Discovering God

    Sermon Reflections from Offering to God | Alex Hardt | March 8, 2026 Every time I venture into the book of Leviticus, it is with fear and trepidation. There seems to be so much that is out of my scope of understand from an ancient culture. However, I know that God did not include it in the Bible without reason. One of my former BSF teaching leaders always reminded us that “God put it there for a reason to teach us something”. So, I need to look for what HE is teaching me as I read these passages. Pastor Alex started us out with the lesson from God about how offerings were a way to connect and draw near to God. Sinful man cannot approach God so there had to be a system since God wanted a relationship with us. The offering of animals allows them to place their hands on the head of the animal and symbolically transfer their sin to the animal. The animal’s death then is a substitute for their required death due to sin. God instructs us in Hebrews 9:22, “Indeed, und...