Remember what Jesus said:
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” - Matthew 18:20

Our Text:
Exodus 27:1-8 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. 3 You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. 4 You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. 6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. 7 And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8 You shall make it hollow, with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.”

POINT: The ONLY way into the

of a

Reveal Answer

was to be

Reveal Answer

yourself.

Q: But what’s our problem?
A: We’re

!

For Those “Old Lutherans”…
“We are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against you in thought, word and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve your present and eternal punishment.”

POINT: That was what the Altar

to!

POINT: God made a

for forgiveness through a

Reveal Answer

.

POINT: Jesus, The Christ, would be the “Lamb of God, Who would take away the sins of the world” - John 1:29

But the Liturgy ALSO confessed…
“For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we might delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your Holy Name.”

Scriptue Teaches:
“For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; 6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’ ” 8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law). then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” Hebrews 10:1-11

POINT: THAT is what

does to us!

Q: Have we

our faith?

POINT: It was to show us the

of our

Reveal Answer

AND to point us to

Reveal Answer

!

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