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Leviticus 11

Forbidden Foods

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“I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground.

I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the ground.

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.' “

- Leviticus 11:44-47

3The Bataks

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“What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean’, but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean’.”

– Matthew 15:10

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“He (Peter) saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air.

Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.” “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.”– Acts 10:11-16

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“I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves (set apart for Him) and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground.

I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the ground.

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.' “

- Leviticus 11:44-47

7Holiness of God

PRIESTS

ISRAEL

HUMANKIND

SACRIFICES

FEW ANIMALS

ANIMALS

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Adam and Eve lost their perfect life, as a result of a choice. The choice to disobey God, which in essence means to reject God. Therefore salvation must include the reversal of that choice.

Those who want to be saved must choose to obey God, which in essence means to accept God.

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Abraham

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“Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession. Although the whole earth is Mine, you will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ – Exodus 19:5-6a

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Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? – Deuteronomy 4:6-7

12Holiness of God

PRIESTS

ISRAEL

HUMANKIND

SACRIFICES

FEW ANIMALS

ANIMALS

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PRIESTS

ISRAEL

HUMANKIND

FEW ANIMALS

ALL ANIMALS

SACRIFICES

Truths from Leviticus 11

1. Holiness of God – we are to be set apart for God

2. Salvation plan for the world – God wants to save us and the world

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“Unclean” in Leviticus doesn’t mean physically dirty, or morally sinful.

It simply means ritually unclean.

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“Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to (shunned by) you.”

– Leviticus 11:12

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“Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to (shunned by) you.”

– Leviticus 11:12

You should shun eating that creature because it is a detestable act.

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Truths from Leviticus 111. Holiness of God – we are to be set apart for God

2. Salvation plan for the world – God wants to save us and the world

3. God cares for all His creation – as God’s stewards, we are to care for all His creatures;

God also cares for us, and He has a special purpose for us

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Truths from Leviticus 11

3. God cares for all His creation – as God’s stewards, we are to care for all His creatures;

God also cares for us, and He has a special purpose for us

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Basically God was saying that the mystery of pain and suffering

is tied to the mysteries one can find in the animal world.

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Basically God was saying that the mystery of pain and suffering is tied to the mysteries one can find in the animal world.

God has a great purpose to use pain and suffering that we also might not understand for now.

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“Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”

– Jonah 1:17

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“Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”

– Jonah 1:17

“And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.”

– Jonah 2:10

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The Word of God assures us that God has good plans for us, plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us a hope and a future.

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The Word of God assures us that God has good plans for us, plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us a hope and a future.

Let us be obedient and faithful to Him as well.

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Genesis 9:4 “But you must not eat meat that has its

lifeblood still in it.”

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Genesis 9:4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.”

Leviticus 4:34 “Then the priest shall take some of the blood

of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.”

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Genesis 9:4 – “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.”

Leviticus 4:34 – “Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.”

Leviticus 17:10-11 “Any Israelite or any alien living among them who

eats any blood – I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people. For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.”

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Truths from Leviticus 11

1. Holiness of God – we are to be set apart for God

2. Salvation plan for the world – God wants to save us and the world

3. God cares for all His creation – as God’s stewards, we are to care for all His creatures; God also cares for us, and He

has a special purpose for us.

4. God holds all life on earth as precious – as God’s stewards, let us be mindful of the power of

life and death we hold over the earth’s creatures; as God’s children, let us live well and fruitful

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Nick Vujicic

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1. Holiness of God – will we be willing to be set apart for God?

2. Salvation plan for the world – will we allow God to save us ? and Through us, to save another person, another soul ?

3. God cares for all His creation – as God’s stewards, will we be more be more concerned for this world, and

its living creatures ? Even as we know God loves us, will we trust and be opened to fulfill His purpose for our lives ?

4. God holds all life on earth as precious – Will we truly see other lives’ as precious? Will we seek God in

embracing life, so as to live well and fruitfully ?

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Leviticus 11

1. God is holy.2. He wants to save the world.3. God cares for all creatures.4. All life are precious to Him.