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Our Sin and the Holiness of God · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: In this week's first 15, we're going to explore what it means to live with an unveiled lifestyle.
• 0:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's when we live our lives in light of the perfect sacrifice of Jesus that you and I begin to experience all his death was purpose to bring us.
• 0:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: God longs for his children to walk in intimacy with him, directly connected to his wellspring of love for us.
• 0:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: May you experience a more tangible, loving, and powerful connection with your Heavenly Father this week, as we celebrate living life unveiled.
• 0:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to the first 15-potcast.
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  [UNKNOWN]: You
• 1:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: Our verse for today comes from Leviticus 21, verse 23, Scripture says, but He shall not go through the veil or approach the altar because He has a blemish that He may not profane my sanctuaries for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
• 1:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Our heavenly Father is both entirely full of love and completely holy.
• 1:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: And in the greatest tragedy of all time, our sin caused the love and holiness of our God to be at opposition with one another.
• 2:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: His great desire was for unadulterated, perfect relationship with us, and with Adam and Eve that longing was fulfilled.
• 2:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: He could enjoy communion with us without separation.
• 2:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: But when sin entered the grand narrative of human history, God's unshakable, holy nature could not allow him to walk in perfect communion with us any longer.
• 2:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Our sin caused a rift between us and him that his love could not yet overcome.
• 2:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: So great is the holiness of our God, and so great was the depth of our sin that Avail was placed between us and our Heavenly Father.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Avail signifying the horrific separation of God and man.
• 2:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: In a description of the veil, Exodus 26 verses 31 through 33 says, and you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and find twined linen.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It shall be made with cherubim, skillfully worked into it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And you shall hang it on four pillars of a casha, overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And you shall hang the veil from the clasps and bring the arc of the testimony in there within the veil.
• 3:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: And the veil shall separate for you, the holy place from the most holy.
• 3:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Only one man chosen to go before God as Israel's representative was allowed to pass through the veil once a year on the day of atonement.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: And so great was God's holiness and our sin that if anyone else was to enter, the power of God's holiness would kill them.
• 3:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: in Leviticus 162.
• 4:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: God commanded Moses.
• 4:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the holy place inside the veil before the mercy seat that is on the ark so that he may not die.
• 4:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
• 4:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: In order to appreciate the power of Christ's sacrifice, we must acknowledge the status from which we have been redeemed.
• 4:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: In Luke 747, in reference to the depth of a prostitute's love for him, Jesus says, therefore I tell you her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much.
• 4:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
• 4:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: You have been forgiven much, regardless of what lifestyle you have come from.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So great was the chasm you're so created that you are incapable of communion with your creator.
• 5:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: Without the sacrifice of Christ, you would have no restored relationship with God, no Holy Spirit dwelling within you, and no grace, mercy, or total forgiveness.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: so that you might greatly love your heavenly Father.
• 5:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Spend time and prayer right now, focusing on the depth of your sin, which has been sacrificially redeemed by the love of Jesus Christ.
• 6:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: as we begin, meditate on the depth of your inherited sin, take a few moments, and reflect on the fact that you were by nature completely separated from the love of your Heavenly Father.
• 6:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Romans 3, 23 says, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And now, take time to reflect on what your life would be like without relationship with your heavenly Father.
• 7:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: What would it be like to be without God's grace and forgiveness?
• 7:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: What would it be like to be without His presence for all of your days?
• 7:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Roman 623 says, For the wages of sin is death.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And finally, take time to thank God for the abundance of His goodness.
• 8:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Worship Him for His sacrifice.
• 8:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Take time in your own way to love him as a response to the freedom and relationship you've been restored to by his grace and love for you.
• 8:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: Psalm 145 verses 8 through 9 says, the Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding instead fast love.
• 9:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made.
• 10:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Seeing our sin in light of God's holiness is a difficult but wonderful reminder of how greatly God has loved us.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Jesus sacrificed everything when we were deserving of nothing.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: May you live today in response to God's unmerited favor and grace on your life.
• 11:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks for listening to today's verse 15 podcast.
• 11:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: As always, we have more resources on our website to help you experience life unveiled.
• 11:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: Life lived with greater closeness to the God who loves you.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: Visit our website first15.org to find articles, books, guided prayers, and more.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you seek him.