Playlist: Ceremonially Unclean (topic)
Matthew (Part Twenty)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe concept of ceremonial defilement forms the true center of the confrontation between Jesus and the scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 15, and it is essential to distinguish this from any question of God's actual law regarding clean and unclean meats. When the Pharisees traveled fifty miles from Jerusalem to challenge Jesus …
Maintaining Good Health (Part 2)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe concept of ceremonial uncleanness forms a central illustration in demonstrating the profound connection between physical sanitation and spiritual holiness. Leviticus 13, 14, and 15, written specifically to the priesthood, detail extensive laws concerning skin diseases, discharges, and their required treatments. When a person …
Deuteronomy (Part 3) (1994)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWe will not be prepared to rule in the Millennium unless we are experientially persuaded of God's faithfulness to His Covenant and His intolerance of evil.
Deuteronomy (Part 7)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughSanctification is an incremental process in which we systematically destroy the sin within us as our forebears were asked to destroy the inhabitants of Canaan.
The Priesthood of God (Part Four)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Our responsibility as a royal priesthood and a kingdom of priests is to become holy as God is holy, exceeding the holiness of the Levitical priesthood.
Acts (Part Twenty-Two)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughPaul's insistence that a relationship with God could not be established by keeping the law did not lead to the conclusion that the law had been done away.
Offerings (Part Five)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughWe give peace offerings today through living sacrifice, keeping God's law out of love and to glorify Him rather than just to perform duty.
Acts (Part Eleven)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe conversion of Cornelius is nearly as pivotal as the original Pentecost because the Gentiles are given the same portal of salvation offered to Israel.