Sermon Tone Analysis

*OFFERINGS THE PLEASE THE LORD; THE GRAIN OFFERING LEV.

2:1-9 FEB. 10, 2008  SERM.

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*LEVITICUS 2:1-2** *  *LEVITICUS 2:1* AND WHEN ANY WILL OFFER A MEAT OFFERING UNTO THE LORD, HIS OFFERING SHALL BE /OF /FINE FLOUR; AND HE SHALL POUR OIL UPON IT, AND PUT FRANKINCENSE THEREON:  2 AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO AARON'S SONS THE PRIESTS: AND HE SHALL TAKE THERE OUT HIS HANDFUL OF THE FLOUR THEREOF, AND OF THE OIL THEREOF, WITH ALL THE FRANKINCENSE THEREOF; AND THE PRIEST SHALL BURN THE MEMORIAL OF IT UPON THE ALTAR, /TO BE /AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, OF A SWEET SAVOR UNTO THE LORD:

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*INTRO: **THREE LEVELS OF GIVING*

1. YOU HAVE TO (LAW)

2. YOU OUGHT TO (OBLIGATION)

3. YOU WANT TO (GRACE)

- WALDO WEANING

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EXPL:  BOOK OF LEVITICUS IS THE HANDBOOK OF HOLINESS; IT TELLS US THAT WE CAN APPROACH GOD, AND HOW WE CAN APPROACH GOD.

THE BOOK IS OF SACRIFICE AND SANCTIFICATION; IT IS ABOUT CLEANSING AND CLEAN LIVING; IT IS A BOOK OF BLOOD AND BLESSINGS.

THE PROBLEM IS SIN

THE PROVISION IS THE SACRIFICE

THE POWER IS IN THE PRIESTHOOD

THE PLAN IS SEEN IN THE DAY AND DOCTRINE OF ATONEMENT

THE POSSIBILITY IS ACCESS TO GOD

THE PRINCIPLE IS HOLINESS...WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE CAN STILL SEE GOD.

FROM LEV. 1 WE LEARNED THAT GOD IS PLEASED WITH OUR OFFERINGS.

GOD IS PLEASED WITH

VOLUNTARY OFFERINGS

VALUABLE OFFERING AND

VICTORIOUS OFFERINGS

THE BURNT OFFERING SYMBOLIZED THE TOTAL COMMITMENT OF CHRIST.

*HE GAVE HIS ALL SO THAT WE MIGHT GIVE OUR BEST.*

IN LEV. 2 WE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE GRAIN OFFERING.

IT’S DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS;

 

THE UNCOOKED

THE COOKED

THE INGREDIENTS NO TO LEAVEN AND YES TO SALT

THE HARVEST GRAIN OFFERING....

 

PROP: THE LESSON IS THAT GOD IS PLEASED WITH OUR OFFERINGS.

INTER: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GRAIN OFFERING.

TS: AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE SACRIFICIAL SYSTEM IT WILL ENCOURAGE AS WE WORSHIP WITH OUR OFFERINGS.

*MP I. THE GRAIN OFFERING SYMBOLIZES THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE.

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THE OFFERING CONSISTS OF FINE FLOUR, OIL AND FRANKINCENSE.

THE PRIEST OFFERS A HANDFUL AND BURNS; AS A MEMORIAL AND GIVES THE REST TO THE PRIEST AND HIS FAMILY; IT IS MOST HOLY.

BREAD WAS THE STAPLE OF BIBLICAL DIED; IT WAS CALLED THE STAFF OF LIFE.

BREAD WAS A GIFT..GIVEN IN HOSPITALITY AS ABRAHAM RECEIVED BREAD FROM THE PRIEST OF SALEM, MELCHIZEDEK.

BREAD WAS THE IMAGERY THAT POINTS TO THE ETERNAL BLESSING OF THE BANQUET.

IMP.

ONE PROBLEM ISRAEL WAS IN THE WILDERNESS...GRAIN (SEE) EGYPT,MANNA IN THE WILDERNESS..AND NOT YET IN THE PROMISED LAND.

FAITH WILL ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROMISES OF GOD INTO CANAAN.

THEIR ACTS OF WORSHIP ...GIVING UNTO THE LORD AND UNTO THE PRIEST WAS THEIR VOLUNTARY OFFERING OF FAITH.

THUS THEY WERE GIVEN THE PROMISE OF BLESSINGS AND THEY WERE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING.

THEY UNDERSTOOD THE OFFICE OF THE PRIESTHOOD; NECESSITY OF THE BURNT OFFERING IN CONJ.

WITH THE GRAIN OFFERING; BURNT OFFERING THEY IDENTIFIED WITH SIN; GRAIN OFFERING THE IDENTIFIED WITH HIS SUSTAINING POWER.

TEXT: NKJ *ACTS 17:28* "FOR IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING, AS ALSO SOME OF YOUR OWN POETS HAVE SAID, 'FOR WE ARE ALSO HIS OFFSPRING.'

NKJ *JOHN 5:26* "FOR AS THE FATHER HAS LIFE IN HIMSELF, SO HE HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF,

 

NKJ *COLOSSIANS 1:17* AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST.

APP: GIVE GENEROUSLY

 

ILL: Giving the Proper Amount

A pastor was getting his hair cut.

The barber and those in the barber-shop didn’t know he was a pastor.

Those in the shop were talking about giving to the church.

The barber said, “I feel one should give what they feel is proper.”

When it was time to pay for the haircut, the pastor handed the barber one dollar instead of the usual ten dollars.

The pastor said, “You said a person should give to the church what they feel is proper, so I feel the one dollar is proper for your work.”

Of course, the pastor paid the full amount, but the men in the barber-shop got his message.

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*MP II.

THE BOUNTY OF THE LAND V 4-10*

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WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE LAND, THE LAND OF PROMISE THEIR WOULD BE BOUNTY AND ABUNDANCE.

GRAIN IS AN IMAGE OF BLESSING IN THE FORM OF BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.

MOSES SAID THE LAND OF CANAAN IS A LAND OF GRAIN AND NEW WINE.

GRAIN IS THE METAPHOR FOR BLESSINGS...CLEARLY SEEN FROM THE LIFE OF JOSEPH...IN HIS DREAMS, PHARAOH DREAMS...AND IN THE YEARS OF PLENTY AND FAMINE.

BOUNTY SEEN IN ....

UNCOOKED OFFERING

COOKED OFFERING; OVEN, GRIDDLE AND PAN.

IMP.

ABUNDANCE GIVES US A VARIETY OF WAYS TO GIVE.

AND ACK: GOD’S DIVINE PROVISION.

NKJ *Psalm 34:10* The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good /thing./

*Matthew 6:11* Give us this day our daily bread.

*Matthew 4:4* But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "

 

 *John 6:31* "Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' "

 

APP: PRAISE GOD FOR OUR DAILY BREAD

PARTICIPATE AS A CO-LABORER...AS HE PRODUCES the RAIN ...WE VARIETY..ROLLS; BREAD; CAKES...WE CAN RECEIVE COIN, DOLLARS, STOCKS AND BONDS...

PASTOR ...NOTICE...THE TEXT SPEAKS OF THE PROVISION FOR THE PRIEST AND PROVISION @ PASTOR...MIGHT their BE A LINK...IN THE BOUNTY OF THE LAND ....

PERSECUTION ...UNDERSTAND THAT SATAN waNT’S TO SIFT US AS WHEAT.

PRACTICE HOLINESS...SAY NO TO THE LEAVEN OF HYPOCRISY; PRIDE; SIN; FALSE TEACHING AND SELF INDULGENCE.

AND SEASON ALL WITH SALT...

 

ILL: *THE DOUGHNUT - *AS A MINISTER WAS ADDRESSING A GROUP OF MEN, HE TOOK A LARGE PIECE OF PAPER AND MADE A BLACK DOT IN THE CENTER OF IT WITH A MARKING PEN.

THEN HE HELD THE PAPER UP BEFORE THE GROUP AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY SAW.

ONE PERSON QUICKLY REPLIED, “I SEE A BLACK MARK.” “RIGHT,” THE PREACHER REPLIED.

“WHAT ELSE DO YOU SEE?” COMPLETE SILENCE PREVAILED.

“DON’T YOU SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE DOT?” HE ASKED.

A CHORUS OF NOES CAME FROM THE AUDIENCE.

“I’M REALLY SURPRISED,” THE SPEAKER COMMENTED.

“YOU HAVE COMPLETELY OVERLOOKED THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL—THE SHEET OF PAPER.”

THEN HE MADE THE APPLICATION.

HE SAID THAT IN LIFE WE ARE OFTEN DISTRACTED BY SMALL, DOT-LIKE DISAPPOINTMENTS OR PAINFUL EXPERIENCES, AND WE ARE PRONE TO FORGET THE INNUMERABLE BLESSINGS WE RECEIVE FROM THE HAND OF THE LORD.

BUT LIKE THE SHEET OF PAPER, THE GOOD THINGS ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ADVERSITIES THAT MONOPOLIZE OUR ATTENTION.

THIS REMINDS ME OF A BIT OF VERSE WHICH, THOUGH I ADMIT IS SOMEWHAT TRITE, DOES EXPRESS GOOD PRACTICAL ADVICE.

SOMEONE HAS WRITTEN: “AS YOU TRAVEL DOWN LIFE’S PATHWAY, MAY THIS EVER BE YOUR GOAL:~/ KEEP YOUR EYE UPON THE DOUGHNUT, AND NOT UPON THE HOLE!”

YES, RATHER THAN CONCENTRATING ON THE TRIALS OF LIFE, WE SHOULD FIX OUR ATTENTION UPON IS BLESSINGS.

LET US SAY WITH THE PSALMIST, “BLESSED BE THE LORD, WHO DAILY LOADETH US WITH BENEFITS” (PSALM 68:19).

- R. W. D.

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*MP III.

THE BODY OF THE LORD V. 11-16*

 

OFFERING W~/ NO LEAVEN AND NO HONEY–THEY DIDN’T HAVE TIME FOR YEAST TO RISE; BUT THEN they WOULD have A HARVEST.

 

OFFERING WITH SALT – FLAVOR AND PRESERVE AND PURIFICATION.

IMP: RADICAL CHANGE FROM SEMI-NOMADIC TO SETTLERS; STRANGERS and SOJOURNERS TO SETTLERS; WHERE GOD CALLS FOR OBEDIENCE...RADICAL OBEDIENCE...