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SIN OFFERING – FOR THE SIN OF IGNORANCE
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
Leviticus 4

2 Timothy 2:15

 

“…If a soul shall sin through
ignorance against any of the

commandments of the LORD…”

 

SIN OFFERING – FOR THE SIN OF IGNORANCE

 

The sin offering was the most picturesque of all the offerings. In this offering, parts of the animal were carried “forth without the camp unto a clean place” (Lev 4:12) to be burned. For all the other offerings, the animals were offered within the compound of the Tabernacle, but the sin offering involved going outside the camp. There was a literal removal of parts of the animal that signified the end of that offering.
 
What sin does to a person is to make him unclean. In his state of uncleanness, the worshipper could not approach the LORD. The worshipper needed to know that once the sin offering was offered, he would be cleansed of his sin, including the sin of ignorance. Too often we think that ignorance is bliss, that since we do not know it is a sin, God will not hold us accountable. God judges Gentiles according to the witness given to them. That witness is His creation. Thus, He will not, and does not, need to use the Word of God to condemn and sentence them when they die in their sins. If He does use His Word, they will be justified to plead their innocence since they were not given His Word all their lives. God is a just God. That ignorance is excusable (cf. Rom 1).
 
However, in the case of His people who had the Word of God, ignorance was not bliss. Their sins must be cleansed as they had the Word of God. They would be judged according to the Word of God. Hiding behind ignorance when the Word of God was available was a sin that had to be repented of. Thus, the sin offering must be brought to cleanse them of their sin the moment the sin was made known to them.
 
Teachers of God’s Word must keep on teaching to help God’s people out of the sin of ignorance. Every believer must strive to know as much of God’s Word as possible and not sin the sin of ignorance. Otherwise, his testimony for Christ will be jeopardised by his sin of ignorance. No child of God must deliberately hide behind the sin of ignorance and bear a sinful witness for Christ. He needs to repent of his sin. He must promise Christ to be diligent in his study of God’s Word.
 
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 4:2
PRAYER: Help me, Father, out of the sin of ignorance for Jesus’ sake. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.

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