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WHEN A BLEMISHED OFFERING IS ALLOWED!
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
Leviticus 22
1 Timothy 1:15
“But whatsoever hath a blemish,
that shall ye not offer: for it
shall not be acceptable for you.”
WHEN A BLEMISHED OFFERING IS ALLOWED!
The teaching of both the Old and New Testaments has always been that only unblemished offerings were permitted by the LORD to be offered. Yet, here we have a law given by the LORD that permitted a blemished offering.
All the other offerings, including sin offering, burnt offering, peace offering and thank offering, were types of Christ. Christ is our perfect offering in all the four aspects of our relationship with God. Without Christ, we will die in our sin. There is no purification. Christ, as our sin offering, bears on His body the persecution and the death for our sins against God. He is our atoning sacrifice which was what the burnt offering signified. After our sins have been atoned, and we have been purified, we now have peace with God through Christ. Thus, the peace offering. Now that we have peace with God through Christ, we give thanks to the LORD and bring the thank offering.
When it came to the freewill offering, the LORD permitted a blemished offering because it represented our offering to Him in service and devotion. Since we are always blemished in all that we do, even after salvation, a blemished sacrifice is allowed by God. This is a great encouragement for all of us. We know that if God only accepts perfect freewill offerings, there will be no acceptance of any service. The LORD knows all of us well. This does not mean that since our offering can be blemished, we stop giving the LORD our best. This way of thinking is carnal. All the more we ought to do our best for the LORD, and be encouraged that even though our best is not perfect, God will still accept if what we have done is constrained by Christ’s love.
Mistakes are made, and motives are not always due to Christ’s love in what we say and do, and yet the LORD says to keep on offering and not to stop. He will accept blemished offerings when done with a heart of love for Christ.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 22:23
PRAYER: May I never stop serving and giving my best unto Thee, O Father. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.