SF478 - NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE (Hebrews 12 1-3)

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NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE

Hebrews 12:1-3

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Our 1995 New Year’s Eve Service

Theme:           Share Jesus Now!

Jan - Mar          “Set Aside Our Sins”

Apr - June       “Hasten to the Service”

July - Sept       “Adhere to the Savior”

Oct - Dec         “Remain Steadfast”

SET ASIDE YOUR SINS...

Burnt offering

First mentioned in Gen 22 in connection with the offering of Isaac.

Second mention - Exo 29 and the consecration of the Priest

EXODUS 29

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  An organized system of sacrifice does not appear in the Old Testament until after the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. In the instructions given for the building of the tabernacle and the establishment of a priestly organization, sacrifices were to be used in the consecration or ordination of the priests (Ex. 29). A bull was slaughtered as a sin offering. Other sacrifices provided Aaron and his sons a holy meal. These sacrifices were repeated each day for a week as a part of the "ordination" of the priests

  1. Burnt offering (  olah). The burnt offering was offered both in the morning and in the evening, as well as on special days such as the Sabbath, the new moon, and the yearly feasts (Num. 28‑29; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Chron. 2:4; 31:3; Ezra 3:3‑6).

    The animal for this sacrifice could be a young bull, lamb, goat, turtledove, or young pigeon; but it had to be a perfect and complete specimen. The type of animal chosen for this sacrifice seems to be dependent on the offerer's financial ability. The one bringing the offering was to lay a hand upon the animal so as to identify that the animal was taking the person's place and then to kill it. The priest then collected the blood and sprinkled it around the altar and the sanctuary, and the worshiper cut up and skinned the animal. If a bird was brought, the priest killed it. After the priest arranged the various parts on the altar, the entire animal was burned as a sacrifice When Araunah offered to David his threshing floor, oxen, and wood without cost so that David could sacrifice, David refused. His explanation was that he could not offer burnt offerings that cost him nothing (2 Sam. 24:18‑25).

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1A.       THE CONVICTION (1)

“consecrate” = ‑‑appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy (‑er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify (‑ied one, self), X wholly.

2A.       THE CONFESSION (10,11&14)

“sin offering”

3A.       THE COMMITMENT (19-20;25-26)

4A.       THE CONCLUSION (44-46)

APPLICATION

Conviction - be aware of your sins!

Confession - agree with God about your sins!

Commitment - write down your sins!

Conclusion - Join us as we offer them as a burnt offering!