Connor continues our Leviticus series by looking at the animals God defined as clean, which could be eaten by the Israelites. God also spelled out certain unclean animals that were not to be eaten or their dead carcasses touched by his people. It harkens back to Genesis when God told Adam and Eve they could eat everything in the garden except the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. The food laws of Leviticus were God giving his people an eternal truth, a reminder about himself – who he is, what he expects, and his desire for their life. Then came Jesus and what he did on the cross. We’re still unclean animals, but the sacrifice of Jesus makes us clean. We need to stay away from sin. But because of God’s cleansing power, we’re forgiven for those sins.
Clean and Unclean
March 6, 2022 • Connor Kraus • Leviticus
Law and Order
March 27, 2022 • Connor Kraus • Leviticus
Connor continues our Leviticus message series with a frank conversation about some sensitive topics from Leviticus 18 and 20 – incest, adultery, child sacrifice, homosexuality, and bestiality. The penalty for these sins was death. It’s easy for us to look back at the Old Testament times, contemplate the kinds of sins God’s people were committing, and say that those were life-or-death circumstances. But we still live with life-or-death circumstances. We deserve death but are given life when we acknowledge our sin and trust in Jesus Christ. We can’t look back at the Canaanites with superiority. Nor can we look to our peers who have committed “worse sins” than we have. We are all deserving of death. But because of Jesus, we can have a spirit of life beyond the grave.