There is no future without forgiveness
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Introduction
Introduction
Burnt offering - optional
Grain offerings - optional
Sin offering - mandatory
Guilt Offering - mandatory
Thank offering - optional
What is the purpose of the purificaiton and guilt offerings??
It is to purify us from uncleanness.
our sin, even the unintinentional ones make us unclean.
Who needs to bring the sin and guilt offerings?
Everybody
from the highest (high priest) to the lowest (community memeber)
from the richest (bull) to the pourest (flour)
What’s the difference between purification and guilt offerings?
Purification offerings: deals with our uncleanness. It purifies us from our uncleanness. We cannot fellowship with a holy God if we are unclean. These offerings are much more God-focused. It cleans
The temple
The sinner/people
Guilt offerings: deals with the consequences of sin. guilt offering seeks to repair the relationship with the Lord, as well as with our neighbor.
What does it say about ‘cleanness’ God is looking for?
It is moral purity.
Just by living life - we are prone to sin. We are prone to mess. But these are expected Mess.
Illustration: just by living, if you don’t have a routine of keeping your house clean, it’s gonna be a hot mess within a week. You need hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly routines.
Just by living in a society, we’re gonna wrong each other even if we don’t intend to.
Cross over to the wrong side of the road. Illustration: when I almost ran over a person over in the rain. if i was even a fraction of a second later, i could’ve ran him over.
We will also wrong wrong each other, intentionally. we have to repent from this.
In the public sphere
We don’t speak up when we’re meant to. Perverting Justice
In the private sphere
We cheat/lie our neighbor to benefit from their loss.
Illustration: Skincare = sincare.
What do you learn about God from this
He really means what he says. He’s serious about cleansing us from sin.
How one deals with the small things, tells us how he’ll deal with the big things.
God is providing every avenue, every way for us to be with him.
if you’re a high priest - no worries do this
if you’re rich - no worries do this
if you’ve sinned unintinoally -no worries do this
if you’ve sinned uninentinoally - repent from your sin - and do this
if you’re poor - no worries do this
These offerings are mandatory because our sin is a constant reality.
What do we learn from the sacrifices?
Forgiveness is the answer to sin
Blood is a purifier of sin.
because a life had to die
A perfect sacrifice is sufficient to be a substitute for the sinner. Laying on of hands teaches us that, we deserve to be on that altar for our sin.
Shedding of blood - the penalty of sin has been carried out, the wages of sin is death.
Laying on of hands - God is satisfied that if you lay hands on the sacrifice, for the sinner to identify with the sacrifice.
What the sinner deserves - will happen to the sacrifice, death
Sprinkling of the blood - God is satisfied to have the blood of a correct sacrifice to
cleanse the sinner from sin
cleanse the dwelling palce of YHWH
wow, our sins defiles not just us - BUT GOD’s dwelling place.
Forgiveness is only a means to the end - FELLOWSHIP. God wants to fellowship with you
God wants a relationship with you.
The fellowship offering is the name of the game.
it’s not enough to have the sacrifice die. you need to follow the full ritual, and then you will get forgiveness.
Do you have a sacrifice? Kill it.
Do you have the blood? Give it to the Lord. Symbolises life, and death. sin requires death
Do you have the fat? Give it to the Lord. Symbolises the best part. Giving the best part to the Lord.
The only sins he specifically lists are neighbor related
When you don’t speak up when you should (in public court)
When you deceive a neighbor (about something you entrusted them)
When you cheat a neighbor
When you find something and lie about it
if you swear falsely
God cares about making restitution
restore what was lost and add 20% to recognis the wrong to your neighbor
pay a penalty guilt offering to recognise the wrong you’ve made to the Lord
What do we learn about ourselves?
Forgiveness is needed in a soceity full of sin. There is no future without forgiveness.
let’s be real, we are never without sin. We are prone to sin. Even unintintentionally (1 John 1)
This is a new way of living compared to our old rebellious lives
recognise our sinfulness - just by living we can wrong others, and God
confess our sinfulness - self-aware. when you are in the wrong, even if you didn’t mean it - confess it
how much more when we are at fault / intentional
Do we really know that every sin, even unintentional is against the Lord?
that is to say: he cares about it!!! If he cares about the unintentional hurt. God sees your hidden hurt. Someone who has been abused, can’t find justice. God sees that.
God says - that wrong, you’ve wronged me!!!
Since sin is a reality, we need to have a sin sacrifice ready at all times.
Guilt and shame means we are scared to come in the presence of God. Be BOLD!!! know god’s love, he has provided a way for forgiveness. He has a heart to forgive. His mercy and love means we can boldly approach him confidently knowing he will forgive - he’s already provided the sacrifice in his son.
God has a heart for justice - make right the mistakes you’ve made. add 20%.
Cross-references
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come. 15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants. 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
Jesus suffered the consequences of our sin, separation from God, the result that our sin and guilt deserved
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Jesus’ sacrifice is effective to cover all our sin and guilt! past, present and future!
1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. 14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
We are free from the burden of guilt, so we don’t persist in sin! it’s no longer our master.
14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
Jesus’ blood is a powerful purifier for us
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. 1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
1 I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. 2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments. 5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is. 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. 9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. 16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18 Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into great detail about what they have seen; they are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind. 19 They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow. 20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
12 What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. 13 Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Imagery of Levv. 4-7
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Imagery of Levv. 4-7.
22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Jesus as the sin offering
3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
