Word of Salvation – Vol.38 No.44 - November 1993   Trusting in the Sacrifice of Christ   Sermon by Rev. A. Esselbrugge on Leviticus 4:29 Readings: Leviticus 4:27-35; Hebrews 10:1-18   Brothers and sisters, young people, boys and girls, What we have before us in our verse for this morning is a symbol and example of the way in which a sacrifice becomes available, and what we see there is repeated and commanded in four other verses of the chapter before us (vs 4, 15, 24, 33).  It is therefore something important and something we can learn from. Whenever we are...

I’m taking a guess that you know what guilt is.  I’ll also take guess that you know about guilt from personal experience.  No one has to describe guilt for us.  You don’t need to be told what guilt feels like.  We experience guilt already as three-year olds after raiding Mum’s bikie barrel; and as teenagers after stealing $5 from her purse.  And there’s little in life that is more wretched than guilt. Let me tell you of a time when I was wracked by guilt.  In the 1970s, as young adults, my brothers and I had obtained permission from a land-owner...