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What is our greatest national problem? Answers to this question are as varied as
people in our nation. For some the economy is top priority, for others social
justice, world peace, climate change, etc. In contrast with our modern
preoccupation, once a year, the whole nation of Israel was instructed to stop all
activity and focus on God’s greatest provision for their greatest problem- the
sacrificial substitutionary atonement to take away their sins. Sin and sacrifice are
not at the top of any political agenda now adays but they are still at the top of
God’s priorities. In this message we will discover why we cannot be restored
externally unless we are redeemed internally.

We all have heard the phrase “cleanliness is next to godliness.” In the book of
Leviticus cleanliness goes beyond mere sanitary practices to the very core the
distinction between God’s life-giving presence and the corruption of sin that has
brought death and destruction to this world. In order to live restored lives, God’s
people must live different and be different from the world but this difference is
something that only God’s word can accomplish as it is received, believed and
lived in a personal way.

We all have heard the phrase “cleanliness is next to godliness.” In the book of
Leviticus cleanliness goes beyond mere sanitary practices to the very core the
distinction between God’s life-giving presence and the corruption of sin that has
brought death and destruction to this world. In order to live restored lives, God’s
people must live different and be different from the world but this difference is
something that only God’s word can accomplish as it is received, believed and
lived in a personal way.

QUALITY -Do it right the first time- we don’t always get a second. I read this phrase a while ago, and it reminded me that in life, many times, quality is all that matters.

For the Old Testament Levitical priests, it was of utmost importance to make sure they had the qualifications that God required or risk their lives. In regard to Holiness, obedience and conformity to God’s word are essential for life.