New Mercies

New Mercies: A Different Kind of Sacrifice

1.    Not an _____________ sacrifice ... The Whole Burnt Offering Sacrifice (aka. Burnt Offering)

The Hebrew word for this sacrifice is _________ (עֹלָה).

Victim: _____________, _____________, ___________, ____________ (perfect male).

Use of the Flesh: the ______________ animal is _____________ _____ except for the hide and waste.

Occasion: _______________ and _______________ sacrifice, and _________________ devotion.

Purpose: _______________, _____________, ___________________.

10 If a person's offering for a whole burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, he shall present a male without blemish. 11 He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar in the presence of the Lord. Then Aaron's sons, the priests, shall splash its blood against all sides of the altar. 12 When he has cut it into sections, together with its head and its fat, the priest is to lay them out on the wood that is on the fire on the altar. 13 Then he is to wash the inner organs and the lower legs with water. The priest shall present all of it and send it up in smoke on the altar. It is a whole burnt offering, an offering made by fire, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. (Le 1:10–13)

Application of Blood: dashed against the ___________ of the Altar.

Ceremonial Steps:

1.    _______________ victim,
2.    Lay ___________ on,
3.    ___________________animal north of Altar,
4.    Apply the _____________,
5.    _________up victim completely.   ... but a _____________ sacrifice.

Outline of Romans:

1.   chapters 1-3a, mankind's sinfulness,

2.   chapters 3b-5, God's justification (declaring us not guilty of sin) through Christ's saving work,

3.   chapters 6-8, the believer's sanctified life as the natural and thankful response to God's free gift of salvation,

4.   chapters 9-11, the sad subject of the rejection of God's justification by Paul's fellow Jews but then also the amazing way God used this disobedience the Jews to save the Gentiles but also the Jews as well, and

5.   chapters 12-16, Paul returns to sanctification.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy and pleasing to God—which is your appropriate worship. (Ro 12:1)
... the wages of sin is death. (Ro 6:23a)
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned. (Ro 5:12)
For the mind-set of the sinful flesh is hostile to God, since it does not submit to God's law, and in fact, it cannot. (Ro 8:7)
We were therefore buried with him by this baptism into his death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too would also walk in a new life. (Ro 6:4)
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. (Ro 8:2)
I certainly delight in God's law according to my inner self. (Ro 7:22)
But now we have been released from the law by dying to what held us in its grip, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the letter of the law. (Ro 7:6)
And everything you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Col 3:17)
Indeed, those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. (Ro 8:14)
Now if we are children, we are also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, since we suffer with him, so that we may also be glorified with him. (Ro 8:17)

Holy means _______________, _______________ _______.

However, the Bible alone has concept of holiness as "_______ ____________."

As the divine and eternal Creator, the Lord God is simply unique, without equal, without peer. In fact, it is God who is working in you, both to will and to work, for the sake of his good pleasure. (Php 2:13)
God created the man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. Male and female he created them. (Ge 1:27)  

Points to Ponder  

1.    What is one thing that stood out to you from this week's message?  

2.    What does it mean for YOU to be a "living sacrifice" to God?  

3.    How/will your life change after looking closely at what it means to be a "living sacrifice" to God?  

Homework: 1 Samuel 16-17