Lectures on Leviticus : Worship in Spirit & Truth – Prologue
1. General Introduction
Based on Leviticus Chapters 1 through 7, I will explain regulations for different offerings people in Old Testament times brought to God including the burnt offerings of the grain offerings, sin offerings, guilt offerings, fellowship offerings. I will also clarify their spiritual implications.
As you read the Bible, some of you may have felt frustrated when you could not understand Leviticus. That’s because no matter how thoroughly we read Leviticus, it’s difficult and for modern application, we don’t really know why we should read it.
It’s often said that Revelation in the New Testament and Leviticus in the Old Testament are the most difficult to understand in the Bible. So, many people skip over Leviticus when they read the Bible, and others say that because Leviticus teaches the laws on offerings in Old Testament times, it is irrelevant for us today.
But if it were irrelevant, there is no reason for God to record it in the Bible and teach it to us today. For God’s Word in the Old Testament is just as necessary for our lives in Christ as God’s Word in the New Testament, He recorded it and still gives it to us today.
In Matthew Chapter 5, verses 17-19, Jesus tells us, “”Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
He tells us that those who practice and teach the Word of God will be called “great” in heaven. He also tells us that people who break “one of the least of [His] commandments and teach to others to do the same” will be called the “least” in heaven.
As is the case with the Law, regulations for different offerings in the Old Testament have been fulfilled in New Testament times. The offerings in Old Testament times are the worship services of today. In other words, the significance of regulations for offerings from Old Testament times are embedded in worship services you offer before God today.
Once we understand the Old Testament’s regulations for offerings and their significance, we will become more enlightened on how to worship and serve God today.
This is the shortcut to meeting God, experiencing Him, and receiving His blessing. Through the messages, I hope each of you will understand clearly the ways to worship God that are proper according to His will. I pray in the Name of Our Lord that God will be delighted with your worship, allow your spirit to get along well, and abundantly bless you in both flesh and spirit.
2. Introduction to the Book of Leviticus
Let us first examine what kind of book Leviticus is. Along with Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, Leviticus is one of the five books Moses wrote in the inspiration of the spirit of God. Levi is the third of the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefather of Israel God set apart the descendants of Levi from the rest of the Israelites. The callings of high priests and priests, the tasking of gatekeepers, appointment those designated for praise, and all other duties involving maintenance of the temple and maintaining the divine objects, all of the tasks pertaining to the work of God have been assigned to Levi’s descendants.
Today, full-time church workers who are carrying out God-given tasks such as these are “the Levites.”
The Levite priests were in charge of the offerings given to God, and the Levites were in charge of maintaining the temple and divine objects as well as everything the Israelites gave to God which they had set apart. Regulations for giving the offerings and for maintenance of God’s divine objects are recorded in Leviticus. God’s Word in Leviticus applies not only to ministers and workers of the church, but also to everyone who believes in the Lord.
As 1 Peter Chapter 2, verse 5 tells us, “[You] also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ,” every child who has received salvation through Jesus Christ can go before God the way priests of Old Testament times could. Thus, we must also know the will of God recorded in Leviticus so that we can maintain a holy relationship with God.
Leviticus can be generally divided into two sections. The first section deals with the ways in which our sins are forgiven. The second section mainly discusses sin. In the first section are also recorded regulations for sin offerings as well as the qualifications and responsibilities of the priests in charge of offerings given to God by His people. The sins which God’s holy and chosen people must not commit are also recorded in detail.
The organization of Leviticus is similar to that of the New Testament. While the early part of the New Testament is mostly about Jesus’ bearing the cross for the solution of the judgment for our sins, the latter part focuses on desires of the sinful nature and flesh in detail. God has recorded sins in detail so that we may come to hear about them, know of them, and discard them.
Leviticus is a very significant part of the Bible. Regulations for offerings explained in Leviticus are the same as the explanation of the means by which we must worship today. Just as we meet God and receive answers and blessings through worship, people in the Old Testament times received forgiveness and experienced God’s work through offerings.
But since the Holy Spirit can dwell in us after Jesus Christ’s coming and as we worship in spirit and truth, by the work of the Holy Spirit, we can again communicate with God. Hebrews Chapter 10, verse 1 reads, “For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.”
Just as there is a shadow to the essence of every object, “the essence” is the fact that we can worship through Jesus Christ while people in Old Testament times kept their ties to God through “the shadow,” which are the offerings.
Yet, the offerings to God must be offered in accordance with the regulations He wants. There are regulations set by the rules of the spiritual realm that are proper and pleasing to God. Even if one offers an offering, if he offers in his own way, God will not accept that offering.
In Genesis we find the offerings of Adam’s two sons Cain and Abel and while God accepted Abel’s offering, He refused Cain’s offering. While Cain gave his offering the way he saw fit, according to what he thought was good, Abel gave his offering in accordance with the will of God, who accepted Abel’s offering. Because Cain gave his offering according to his thought and not in a way of God’s choosing, his offering was not accepted.
Even today, there is a way to worship according to God’s will. If the method departs from the way that God designates, then that worship has nothing to do with God. There are neither answers nor blessings to such worship. Embedded in regulations in Leviticus for different offerings are ways to worship God, the kind of worship by which He is pleased, and through which we can receive answers and blessings from Him.
Even if one has not learned of the spiritual significance of regulations for offerings, if he loves God and hears the voice of the Holy Spirit, he is already worshipping God properly. When you worship in spirit and truth, you can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and even hear of things that are to come in the future. Your life is lead by the managing of the Holy Spirit, you will naturally worship in a way that God wants. Yet, many people do not worship the correct way or are unsure of some parts of regulations and guidance for worship, I hope you will understand such matters accurately through these messages of this text.
3. Calling Moses from the Tent of Meeting
“Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,” (Leviticus 1:1)
Let’s examine the passage from Leviticus Chapter 1, verse 1 that reads, “Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,” Here, “the LORD” is a title referring to God the Father among the Trinity.
Instead of a personal tone, it is also the name of God with a collective and broad emphasis.
“The LORD” doesn’t refer to the God of a specific person but of the entire Israelites and all mankind. When God’s divine nature – such as His omnipotence and omniscience and having created the universe – is revealed, the title “The LORD” is also used.
“Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting,” What is the Tent of the Meeting? Moses represents Israel. God could have called Moses at Mount Sinai or from the sky above, but what does it mean that God called Moses from the Tent of Meeting?
The Tent of Meeting is a temple in the wilderness after the Exodus. During this time, the Israelites who left Egypt with Moses had not yet settled in Canaan, but had been staying in the wilderness. People would set up tents to stay, remain at one location for a while, then pick up the tents and move.
God’s temple was not a fixture but a tent that allowed mobility from place to place. A temple built from a tent was the Tent of Meeting. So God is now calling Moses from the temple. Inside the Tent of Meeting is the Holy Place.
Past this Holy Place the Holy of Holies, the holiest place. The Ark of the Covenant was inside the Holy of Holies. The interior of the Holy of Holies is decorated with gold. It is clean and adorned with bright shades of colors and is to remain illuminated at all times. That’s why the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies were left lighted 24 hours a day.
The presence of the Ark of the Covenant that contains the Word of God symbolizes God’s presence. The entire temple, as a sanctuary of God, is holy but the Holy of Holies has been set apart from the rest of the temple as the most holy place. Only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies once a year for redemption of the sins of himself and the people. Many times in the Bible are instances of people who lost their lives after having mocked or spurned God.
For instance, in Leviticus 10, after offering “another fire” that was not commanded by God, priests Nadab and Abihu were put to death and consumed by fire. In 1 Chronicles 13, we can see a man named Uzzah who touched the Ark of the Covenant, and God put him to death immediately because it was forbidden by God.
Then, think about how cautious and prepared one must be in order to enter the most holy place where God dwells. The high priest who was to enter the most holy place must be without a blemish or a flaw. If he entered with even the tiniest blemish or flaw, he would not avoid death.
When I say “the most holy place” or “Holy of Holies” it spiritually is the upper altar of this Sanctuary and “the Holy Place” would be the lower altar. The upper altar is set apart and deemed holier than the lower, and people should refrain from coming to the upper altar. Those who serve on the upper altar, for example, people who bring glasses of water for the preachers or engineers for renovations or repair, are permitted on the upper altar.
If you are to come up to the upper altar, you must be without a blemish or a flaw. If you are to offer Representative Prayer during a worship service on the upper altar, you must keep yourself holy the previous week not to make any wall of sin. If you come up to the upper altar with a wall of sin, take a seat there, offer Representative Prayer, sing praise, lead the worship service, or proclaim the Word, a higher wall of sin will be made between the individual and God.
If you are to take part in some activity on the upper altar, you must guard yourself to keep holy the previous week. The same applies to the lower altar, though the rule is not as strict as it is for the upper altar, but if you are to sing special praise, during the previous week you should live a holy life. If you come up to the altar without having resolved your blemishes and flaws, God will not be delighted with you. The same goes for all performing arts teams and all who praise and dance on the altar including the worship dance teams. It also applies to the workers of the church, ushers, and offertory ushers. So, think about how cautious and prepared one must be in order to enter the most holy place in which God dwells.
Not anyone can enter the Holy of Holies, and even the high priest who is permitted to enter, he enters in reverent fear and with a trembling heart. Only the high priest has been permitted to enter here and give sin offerings; for sinners cannot approach God, they cannot enter the Holy of Holies. But today, all of us are permitted to come before God by Jesus Christ. Through Christ are permitted to come into the “Holy of Holies.”
In Matthew Chapter 27, verses 50-51 we find, “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.” When Jesus sacrificed His body and died on the cross for our sins, the curtain that was hung between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies that was between God and us was torn in two.
On this, Hebrews Chapter 10, verses 19-20 tell us, “Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh.” In other words, Jesus redeemed us from our flaws and sins and the curtain was torn in two.
Because Jesus sacrificed His body and died, the curtain was torn, and a way to go before God has been opened for us sinners. Previously, only the priests could go before God, but now, God’s people can personally communicate with God. That’s why we do not need to pray for forgiveness through an intercessor. We who have salvation can pray to God directly.
What does this “Holy Place” spiritually signify for us today?
“The Holy Place” today is a church in which people worship. “The Holy Place” is also our bodies that have accepted and believe in the Lord, and “the Most High Place” is our heart in which the Holy Spirit dwells it is the “Holy of Holies.” 1 Corinthians Chapter 6, verse 19 reads, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” When you accept Jesus as your Savior, God gives you the Holy Spirit in your heart as a gift. For the Holy Spirit dwells in our hearts, our hearts are “the Most Holy Place.”
In 1 Corinthians Chapter 3, verses 16-17 we find, “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.” In other words, we are not to make our hearts unclean. “A life of faith in Christ” is to circumcise our heart, as we mold it by goodness, the truth, and the light so that we may arrive at sanctification.
Just as we are to keep the visible sanctuary pure and sacred at all times, we must also guard our body, heart, and mind to be pure and sacred at all times because the Holy Spirit dwells in us. Even for children of God who have received the Holy Spirit, if they continue to sin and make themselves unclean through sin and evil, the Holy Spirit in them will be extinguished and they will not be saved.
You can hear voice of the Holy Spirit and communicate with God to the extent that you throw away sin and evil and achieve sanctification. Your title and the length of years in Christ do not really matter.
From the inference in the passage, “The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting” we can say that the Holy Spirit today calls to us and communicates with us today. If you are God’s child who’s received salvation, you must be able to communicate with your God the Father. You should be able to pray by the Holy Spirit, worship in spirit and truth, and communicate with God during a worship service. I urge you to follow the way Our Lord has opened up for us, always communicate with God deeply, and walk in His love and guidance.
There is one more thing you should keep in mind. The Sanctuary in which we worship must be kept sacred and pure at all times as well. You cannot make the Sanctuary unclean with garbage or filth. You must also keep guard of your tongue and deeds in the Sanctuary.
When you enter the Sanctuary, you should shake off the dirt on the soles of your shoes to keep the Sanctuary clean at all times. You should be careful to make sure that no crumbs from your children’s snack fall on the floor and if crumbs should accidentally fall, you should immediately pick them up. If you dropped a piece of trash, you should pick it up and put it in your bag or carry it out with you. You should do all you can to keep the Sanctuary physically clean. If you possess faith great enough to keep your heart clean and sacred, you will keep the visible Sanctuary also clean and holy.
Inside the Sanctuary, one must also keep guard of his tongue and actions. When you enter the Sanctuary, and by “Sanctuary” I do not mean just the place of worship, but anywhere on the church grounds, you must not discuss worldly business or other worldly matters. When you have fellowship with others, you must do it only with the Word of God, the Word of the truth. That’s why you must not be angered or curse each other in the Sanctuary. When these things take place, they return to you in a form of disaster or misfortune. Why? You have angered God – since you have greatly angered God – and you will encounter subsequent distress and trials.
People who come to the Sanctuary with their children must teach them that for the Sanctuary is a holy temple of God and a place of worship and prayer, the children must also guard their behavior.
4. The Bull or a Sheep as an Offering.
“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of animals from the herd or the flock.’” (Leviticus 1:2)
The following verse, Leviticus Chapter 1, verse 2, is a scene in which God commanded to Moses.
Leviticus 1:2 says, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When any man of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of animals from the herd or the flock.” In today’s modern worship the term “sons of Israel” spiritually refers to all of the children of God who believe in Jesus Christ.
Children of God worship God and give God offerings to please Him.
There are many kinds of offerings like tithes, thanksgiving, sanctuary-construction, charity, mission, and so on. Today’s verse says that you should give a bull or a lamb as an offering from among living livestock. Should you actually offer a bull or a lamb? After you listen to the spiritual meanings in this text, you will understand that you are still keeping the law.
I don’t know of anybody today who gives bulls or lambs as an offering. This verse has another spiritual meaning. You should not obey it literally but worship God according to its spiritual meanings.
First, you should give your offering out of living livestock. In other words, you should give an animal of livestock that you raise with love in your house, not of wild beasts. You should give living livestock, not dead animals, and also it should be good ones of course. This verse says that you should worship God in spirit and in truth and give your life as living sacrifices. Romans 12: 1 says, “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”
But, how can we offer ourselves as living sacrifices? We cannot cut our bodies into pieces like when animal sacrifices were offered. What is the meaning?
It says, “to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.” This is about spiritual worship. It is not that God accepts worship services of everybody. God accepts spiritual service alone. It’s not spiritual service in worship when you doze off, have idle thoughts, or have doubts about the word of God during the service. God does not accept such service because He sees the bottom of your heart. In addition, He does not consider your service as a living and holy sacrifice when you live a worldly and lustful life outside the church during weekdays just like worldly people. Rather, God considers it as hypocrisy because you pretend to be holy before God.
Therefore, you should not only worship God in spirit and in truth during service time but also live a holy life praying watchfully in all your ways. When you do so, your service and offerings become a living and holy sacrifice in the sight of God and He rejoices in your service.
Then, why did God command Israelites to bring a bull or a lamb as an offering? Sheep and cattle were the most proper of available livestock to symbolize Jesus who was an atoning sacrifice for the sins of all men. Of course goats or pigeons are shown in Leviticus as offerings to God, but they have different spiritual meanings. I will explain the meanings later. Now, how is it a bull and a lamb is the most appropriate to symbolize Jesus?
First, let’s look at a bull.
First, bulls were used to transport baggage for men.
Nowadays, there are many other means of transportation, but even just 30 or 40 years ago, bulls transported cargo in the bull-drawn wagons. Symbolically, our Lord Jesus took the burdens of our sins like bulls that carry men’s baggage.
Matthew 11: 28 says, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” How greatly many people struggle and sweat to gain corruptible and mortal things! But in fact, those mortal things are all useless to men after they die. They toil to the point of sweating day and night to gain what they want in this world like honor, power, wealth and knowledge. Even if they have enough food, they still try to gain more. Desires get only bigger!
Those who live in sin have to bear much pain of their sins. Sins bring all kinds of disasters and troubles. However, Jesus became a sacrifice and died on the cross, shedding the blood of atonement. He took all sins and burdens of all men on the cross on behalf of them. He gives rest and peace to anyone who believes in Him. Anyone can be relieved of all pains and burdens of sin in Jesus Christ. Believers do not need to toil and sweat for mortal and corruptible things any longer. But rather, they can live in joy and hope for the kingdom of heaven and His glory.
Secondly, cattle do no harm to men but rather they do only good for them.
Though they eat only grass, they work for men in obedience and supply them with meat, milk and leather. There is nothing to throw away in a bull’s body.
Also, cattle work for us. Today, we farm with machines, but before, cows worked for us. They gave milk and meat ass food and their skin so we could make coats, garments, and footwear of leather. We make handbags and belts with their leather. A cow gives out all its body parts to us. There is nothing to throw away in a bull’s body.
In the same way, Jesus did only good things for all men. He gave hope to the poor, the sick and the isolated by preaching the gospel of heaven. He set free many demon-possessed people from dark oppression. He healed the sick and the disabled. He did His best to teach the word of God to as many people as possible even though it meant He could not sleep or eat. Nonetheless, wicked people brought accusation against Him and crucified Him. He endured everything and gave mercy to the wicked people. Finally, He was hung on the cross and gave His life for all sinners. In that way He opened the way of salvation for sinners who were destined to fall into hell.
Thirdly, bulls give meat to men and supply men with vital nutrients.
Jesus also gives us His flesh and blood for our eternal life. Jesus said in John 6:53-54, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
Jesus is the Word of God who came down to this earth in flesh. Therefore, to eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus means that we have to keep God’s word in our mind and practice it. Just as men can live by eating food and drinking water, we can gain eternal life and enter the kingdom of heaven consuming the Word of God and practicing it.
Fourthly, bulls plow the soil and change it into fertile land.
Today, this is done by machines, but some decades ago, we used bulls or cows to plow. Also, there are still some places where they plow with bulls. Jesus also plows men’s heart.
Matthew chapter 13 compares men’s hearts to four types of soil. First, there is the soil along the path likening a man who lives in untruth because he doesn’t understand the word of God. So, a man with soil along the path cannot be cultivated in his heart even after being a Christian for a long time. He does not circumcise his heart, so he is like the chaff. There is also rocky soil likening a man who accepts the word of God but stumbles and falls in the face of trials and temptation. Next, there is thorny soil of a man who does not live by the word of God because of the worries of this life and the temptation of wealth. Finally, there is fertile soil that yields crops 30 times, 60 times or 100 times the seeds of the Word of God that are sown. If you have fertile soil, you obey well, and you can go into spirit very quickly.
Only when we have good, fertile soil, we can bear fruit and give glory to God when God gives us the word of blessings. Since Jesus died on the cross for us, the Holy Spirit comes into our heart and gives us strength, so that we can change our heart into fertile soil.
When you obey the truth in continual prayer and rely on the blood of Jesus, who forgave all sins and evils, your heart is changed into a spiritual and fruitful heart like fertile soil. Then, you can harvest 30, 60, or 100 times what you sow. You will receive material and spiritual blessings. Anyway, bulls have many similarities and God rejoices in the offering of a bull.
Next, what about the lamb?
John 1: 29 says, “The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’” Here, John is John the Baptist. So, here in the Bible, ‘lamb’ refers to Jesus. A lamb as an offering in Leviticus is one year-old male.
During the time of Exodus, the first sons of Egypt all died in the Tenth Plague. But Israelites could save their first sons or firstborns of livestock by redeeming them with the blood of a lamb. Exodus 12:5 says, “Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.”
Then, how is lamb similar to Jesus?
First of all, a lamb is meek.
People say, “He is as gentle as a lamb,” when referring to a meek and gentle person. It is Jesus who is the meekest and gentlest of all persons ever in the world. Isaiah 42:3 says, “A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.” Our Lord is so meek that He will not even break a bruised reed or snuff out a smoldering wick. And He will bring forth justice in truth.
Jesus endures even those who are evil and wicked and commit same sins again and again even after they repent. The Bible says that Jesus became angry with livestock sellers and money changers who were in the holy temple of God, and made a whip out of cords and drove them out. Jesus reproached the Pharisees and hypocrites with words of God that brought about fear. But it does not mean Jesus is not meek. God is Love itself but pours down His wrath in justice. It is spiritual meekness to be able to reproach or punish others when they live against the justice of God.
But you should not speak words of reproach in anger or for your own benefits. God says that in his day Moses was the meekest among all men on the face of the earth. But still, even this Moses one day got angry with wicked people who severely opposed God.
For example, suppose there is a man who spits on your father’s face and strikes him on the face. Do you endure and smile at that unacceptable situation because you seek after meekness and peace? Never! It is not meekness but cowardice.
True meekness is done in the truth. Jesus was meeker and humbler than any other man. He was the Son of God the Creator and had the power and authority to destroy all men and all things. But He endured and loved wicked people who nailed Him to the cross. He loved them to the last.
Secondly, a lamb is obedient.
A lamb follows the shepherd wherever he may lead him. A lamb is silent before the shearers. When they shear a lamb, they literally shave all the wool off with a big knife. Then, what will be left? Only thin skin will be left. But a lamb never resists. It never shows any resistance or anything. It just stays calm whatever its master does to it, whether he would kill it or leave it alive, or take all its wool.
2 Corinthians 1:19 says, “For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us by me and Silvanus and Timothy was not yes and no, but is yes in Him.”
Jesus did not insist on His own thought or plan. He only obeyed God to the point of death. He went to the place that God wanted at the time God wanted. Jesus did only the things that God wanted. How did He pray before He took the cross?
Jesus said in Mark 14:36, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.” Jesus knew how painful the crucifixion would be and desired to escape from that pain if it was possible, but He was more eager to obey the will of God. So He determined to take the cross.
Thirdly, a lamb is pure.
Of course, there could be lambs that have horns. They could be black or with molted spots and dirty if the master raises them in a dirty or careless manner. But what I am talking about is the most common lambs that are white. Moreover, a year-old male is pure because it is before he mates. It is like young people who are lovable and pure in their youth. So the Bible compares a lamb of a year-old male to the Lord Jesus who is blameless and spotless.
And lambs give men wool, meat and many other things. Lambs supply men with good things, not doing harm to men. As explained about the bull also, Jesus gave His flesh and blood for our eternal life and sacrificed His life. He did no harm to men. He did only good things.
Jesus was meek and did only good things. He gave His flesh and blood for sinners and gave us His own life for us. He obeyed the will of God fully and destroyed the barrier between God and men. Today, He cultivates our heart to make it good and fertile soil.
Just as they redeemed the sinners from their sins with a bull or a lamb in the Old Testament, Jesus made peace between God and men through His crucifixion for sinners. I hope you clearly understand how Jesus, the Lord, became the atoning sacrifice for all sinners. You should give thanks to the love and grace of Jesus Christ who saved you in the will of God. You should come to resemble the Lord like the apostle Paul who said, “I follow and resemble the Lord.”