The Moral Demands on the Ministry
Wednesday Evening June 22, 2005 Leviticus 21 “The Moral Demands on the Ministry” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Turn with me to Leviticus, chapter 21, as we continue to work our way through the Book of Leviticus. This is a passage in which God gives to the children of Israel, through Moses, instruction regarding the priests and the Levites that are going to serve in the tabernacle, and then, the temple. And we see something here of the moral demands (both the ceremonial and moral requirements) that were placed upon the Old Testament ministry and it's in fact, as we have seen all along in this study of Leviticus, an incredibly rich passage that will raise many questions in your mind. I wish we had time to answer all of them. But what I want to do tonight is basically focus on two things.…