Aim: True joy is found in God’s sacred presence.

I. Sacred Blood (Lev 17.1-16)

TR1: True joy comes through the sacred blood of Christ.

a. How might the reality of Christ’s shed blood on the Cross give you the desire and the confidence to enter God’s sacred Presence?

b. What changes do you need to make to exalt God as the Supreme Lord of your life?

c. How might these changes increase your experience of the true joy that is yours in Christ?

d. Is God the Supreme Lord of your life? How strongly does His true joy register in your life?

II. Sacred Bodies (Lev 18.1-30)

TR2: True joy comes through the sacred living God prescribes.

a. How do you determine what you will and will not do regarding your lifestyle choices?

b. How seriously do you consider such things? Who or what guides your lifestyle decisions?

c. What do you need to change to ensure your life is guided by the One True and Supreme God of the Bible?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: In Christ, believers are transitioned into a superior covenant with God.

I. Superior Priest (7.1-28) T1: In Christ, believers are transitioned from wretched sinners to righteous, reconciled saints.

a. When did you transition from a wretched sinner to a righteous, reconciled saint?

b. If you have already transitioned from sinner to saint, the question is: How are you living like that is true?

c. What will you do differently this year to take advantage of the access to God the better hope and better covenant provide?

d. How will you bring His healing, holy kiss to this broken world?

II. Superior Promises (8.1-13) T2: In Christ, believers are transitioned into an eternally fresh and superior spiritual life.

a. What are you trying to accomplish, remedy, or cover up in your own strength?

b. Which areas of your life do you need to surrender to the Holy Spirit’s power?

c. Which of your old habits or old ways of the flesh are obsolete in light of all you have learned about Christ’s superiority?

d. How will you pursue the eternally fresh and superior spiritual life that is yours in Christ?

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Aim: Christ’s atoning sacrifice perfects all that sin ruins.

I. Priestly Perfection (Leviticus 16.1-14)

TR1: Christ’s atoning sacrifice restores the paradise of a perfect relationship with God.

a. What sin are you allowing to rob you of the paradise that is yours in Christ?

b. How is it hindering your intimacy w/ God?

II. People’s Perfection (Leviticus 16.15-34)

TR2: Christ’s atoning sacrifice restores condemned sinners from exile to Eden.

a. Which specific sin or sins keep you filled with dread and condemnation and exiled from God?

b. What is drawing you eastward or away from God? What is drawing you westward or toward God?