sacrifice. All the lamb had to do was whisper and thousands of angels could have come to protect Him. All of the people who saw Him humiliated Him, spit on him, mocked him, and cursed him. While the entire time He never said a word. Once upon the cross at His sacrifice, he then asked His Father to forgive the people. He then gave up His life.

Isaiah 53:8-9; God’s lamb was a sinless lamb. All of the sacrifices up until this point were all animals. There was a difference between the animals and God’s lamb. All of the animals didn’t ask to be sacrificed and didn’t want to die. Yet, God’s lamb requested to be the ultimate sacrifice. He was a perfect, spotless lamb.

Isaiah 53:10; God’s lamb was a slain lamb.

Isaiah 53:11-12; A saving lamb. In order to be the saving lamb He had to be all of the other lambs first.