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Main Idea: The Kingdom and all of its riches are freely given by the king, not earned.
1. Kingdom entrance depicted
2. Kingdom access debated
3. Kingdom inheritance defined
Main Idea: “Christian, having been washed, wash often.”
1. The basin and its purpose for the Israelites
2. The teaching of the basin for us
Main Idea: An atonement price must be paid for you if you are to be numbered among God's people.
1. Why could taking a census of the people of Israel incur God's judgment?
2. It this text teaching that you can BUY your salvation?
3. What is the main lesson of this text?
Main Idea: Prayer God is pleased with is prayer atoned for by Christ’s blood and mediated by Christ’s intercession.
1. Important features of the altar
What it teaches us about prayer:
2. Prayer God is pleased with is prayer atoned for by Christ’s blood.
3. Prayer God is pleased with is prayer mediated by Christ’s intercession.
Main Idea: The services and sacrifice of Christ make believers and their worship pleasing to God.
1. Not even the priests in Israel were good enough to serve God as they were.
2. Jesus, the God-Man, is the perfect High Priest who perfectly serves God.
3. Through Jesus, our worship and service are made pleasing to God.
Main Idea: “Great love comes leaping and bounding even over mountains of difficulty which separate.”
1. A closer look at the illustration
2. We want and need to be loved like this
3. The baby in the manger was one of God’s leaps of love
Main Idea: We need a holy high priest to bear our names before God so we will be accepted.
1. The purpose of the High Priest’s uniform
2. How it points to the need for a better High Priest
3. Application to ourselves
Main Idea: “Elders, Shepherd in humility as you await the return of the Chief-Shepherd.”
1. What are elders called to do?
2. How are they to do it?
3. Why? (The return of the Chief-Shepherd).
There is no other way to come to God but by Christ crucified.
1. What lessons do these walls teach
2. Application to ourselves
Church, light the way to Life by the power of the Holy Spirit.
1. What was the significance of the lampstand to the Israelites?
2. What is the significance of the lampstand to us?
Main Idea: Give thanks to the God who is present to provide.
1. The point of the table.
2. The point of the bread.
3. It's relevance to us.
God is present in righteousness to command but also in mercy to cover.
1. The significance of the ark
2. The significance of the mercy seat
The tabernacle’s purpose was to be a holy place for God to dwell in the midst of His people.
1. A practical purpose
2. An instructive purpose (and what it teaches us about God and ourselves).
