THE NEED FOR GROWTH
In the old testament, the tabernacle was made up of three subdivisions. As soon as you pass through the courtyard you'll come across the bronze altar(this is where blood sacrifice is made)- relating this to this present dispensation, you only gain access to God's very presence by the finished work of Christ on the cross. After the bronze altar, you'll get to the laver. It sat on a stand, held gallons of water. This is where the priests wash. This symbolises our everyday cleansing from sin. Sometimes we still sin so we come to Jesus and ask for forgiveness. We don't have to be saved again but we need to keep ourselves clean before God. (You take a bath once a day but you wash your hands many times a day). This laver was like a brass mirror. You could see yourself through it. In Jms 1:25 we are made to understand that the word if God is like a mirror. We need the word for our daily walk with God. We shouldn't study the scriptures to quench the guilty of not being...