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Sunday June 22nd

 

MEMBERSHIP COURSE - June 29th, 12-3pm (includes lunch!)

Adam is running a single session on membership for those interested in becoming an official member of DPC. To find our more details or sign up, visit here.

DPC Women’s Winter Evening - Saturday June 28th, 7-9pm

Join us as we head into winter for a cozy night of warm cuppas, candle painting craft, and reflections from Jess on the theme of light in the darkness. Friends and family welcome.

Darebin Presbyterian Church Hall, 15 Rossmoyne Street, Thornbury.

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SOUP SUNDAY - Save the date! July 27th

To welcome back the Uni students as Semester Two starts and to enjoy time together as a church family, we will be sharing dinner together after church. You can help out by bringing your own mug (to help with clean up) and by offering to bring a soup to share (see Wendy to sign up).

UPCOMING SERMONS

  • June 22nd - Leviticus 13-14

  • June 29th - Leviticus 12 & 15

  • July 6th - Leviticus 16, Martin Pakula (Guest preacher)

NEXT DATES FOR ORDINARY MEETINGS OF SESSION AND BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

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Bible Readings

You can find the Bible passage online at Bible Gateway.

Leviticus 8-14 can be found here.

 
 

Sermon Outline

Leviticus 13-14

The Death of Shame

Shame is like a living death that causes us to hide but we can be cleansed for God’s presence by opening up to Jesus and letting him cover us.

  1. The shame of COVID

  2. The shame of having a defiling skin disease (13:1-46)

    • Skin diseases that defile (tsara’at is almost certainly not leprosy)

    • Exclusion as an experience of living death (Num. 12:1-15)

    • A challenge to look within

    • Shame is about how you are seen in light of what you have done or others have done to you

  3. The spreading stain of shame (13:47-59; 14:33-47)

    • Defiling “diseases” (tsara’at) in fabrics and houses

    • A reminder of how sin impacts the human world

    • Shame can spread throughout your life

  4. The removal of shame (14:1-31)

    • God had to first heal the defiling skin disease

    • Cleansing was a staged-process of drawing near to God again

      • ONE: Sprinkling to be made clean (3-7)

      • TWO: Waiting, shaving, and washing to be made clean (8-9)

      • THREE: Atonement to be made clean (10-20)

    • Shame is removed through you being cleansed, being clothed and being accepted

  5. Jesus removes our shame (Mark 1:40-45)

    • Are you willing to receive cleansing even without prior healing?

    • Are you willing to stop hiding and be vulnerable with the Lord?

    • What do you most need from Jesus right now – him to accept you, to clean you or to clothe you?