RPG Adults
PEACE OFFERING - VOW, THANKSGIVING, VOLUNTARY
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
Leviticus 7
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
“But the remainder of the flesh
of the sacrifice on the third day
shall be burnt with fire.”
PEACE OFFERING - VOW, THANKSGIVING, VOLUNTARY
The peace offering could be offered on its own as a vow, thanksgiving or voluntary offering. These were three activities that the LORD encouraged His people to experience with Him. These were experiences that were from a grateful heart. A grateful heart is a heart that has been touched by the blood of Jesus Christ. The believer knew that all the Levitical offerings were types of Christ who is his real unblemished sacrificial Lamb of God that takes away his sins. This is a heart that has been cleansed and washed of every sin. This cleansing experience was the reason for these three offerings.
The believer knew that the only time in his eternity with God in heaven that he could make vows to God, willingly offered to Him in this sin-filled world and with grateful thanks to Him for all he experienced on earth, was now. Once his life on earth ended, he would not be able to offer his peace offerings any more. He valued these moments and privileges. A vow is made in the name of God. It is made to keep one’s word to the believer’s heavenly Father because of gratitude and thanksgiving for life eternal. It is done voluntarily. There is no coercion.
Unfortunately, the word of professing believers today means little. That is why there are divorces among them. These believers lie commonly and feel no shame. The reason is that they do not have true salvation in Christ. True believers are grateful. They make their vows with every intention of keeping them. They are thankful people as seen by their devotion to the Lord. They serve the LORD freely and willingly with a joyful heart. They offer peace offerings to the LORD daily as they live in holiness to the glory of God in Christ. The peace offering is given to God as an expression of our love, devotion and gratitude for all that He has done in our lives for Christ’s sake. We need to make vows to God more often with sincerity and love for Him.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 7:16
PRAYER: Help me, O Father, to keep my word all my life just as Thou always keeps Thine, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.