Again
Here we go again. It’s time for Communion, again. Once more with feeling! Right? . . .
Articles for tag: Burnt Offerings
March 20, 2023
March 26 | Application (‘Services Even God Doesn’t Want to Attend’)
What if the Lord himself doesn’t like our worship services and would rather not attend? Through the prophet Amos, God left no doubt how he felt about the Israelites’ gatherings. . . .
An Altar of Earth
We no longer sacrifice burnt offerings on an altar because Jesus came as the ultimate and final sacrifice for our sins. But we should remember an old command as we come before God to worship him.
June 28, 2021
July 4 | The Wisdom of God
Solomon requested wisdom and knowledge. God underlined the sanctity of Solomon’s request by highlighting five things Solomon did not request
December 7, 2015
Lesson for December 13, 2015: Acceptable Offerings (Leviticus 22:17″“25, 31″“33)
Dr. Mark Scott wrote this treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson. Scott teaches preaching and New Testament at Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Missouri, and has held preaching ministries in Missouri, Illinois, and Colorado. This lesson treatment is published in the December 6 issue of The Lookout magazine, and is also available online at www.lookoutmag.com. ______ By Mark Scott Someone rightly said, “Exodus is about getting God”s people out of Egypt while Leviticus is about getting the Egypt out of God”s people.” How were God”s people supposed to act once they left Egypt? Leviticus held the answer, and it was “in holiness.” The third
June 24, 2013
Lesson for June 30, 2013: Restoring Joyful Worship (Ezra 1:1″“3:7)
By Sam E. Stone Continuing this quarter”s theme, “God”s People Worship,” we now turn from Isaiah to two other helpful resources””the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Along with the book of Esther, these two writings form the closing section of Old Testament history. They tell of the Jews” return from Babylon, the rebuilding of the temple and Jerusalem, and the reestablishment of life in their homeland. J. Stafford Wright observes, “It is possible that sacrifices had been offered at times on the temple site during the exile (compare Jeremiah 41:5). But the purpose now was to reinstate the divinely prescribed
July 9, 2012
Lesson for July 15, 2012: Solomon Judges with Wisdom and Justice (1 Kings 3; 2 Chronicles 9:8)
This treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson is written by Sam E. Stone, former editor of CHRISTIAN STANDARD. ______ By Sam E. Stone Solomon succeeded his father, King David, as ruler of Israel. Early in his reign, before he built the temple in Jerusalem, he went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices. There he offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar. At Gibeon, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you” (1 Kings 3:5). Solomon responded in complete humility, “O Lord . . . you have made your
