Leviticus
4 – The Law of the Sin Offering
The
sin offering speaks of sin as a nature.
It became the most important and significant offering. It was the Law which revealed to him that he
was a sinner. “In the place where the
burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy.” The sin offering tells what
Christ did. This offering was commanded while the others before this were
voluntary. The emphasis here is upon a
sin committed in ignorance. Sins of
ignorance reveal the truth that man is a sinner by nature. It gave a profound
conviction of sin. A great many people with a guilt complex go to a psychiatrist
today. The Word of God contains the
remedy for man today. The sins of
ignorance were acts committed by a person at the time they did not know they
were in sin. If a man sinned through
ignorance, rashness, or accident, God made provision for his deliverance. He established the cities of refuge. Jesus is our refuge today.
Paul
explains the reason he was the chief of sinners and why he obtained mercy. He was a blasphemer and a persecutor and
injurious, but he obtained mercy because he did it ignorantly in unbelief. “And the grace of our Lord was exceeding
abundant with faith and Love which is in Jesus Christ.” (I Tim. 1:14-15). Christ died for me; so, I can go and tell Him
about it. He forgives me because He took
care of all my sin at the cross.
The
sin offering teaches us that we must see ourselves as God sees us. It brings
before us the consciousness of sin and our own unworthiness, but also God’s provision. It lifts the guilt complex. We can come to
Him in boldness because Jesus is our sin offering, even for these sins in
ignorance.
The
sin of the priest is considered first with a young bullock as his offering. He
had to sprinkle the blood seven times before the veil secured God’s
relationship with the offender. To put some of the blood on the horns of the
altar of incense, the place of prayer, was to restore the privilege of worship
to the offender. Our acceptance by God
and our worship of Him are dependent on the blood of Christ. The remainder of
the blood was poured out at the bottom of the brazen altar. This satisfied the conscience of the sinner
and removed the guilt complex. The remainder of the bullock was taken outside
the camp and burned there. The death of
Christ on the cross as our sin-bearer is the only solution there is to
sin. That is the meaning of that part of
the animal which had to be burned outside the camp. God judges nations, and
many people who didn’t participate in the sin of the nation are judged along
with it. God also judges churches. If we identify our self with a church which
does not teach the truth from the Word of God, God will judge us right along
with the church.
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