Today's Gospel 03/05/2023
Sermon Title (s): 1. No old man in the house, 2. The sins and failure of the Law's priesthood, 3. The Priesthood of the Law's weaknesses.
1. We continued with the gospel testimony in the OT from the story of Hannah, Eli and his sons.
2. We contend as always that these stories are gospel recordings that are only properly understood when viewed from the New Testament.
3. So, the testimony of Eli and his corrupt sons was enlarged (expanded).
4. The sons of Eli were priests because they were Levites and in their corruption is revealed the weakness of the Law's Priesthood and its covenant.
5. IT (the Law) caused God's people to transgress and that as testimony of the New Testament teaching that the power of sin is in the Law.
6. But God did not stop there. He came and pronounced a judgment on Eli and his father's house, that is, Levi, and that is the whole Covenant of the Law because Levites were mediators of that covenant which made NOTHING PERFECT.
7. He said, in the days to come (the days of Christ) there shall not be found an old man (Old Covenant) in the house of Eli (Levi) and that signaling the end of the Law.
8. The Old Testament always anticipated the end of the Law. But the end of the Law does not just happen. It happens when God has appointed another priest, a faithful priest who knows God's heart and mind and does God's will to perfection, the Lord Jesus.
9. That and more and it is FREE! |
