Series:  The Code Title:  Acceptable Priests and Sacrifices Text:  Leviticus 21-22 Tonight’s Takeaway – God requires flawlessness and wholeness for those in His presence and His worship For the priests: 1. Ceremonial purity requirements for all priests a. Limited contact with a dead body b. Limited bodily alteration c. Limited options for marriage 2. Ceremonial…

Series:  Assembly Required Title:  Commissioned Text:  Acts 1:4-11 Today’s Truth – The local church is to be the most powerful missions organization on planet Earth 1.  We have been commissioned 2.  We have been empowered 3.  We have been positioned 4.  We have been given a deadline May Eastwood Baptist Church really become a missions-minded…

Series:  The Code Title:  Moral Purity Text:  Leviticus 17-20 The Moral Call on Our Lives = Be holy as God is Holy Tonight’s Task – What are the summary commandments of the moral holiness code found in Leviticus? 1. Don’t sacrifice to anybody but God and anywhere but the tabernacle 2. Don’t eat blood 3.…

Series:  Assembly Required: God’s Plan for the Local Church Title:  Counter-Cultural Text:  Philippians 2:14-16 Today’s Takeaway – Shine brightly as Christians and as a church living in stark contrast to the dark world around us 1.  Be counter-cultural in how you think 2.  Be counter-cultural in what you proclaim 3.  Be counter-cultural in how you…

Series:  The Code Title:  The Day of Atonement Text:  Leviticus 16 1. What is the Day of Atonement? 2. When is the Day of Atonement? 3. Who participates in the Day of Atonement? 4. What are the elements of the Day of Atonement? 5. What is the sequence of ritual for the Day of Atonement?…

Series:  Assembly Required: God’s Plan for the Local Church Title:  Contextual Text:  1 Corinthians 9:19-23 Today’s Truth – God desires for a local church to contextualize itself in a culture so that it might win more people for Christ 1.  Recognize our freedom in Christ as a church 2.  Use our freedom in Christ to become…

Series:  The Code Title:  Unclean Text:  Leviticus 11-15 1.  Understand the purpose of the cleanness code 2.  Grasp the basic ordinances of the cleanness code a. Animals for food b. Childbirth c. Skin diseases d. Fungus in garments e. Fungus in homes f. Bodily discharges 3.  Rejoice in the truths the cleanliness code teaches in…

Title:  Red and Yellow, Black ad White (Thinking More Broadly on the Sanctity of Human Life) Text:  Acts 17:24-26 Today’s Task – How do I live out a biblical worldview on race? 1.  Reject the lie of different human races 2.  Understand where racism comes from 3.  Identify yourself foremost with Christ 4.  Work for biblical ethnic reconciliation 5.  Rejoice in ethnic diversity May God grace us with a taste of Heaven here…

Series:  The Code Title:  Christ, Our Mediator Text:  Leviticus 8-10 Tonight’s Truth:  As sinful human beings, we need a holy mediator, a priest, to represent us before God, and that is ultimately found in Jesus Christ 5 Truths about Priests Priests were… 1.  to be of a certain lineage 2.  to be consecrated 3.  the…

Series:  Assembly Required: God’s Plan for the Local Church Title:  Connected Text:  Galatians 3:27-28 Today’s Truth:  Christ was crucified to create a connected body of Christians called the church 1.  Obey God by finding a local body to connect with 2.  Seek to develop deep, genuine friendships by serving one another 3.  Create structure that…