Prepare
Opening Prayer
Father, thank you for this day and your Word. May we bring you glory as we read, and may your Holy Spirit work in our hearts to understand. In Jesus' name, amen.
Read
Scripture Passage
Feasts of the Lord
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Lev 23:1–2
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
The Lord introduces Israel's appointed feasts—holy times when the covenant people stop to remember who God is, what he has done, and what he has given them.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Leviticus 23:2
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
Bryan does not explicitly choose a best verse. With only two introductory verses, verse 2 states the subject of the chapter: the Lord's appointed feasts proclaimed as holy convocations.
C — Called or Christ
C — Christ Connection
Use the times God gives to stop and remember who he is, what he has done, and what he has provided. Above all, rejoice in Jesus Christ and rest in his redeeming work.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
Sorry, I did mean to tickle you. This mean this is where every weekday morning, you and I, we get together, we have a little bit of coffee or what are you having this morning? You're having milk this morning. Coffee. Milk or water? Tea. I don't know what you got, but uh where we have something to drink, we get into God's word, and we grow in our love for the Lord together. This year, 2023, Lord willing, we'll make it from Genesis through Do you know what the third book of the Bible is? Um, Leviticus. Leviticus. Give me fives. Good job. Can you do that? Go ahead. All right. Well, let's go ahead and have something to drink. We'll pray and we'll get into God's word. Milk. Have my coffee. Oh, how much milk are you going to drink? You gonna drink all the milk? Okay, let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for this day and we thank you for your word. Lord, we pray that we would bring you glory as we read your word and that your Holy Spirit would work in our hearts to understand it in Jesus's name. Amen. What are you looking? You were looking at that while I was praying. Maybe you can shut your eyes and pray next time so you don't get distracted. Would that be good? Why is that? Why is that? What? I can see my Oh, yeah. You can see yourself. Okay, let's go ahead and read. Okay, ready? So, we're here. Do you know that word? Nope. Yeah, you do. It's a sight word. You tell me. Oh, and you know that one. And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, "Speak to the children of Israel that nope. and say to them, "The feast of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are my feasts." Say the Yeah, it looks like it says 'the', but it says these because there's an S and an E at the end of it. So, it's these. These are my feast. So, guess what this chapter is going to be all about? What? The feasts. Ew. No, not you. It's good. Do you know what a feast is? I don't like eating but I don't like eating rabbits that are having bread. Well, we're not talking about eating rabbits, right? But these are a different feast. You know what feast we just had recently? Food. Food. Thanksgiving. Did you like Thanksgiving? Uh had on my birthday. Yeah, on your birthday. And were there all sorts of yummy foods? Uh maybe. Yeah. Well, there's And did you have to work those days? Nope. Nope. That's what that's what these are going to be. They're going to be different times when the Israelites they didn't have to work, but instead they got to eat and rejoice and rest and spend time with God and spend time with their families. What? What if they they didn't do work and then when they beat Thanksgiving, they could stop, but they didn't do work. Yeah. Well, that's kind it's kind of like their Thanksgivings. They would stop and not do any work. Instead, they would feast and they would rejoice in God for different things he had done. Um, why do you have big hair? I have big hairs on my arm because I'm a man. I'm going to cut them. No, you're not going to cut my arm hairs. Okay. Well, my hometown. Yeah. Hey, guess what? That's all there is. It's just the two verses this morning. It's just the feasts. Oh, don't do that. Nothing's in my mouth. So, look at me. Look at me. Oh, how did they get up that Ellie? Look at me now. I need you to be serious. Okay. What is a feast? Food. Yeah. when you get to stop and rest and eat food. Oh, yeah. We're going to talk about the different feasts. What is that? You know what those are? Those are feasts. You're being silly. You're in a silly mood this morning. So, God, Isn't that neat that there are times in which God told his people, "You're going to not work and you're going to eat good food and you're going to rejoice in things God has done." Why is that? Well, those were the feasts and we're going to talk about the different feasts that they would that they were supposed to celebrate. Hey, I'm that God gave me toys and house and things. You're thankful that the Lord gave you toys and house and things. Well, good. You know, you know what they're they were supposed to rejoice in? What? They were going to rejoice in God creating the world and then they were going to rejoice in all the good things God did for them and good things God gave them. Well, I don't like Satan. Well, you shouldn't like Satan. All right. You ready to pray? What is Satan? Satan is a fallen angel. What is that? Yeah. He's an angel who was filled with pride and he wanted to take over God's kingdom. So he was cast down and now he still tries to tempt people in their hearts and minds to be filled with pride, not trust God and do what they want to do. Mr. Turner told me that um and Eve sinned because he beat a snake. That's right. He was a serpent and he tricked Eve, didn't he? Yeah. He tempted her. He told her, "Did God really say that?" But did God still rescue us? Mhm. That's right. Okay, let's go ahead and pray. You ready? Lord, we thank you so much that you are a God who redeems us. Oh, we're praying. I can't see that because he's blocking my way. Mhm. Let's go ahead and pray. We thank you that you are a God who has redeemed us. We thank you that you have given us times in our lives to stop and remember who you are, what you have done for us, and what you have given us. Lord, we thank you most of all for Jesus Christ. his name we pray. Amen. Well, I think it's time for me to say goodbye. I have a silly six-year-old who uh obviously this is not what she wants to do this morning. That's okay. Ellie, do you want to say goodbye? Can you say it nicely? Well, goodbye. I hope that you rest in Jesus Christ. You rejoice in who he is and what he has done for you. I'll see you next time. Maybe I could be like this. [Music] Thanks for listening to this week's message from God's Word for You, a ministry of Sharon RP Church in rural southeast Iowa. We pray that the message would be used by God to transform your faith in your life this week. If you'd like to get more information about us, feel free to go to the website sharonrpc.org. We'd love to invite you to worship with us. Our worship time is 10:00 a.m. every Sunday at 25204 160th Avenue, Morning Sun, Iowa 5264. May God richly bless you this week. [Music]