A Living Sacrifice

A Living Sacrifice

From Mt. Rose OPC by Mt. Rose OPC

March 10, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the Old Testament reading from Exodus 23, focusing on themes of sacrifice, rest, and the observance of feasts.

Old Testament Reading Our Old Testament reading is Exodus chapter 23, verses 10 through 19. Exodus 23, 10 through 19, and this is the holy word of our Lord. For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard and with your olive orchard. Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman and the alien may be refreshed. Pay attention to all that I’ve said to you and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips. Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me. You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib. For in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed. You shall keep the feast of harvest, or the firstfruits, or of the firstfruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall keep the feast of ingathering at…

Topics covered

  • sacrifice
  • Old Testament
  • Exodus
  • feasts
  • rest
  • spirituality

Keywords

  • sacrifice
  • Exodus 23
  • Old Testament
  • feasts
  • spirituality
  • rest
  • first fruits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lord

Books & works: Exodus

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