Connect How can you live boldly yet reverently before our holy God this week?

Warm-Up

1. Have you ever made a list of house ‘rules’? What were they and how did it go?

Read Leviticus 19:1-10

2. What is the primary command of the LORD to his people? What does it mean to ‘be holy’?
3. Why does it matter from whom the command originates? If he makes the call, who sets the standard?
4. Do you ever struggle to obey (or want to obey!) what God instructs? Do you think it is always necessary for us to understand why God requires us to do (or not do) something? 
5. How is taking our cues from God (for life and living) counter-cultural in our day and age? How was it counter-cultural for the Israelites and later for the first converts to Christianity?
6. Who was the master of the Israelites previously? Who are we tempted to make our master? Why is God the only ultimate master worthy of our devotion and obedience?
7. Read Leviticus 20:26. What are the key reasons outlined here for the people of God to be holy?
8. Is our salvation dependent on our efforts in holiness? How is holiness a reflection of our status in Christ? 
9. Have you ever considered holiness as part of your purpose? What does that look like on one of your frontlines?

Read Leviticus 19:11-19

10. How do you first respond when you read or hear this list of instructions? How broad is it?
11. What are all the various dimensions of life covered by the instructions outlined in chapter 19?
12. What areas of our lives are ‘off limits’ to God’s demand for holiness? Are any particularly challenging?
13. How do we decide which of these laws apply to us? Can you think of examples in which Jesus affirms or intensifies some of the instructions outlined here? Who can help us to live this way?

Read 1 Peter 1:13-21

14. Do you ever feel like a bit of an ‘imposter’ as a Christian? Why should we feel secure?
15. Ultimately, how have we been made holy? To whom is our hope anchored to?
16. How does looking forward to Jesus’ return and looking back to his sacrifice embolden you to live in a way even when it feels costly or different to those around you?

Apply Is there any particular area of your life in which you need to grow in holiness (with God’s help)?

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On Your Frontline this Week

Pick one important relationship to you. How could you improve transparency, time, or trust this week?

For Families

• Download: some of the family resources to use at home: stbartskids.org

Listen, Watch, and Read

• Listen (sermon): “On Being Holy” by John Woodhouse:
  https://www.st-helens.org.uk/resources/talk/3657/  
• Listen (sermon): “Directions for a distinctive workplace” by Hugh Palmer:
  https://www.allsouls.org/Media/AllMedia.aspx?show_media=135647&show_file=146434  
• Listen (sermon): “Holy Holy Holy” by Pete Wilkinson:
  https://stebbes.org/sermons/holy-holy-holy-4/#sermons  

Series Resources

• Read (book): “Leviticus: A 12-Week Study” by Michael LeFebvre. 
• Read (book): “Rediscovering Holiness” by J I Packer.
• Read (book): “Holiness” by J C Ryle. 📚
• Read (commentary): “Leviticus” by Katy Davis.
• Watch (website): “The Book of Leviticus” by the BibleProject:
  https://bibleproject.com/guides/book-of-leviticus/  

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📚 Available to borrow in the Church library

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