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  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Go! And See The Scapegoat: Christ Our Substitute - Leviticus 16:7–8 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 27, 2025
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     | 154 views

    Hidden among the laws, rituals, and sacrifices of Leviticus, we discover some of the clearest pictures of Jesus Christ in all of Scripture.

    Go! And See the Scapegoat: Christ Our Substitute - Leviticus 16:7–8 Leviticus 16:7–8 (NLT): “Then he must take the two male goats and present them to the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle. He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering to the Lord and which ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    04 Atonement Accomplished Series

    Contributed by Seth Lawson on Mar 24, 2025
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     | 575 views

    Jesus the the perfect atonement, forever reconciling us to God.

    Open your Bibles and find the book of Leviticus, chapter 16. Once you have that, turn to the New Testament book of Hebrews, chapter 9—Leviticus 16 and Hebrews 9. As we begin, I want to read a few verses from both Leviticus and Hebrews to lay the groundwork for our focus this morning. Follow along ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Does It Mean That Jesus "takes Away The Sin Of The World"?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Mar 18, 2020
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    A look into the idea from the Day of Atonement of the "scapegoat." Jesus doesn't just forgive our sin - He removes our sin, like a goat being taken away into the desert.

    JOHN'S PROCLAMATION: Jesus takes away the sin of the world. - John 1:29. - This is an Easter truth that we love to proclaim – and rightfully so! - Jesus takes away the sin of the world. - Tell a story that emphasizes only the forgiveness part, not the removal part. - But what if we don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Goat That Got Away

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Mar 28, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,596 views

    Part of an Easter series this sermon looks at the OT foreshadows of the cross. In this sermon the scapegoat analogy is applied to Jesus.

    THE GOAT THAT GOT AWAY Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to blame all your troubles on someone else? You know, when you fail at some project, pass the blame off on someone who caused you to mess up. Maybe you do that anyways. The truth is we all do that at some point. Some psychologists will ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Hope In Suffering

    Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Oct 28, 2014
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     | 4,943 views

    A perspective on Matthew 25: 31-46. The good news continues when Jesus will remove all oppression in our life by removing the goat from our presence.

    Matthew 25: 31-46 Hope in suffering Many editors of Bibles and commentaries subtitle our Gospel text as, ‘The judgement.’ They focus on judgement portrayed by the shepherd separating the sheep from the goats, the righteous from the self-righteous, and the good from the bad. Our Gospel ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Buried, He Carried My Sins Far Away Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Jan 29, 2018
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     | 16,621 views

    Jesus' burial was conducted by two unlikely undertakers: A wealthy man and a member of the Sanhedrin.

    INTRODUCTION I don’t really like watching television commercials. So when I want to watch a program or a golf match, I’ll usually record it on my TiVo. Then when I sit down to watch it I can fast forward through all the commercials. I love playing golf, but watching golf on TV can be little like ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Catastrophes Happen, Whom Do We Blame?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 6, 2025
     | 13 views

    When something really bad happens, we look for a scapegoat to take the blame. For lots of troubles, our response is to blame God, praying “why did you do this to us, Lord?”

    Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time 2025 What has happened so that the prophet Joel tells the priests of the Jerusalem temple to weep and wail? Why is the house of God deprived of grain offering and wine offering? If we look not here in chapter 2 of the prophecy, but go back to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    It's Not My Fault!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 137 ratings
     | 19,118 views

    Most of us, when our sins are found out, are quick to look for a scapegoat. So let’s look at some of the ways we use to blame someone else for our sins.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX A. Folks, as you can see in the bulletin, the subject of my sermon is "How Do You Determine What is Right & What is wrong?" But as I worked on it this week it became obvious to me that the subject is just too big to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Craig Condon avatar

    Helping Others As Jesus Helped Others

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Apr 6, 2015
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     | 21,709 views

    The “little ones” Jesus refers to are frequently the scapegoats or victims in our society. They are the powerless, the weak, the hurting, the abused, the abandoned, the elderly or children, and they are often the easiest targets for our wrath.

    A successful man known for his generosity was driving his new car through a poor part of town. A boy tried to flag him down. The man didn’t want to get involved, so he pretended he didn’t see the child. As he slowed for a red traffic light, he heard a loud crash. Someone had thrown a ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Fire And The Calf

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 28, 2008
     | 6,262 views

    Modern man shirks personal responsibility by blaming society, parents, TV... or anything else. In this sermon, Aaron is the biblical representative of all those who refuse to accept their personal responsibility and look for a scapegoat to blame.

    The Fire and the Calf Exodus 32:24 It happened four days after my seventh birthday, in a place I had never heard of. At 3:15 am, on March 13, 1964, getting home from work, Catherine Susan Genovese, known to her friends as “Kitty” parked her car about 100 yards away from the front door of her ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Measure Upon Measure – Death – The Restoration Of God - Part 10 (Section 2) Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 5, 2025
     | 91 views

    In this smaller message we look at the way Christ died for the sins of the world to redeem and restore what Adam lost. Jesus Christ is the Passover Lamb and fulfils the two goats on the Day of Atonement. His death for the whole world has brought eternal redemption and salvation.

    MEASURE UPON MEASURE – DEATH – THE RESTORATION OF GOD - Part 10 (Section 2) I am doing a presentation on the results of sin that entered the human race. There are six consequences of that sin I am outlining, and we began DEATH in the last message with Serenity Ruined in the Garden through ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Tragedy Of Covered Sin

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Nov 24, 2011
    based on 28 ratings
     | 54,278 views

    Sin is a fact of life and is the most horrible thing in the universe. In fact, if it was not for the issue of sin, Jesus had no business dying. Sin is so terrible that God had to surrender his own Son as a scapegoat so that He could be dealt with to elimi

    This week, we are looking at the message entitled, “The tragedy of covered sin.” One of the most serious verses in the Bible is found in Proverbs chapter 28 verse 13: “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper but he that confesseth and forsaketh them shall have ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Just A Misunderstanding - Or - Just Being Contentious?

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Nov 3, 2023
     | 1,002 views

    We examine the CHORUS of a great old hymn that a few say is not doctrinally correct. Are those critics misunderstanding what the words mean, or are they being contentious? We carefully look at the work of Calvary in the message.

    JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING - OR - JUST BEING CONTENTIOUS? [1]. A HYMN CHORUS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT There would be none of us who is without misunderstanding when it comes to biblical issues. We may try with God’s help to grasp a passage of scripture but sometimes it is not within our reach. Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rodney V Johnson avatar

    12 Steps To Recovery Part 8 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Apr 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,399 views

    Step 8 focuses on our making of list of those we have hurt during our addiction and being willing to make amends.

    Twelve Steps To Recovery Part 8 Scripture: Exodus 22:10-15; Leviticus 16:20-22; Matthew 18:23-35 Introduction To date in this series we have discussed the first seven steps in the twelve steps to recovery process. We began by admitting that we were powerless over our dependencies and that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "Seeing Jesus In The Day Of Atonement” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 12, 2017
     | 6,523 views

    All kind of significance can be seen in the observance of the Day of Atonement.

    “The Day of Atonement” is the English translation for the Hebrew, “Yom Kippur.” “Kippur” is the Hebrew word “kaphar” meaning “to cover.” Specifically, atonement refers to God covering our sin. Yom Kippur fell on the 10th day of Tishri, the seventh Hebrew month, and was observed between the Feast of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist