Happy New Year

Songs:

• How Great is Our God 
• Lord I Lift Your Name On High 
• Our God is an Awesome God 

Lesson:  THE HOLINESS OF GOD 

Leviticus

WHAT IS THE PRIMARY TEACHING IN THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS?
What does the word “holy” mean?Your part in the sacrifice (Leviticus 1:3-9)?1.___________________________________________ 
2. __________________________________________

3. __________________________________________
4. __________________________________________


The sinner is ______________________________ for his own sin.


THEME #1:
God’s _________________________ drives the sacrificial system.

THEME #2:
1. ____________________________________________________ 

Sin ultimately is against __________________________ .

2. ____________________________________________________

Theme #3:
1. ____________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________ 
3. ____________________________________________________ 


Leviticus and the Cross
Hebrews 9:22-10:4

MEMORY VERSE FOR THE WEEK
“It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4).

QUESTIONS 

Head

1.  Have you ever read through Leviticus? If not, why? If you have, what were your general impressions?

Have you thought about God’s holiness being the root cause of the need to punish sin? If not, why did you think sin had to be punished? What are some other reasons why punishment is necessary?

2. How does a knowledge of the holiness of God and the subsequent necessity of punishment affect how you talk about sin and punishment and judgment to a non- believer?


Heart

4. What it take to really come to an understanding that all sin, ultimately, is against God? How can we so personalizeour sin so that we may flee from it?
5. What are we going to do about white lies? Where do we draw the line? Do we shade the truth so as to avoid the consequences? Do we come to a complete stop at a stop sign? What should we do about those times in our lives when we are not “rigorously honest”?

Hands

6. Okay. So maybe the illustration of “Fluffy” is a bit over the top, but how would you convey to your friends the lessons of the sacrificial system in a way that wouldn’t lessen the horror of sin?
   
   
7. The Old Testament is full of God’s condemnation of religious rituals done apart from a heart cleansed of sin. It would be foolish, would it not, to assume that this is true of everyone else except our church? How can we come to a deeper and truer understanding that religious rituals undertaken by a heart full of unconfessed sin (gossip, slander, anger, lack of forgiveness, pride, etc.) make God sick to his stomach?

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