RPG Adults
PEACE OFFERING IS FOR ALL
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
Leviticus 3
Philippians 4:4-7
“…it is the food of the offering
made by fire unto the LORD.”
PEACE OFFERING IS FOR ALL
Peace always eludes the world. No matter how much the people of the world desire peace, they will never have it. It cannot be found outside of God in Christ. That is why the world has been at war in almost all her existence since the fall of man, less than 10,000 years ago. Quarrels fill the air in every home. Fighting with words or fists is found in every place, organisation, event, and wherever man is. Man has no solution to this absence of peace. Thank God that the peace offering is provided by God to every sinner.
Man can deceive himself into redefining the meaning of peace so that a truce can be an acceptable substitute. Such delusion is not only tragic, it also shows man’s foolish denial of his failure and impotent reality that he can never find peace on his own. He is born a sinner and has no escape from grief, pain and quarrels in life. The problem is not the other person robbing him of his peace. The root of the problem is his sinful heart, not the environment. If man accepts this diagnosis of God, then he can begin to find the road to peace. The removal of this greatest obstacle of a sinful heart is impossible with man. His good works toward others fail him repeatedly and miserably. Devoted hearts are broken repeatedly. Ask any parent who has given his life for his child and he will tell you the futility of it all.
But with God all things are possible. The peace offering was not without the shedding of blood like all the sin and burnt offerings. The animals had to be without blemish and clean as stipulated by God. Peace with God is through Christ alone. It is through the sacrifice of Christ that God’s justice is fully satisfied, and that peace between a sinner and God can be restored. Christ paid with His life for sinners to have peace with God. That was the enormous price paid to restore peace. With this peace of God in the sinner’s heart, he is now able to make peace with all men. He knows what peace is like now. For Christ’s sake he will want peace. He will give his life to Christ to bring the peace of God to others.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 3:11
PRAYER: O, Father, help me to keep this peace in my heart through the trials of life. For Jesus’ sake, hear my cry. Amen.