Consecrate Yourselves

Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. Keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. Leviticus 20:7-8 Consecrated literally means to set apart. It refers to making an intentional choice for a mode of existence (a...

Unintentional Sin

“Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands— Leviticus 4:2   Leviticus is one of my favorite books. The title implies that this book is a manual for the Levitical priesthood on how they are to...

Using our Gifts to Serve the Lord

Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor. Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest.  Exodus 28:2-3   Not...

To Show my Power; to Proclaim my Name

For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. Exodus 9:14 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be...

The Saddest Psalm in the Bible

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength Psalm 88:3-4 You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness  Psalm 88:18  ...