Post by Woody Williams on Feb 22, 2007 6:24:42 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Leviticus 5:1-3, 5-6
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When any of you sin in that you have heard a public adjuration to
testify and - though able to testify as one who has seen or learned
of the matter - do not speak up, you are subject to punishment. Or
when any of you touch any unclean thing - whether the carcass of an
unclean beast or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of
an unclean swarming thing - and are unaware of it, you have become
unclean, and are guilty. Or when you touch human uncleanness - any
uncleanness by which one can become unclean - and are unaware of it,
when you come to know it, you shall be guilty.
When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the
sin that you have committed. And you shall bring to the LORD, as
your penalty for the sin that you have committed, a female from the
flock, a sheep or a goat, as a sin offering; and the priest shall
make atonement on your behalf for your sin.
Devotional
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The path to forgiveness in ancient Israel was the sacrificial system.
If you were guilty of any sin, you were to go to the priest and offer
the appropriate sacrifice. The system called for repentance
(confessing and turning away from sin). The blood of the sacrifice
released life from the animal for the sake of the new life in the
repentant one.
Prayer
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Teach me the value of repentance, Lord, and help me receive life
through Jesus' suffering and death. Amen
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When any of you sin in that you have heard a public adjuration to
testify and - though able to testify as one who has seen or learned
of the matter - do not speak up, you are subject to punishment. Or
when any of you touch any unclean thing - whether the carcass of an
unclean beast or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of
an unclean swarming thing - and are unaware of it, you have become
unclean, and are guilty. Or when you touch human uncleanness - any
uncleanness by which one can become unclean - and are unaware of it,
when you come to know it, you shall be guilty.
When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the
sin that you have committed. And you shall bring to the LORD, as
your penalty for the sin that you have committed, a female from the
flock, a sheep or a goat, as a sin offering; and the priest shall
make atonement on your behalf for your sin.
Devotional
----------
The path to forgiveness in ancient Israel was the sacrificial system.
If you were guilty of any sin, you were to go to the priest and offer
the appropriate sacrifice. The system called for repentance
(confessing and turning away from sin). The blood of the sacrifice
released life from the animal for the sake of the new life in the
repentant one.
Prayer
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Teach me the value of repentance, Lord, and help me receive life
through Jesus' suffering and death. Amen