Presence 12-3-2023
December 3, 2023
Presence
Pastor Jason West
December 3, 2023
John 1:1-3 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Exodus 25:8 “And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.”
Exodus 29:43-46 “There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory. I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.”
Exodus 40:1-8
I. The Bronze Altar – the Way to the
A. What Is It?
(Exodus 27:1-8)
1.
(Leviticus 6:13)
2. Sacrifices Morning and Evening
(Exodus 29:38–39)
3. Sin or Guilt Offerings
(Leviticus 6:25)
4. Annual Day of Atonement
(Leviticus 16:18)
B. Why Is It Needed?
Ezekiel 18:20 “The soul who sins shall die …”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death …” (but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord).
Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God …”
1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
1. The Position of the Tabernacle Furniture Reveals
2. The Position of the Tabernacle and the
(Numbers 2:17)
C. How the Altar Points to Christ
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
1. Christ is the
(John 14:6; Hebrews 10:10; Romans 3:25)
2. Christ Alone Could
(Numbers 21:9; John 3:14-15; 1 Peter 2:24)
3. Christ would Save People Throughout the
4. Christ Alone Has the
(1 John 1:7-9)
II. The Laver of Washing – the Way to Holiness
A. What Is It?
(Exodus 30:18-21)
B. Why Is It Needed?
Exodus 38:8 “He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.”
1 Corinthians 6:11 “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God”
1. Be Washed and Cleansed in the
(Ephesians 5:26; Psalm 119:11)
2. Be Washed and Renewed in the
(Titus 3:4-7)
3. Be Washed from Sin through
(1 John 1:9; Psalm 51:10)
C. How it All Points to Christ
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”
Revelation 22:17 “The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”