Keep the Fire Burning

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Brian wrapped up the Tribe fam's series in Leviticus by working through a short passage about the burnt offering altar fire. The core question was simple: whose job is it to keep that fire burning, and what does that actually look like for someone following Jesus today? The series has been called "two men enter, one man leaves," built around the idea that when we step into the arena of our own...

Read together

1. Leviticus 6:8-13 main passage read aloud and discussed throughout the sermon as the basis for keeping the fire burning
2. Leviticus 9:23-24 read aloud to show that God sent the fire when the sacrificial system was instituted
3. 1 John 1:9 quoted to support the idea that confessing sin brings forgiveness and restored right standing each morning
4. Leviticus 9 referenced as backdrop for the moment fire blazed from the Lord's presence

Talk about it

1. Brian talked about the free will offering requiring the whole animal to be eaten in one day, meaning it had to be shared with others. When has someone else's celebration of what God did for them stirred something in your own faith?
2. The Olah offering, where the entire animal was consumed on the altar, was described as giving God your very best rather than your leftovers. Where in your life are you most tempted to give God what is left over after everything else gets your best?
3. Brian said it is the individual's job to keep the fire burning, not the pastor's or the church's. How did you respond to that when you heard it, and what does taking that responsibility look like practically in your week?
4. The image of taking out the ashes of yesterday came up in two directions, failures and victories. Which is harder for you to let go of, yesterday's failures or yesterday's wins, and why?
5. Brian described letting the fat drip as making room for the Holy Spirit, and one person in the room described reading scripture but then closing the Bible and moving on without sitting and asking the Holy Spirit what he wanted to say. What does that kind of stillness actually look like in your own time with God, and what gets in the way of it?