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Guest - Ps Joel Chelliah // Life Unlimited Church's 60th Anniversary

Numbers 35:6
Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. ‭‭‭‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Joshua‬ ‭20‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan in the tribe of Manasseh.”‭‭

1. Kadesh: holy or righteousness

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Christ is a refuge for all who have sinned.

2. Hebron: Fellowship,

‭‭1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭NIV‬
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”

Christ is a refuge for all who are lonely.

3. Bezer: Fortress, resting place

Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Christ is a refuge for all who are tormented.

‭‭4. Ramoth: Heights. (Raised to high places)

Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”

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Christ is a refuge for all who feel lowly and depressed.

5. Golan: Joy

1 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“….. and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,”

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Christ is a refuge for all who grieve.

6. Shechem: (Carried) Shoulder,

Luke‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬-‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬
“Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.

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Christ is a refuge for all who are too weak to walk.

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