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TRESPASS OFFERING – A SIN OFFERING
TUESDAY, APRIL 16
Leviticus 5
1 Peter 2:8-12
“It is a trespass offering:
he hath certainly
trespassed against the LORD.”
TRESPASS OFFERING – A SIN OFFERING
The trespass offering is also a sin-offering. Leviticus 5:6: “And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.” [Emphasis added] The list of trespasses is mentioned in Leviticus 5:1-4. To trespass against God is to transgress against what God has revealed to His people. This is found in the Holy Scriptures.
These sins were not regarded as sins in the eyes of the world. But the high standard of holiness God expected of His people is from heaven above. The earth below is dead in sin. The standard of holiness is non-existent outside of the Bible. Instead, it is a world of great carnality and wickedness. Every man in every nation does what is right in his own eyes. Lying is wrong in one nation, but could be seen as right in another. A gradation of lies such as white, grey or black lies is commonly practised worldwide. It is the norm. Layers and layers of evil have been laid by the evil one over every fabric of society, like a pastry chef layering layer after layer of crepe with all sorts of delicious creamy fillings sandwiched in between. Sinful men have been eating this wickedly delicious “sweet crepe” for the past 6 to 7 millenniums since the Fall. Every society throughout the ages reflects the same depravity and debaucherous manner of life.
The LORD wanted His people to be as different as night is to day, darkness to light! His people had to be very sensitive to holiness in every facet of their daily life as they lived with one another in the Promised Land. A trespass against one another was a sin against God. An offering must be offered to take away their sins, for without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin. Their uncleanness was a sin in God’s eyes. As people of God in the church, we must return to God’s holy standard of life in our relationships with one another – keeping our word, helping others by bearing a righteous witness, and abstaining from everything that has the appearance of sin. In this way, Christ is glorified.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 5:6
PRAYER: Make me as sensitive to sin in my life as I ought to be in order to be a holy witness for Thee, Father, for Christ’s sake. Amen.