We all fail and Jesus knows it. We need to be honest with the Lord so we can be ready to embrace the high priesthood of Jesus. In Christ there is no condemnation and God uses everything and He is for you!

We are a royal priesthood, Jesus wants us to proclaim him, we must renew our minds and grow strong in His word.

God created and owns everything which concludes that he is the supreme ruler in our lives, he is worthy of our worship and praise but we fall short of the Glory of God.

God creates for his Glory and everything comes together for Him. We must have good doctrine to live this life glorifying God and not ourselves.

Legalism is dangerous in the church Romans 3:19-26. There is no more human priesthood due to the Blood of Christ. Jesus takes over the 5 offerings, a Lamb without blemish, and we are forgiven and have joy because of the transfer.

God has many attributes, including God's wrath. God's wrath is unlike our wrath, in that God is good, righteous and Holy.

Jeremiah tells us of two evils the Israelites committed:

1.) They forsake God, not going to Him for what they needed

2.) Went to their own cisterns that do not hold water.

We are found to be just like them

Grace is there to free us from the bondage of sin and death.

Part of the free deals with regret of past sins.

The Gospel assumes that we will live among the poor.

The group that went to Ethiopia got to spend time with some of the poorest people in the world.

Once we understand our position of depravity and how everything we have is the Lord's, we will no longer live for ourselves, but rather give everything up to live for God.