Week 47, Day 1: Guilty

Today’s Reading:  Leviticus 4:1 – 5:19

Some thoughts from the reading..

I would like for us to continue to read two chapters a day through the book of Leviticus.  Chapters 4 & 5 cover guilt and sin offerings.  I find it very interesting that God specifically addresses when someone sins but does not know they were doing wrong.  They are still guilty.  Often people want to act like ignorance should excuse them from being responsible for what they did.  Someone who violates God’s laws are still guilty even though they were not aware they were doing wrong.  There is not one standard for some and another for someone else.  All men are to be judged according to whether or not they obeyed God’s commands.  We read recently in Hosea 4:6 that the people were destroyed for lack of knowledge.  But the people had also rejected knowledge.  Are we lacking knowledge?  Are we diligently seeking to find out what is pleasing to God.  Or do we simply say I hope that God won’t judge me too strictly or will be merciful because I chose not to know what He desires.

Question:  Leviticus 5 tells us about how a person will need to offer the guilt offering when they find out about their wrong doing.  We have a responsibility to make corrections and changes whenever we find out about our sin.  Under the Law of Moses an offering was required to make things right.  What would a Christian need to do whenever they find out that they sinned, even in ignorance?

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