Title: The Laver and Purification

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Before we are reborn, our outer self is a liability and a cause of problems. Afterwards it is an asset because it functions as a filter for purifying our spirit. This explains why we find so much junk in it sometimes!

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Exodus 30:17-21; 38:8
James 1:19-24
Exodus 40:6-8, 11-12, 30-32
Job 9:29-31; 15:14-16
Psalms 51:1-3, 7, 9-10, 17
Isaiah 1:16-18
Jeremiah 2:20-22
Ezekiel 36:24-26, 29, 31
Malachi 3:1-3
Mark 7:1-8, 14-23
2 Corinthians 7:1
Ephesians 5:25-27, 32
2 Timothy 2:20-22
James 4:7-8

9194. 'Except to Jehovah alone' means that the Lord, who is the one and only God, is to be worshipped. This is clear from the meaning of 'offering sacrifice', at this point 'to Jehovah alone', as worship, dealt with above in 9192. The reason why 'to Jehovah' means to the Lord is that in the Word 'Jehovah' is used to mean no one other than the Lord, see 1343, 1736, 2921, 3023, 3035, 4692, 5663, 6303, 6905, 8864. The Divine, which He called the Father, is the Divine Good within Himself, 2803, 3704, 7499, 8897. Thus the Lord is the one and only God, 1607, 2149, 2156, 2329, 2447, 2751, 3194, 3704, 3712, 3938, 4577, 4687, 5321, 6280, 6371, 6849, 6993, 7014, 7182, 7209, 8241, 8724, 8760, 8864, 8865.