The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying…Leviticus 1:1 – As we begin our study of the book of Leviticus we see the Lord speaking to Moses about the laws surrounding the burnt offerings. These would be the offerings that would be totally consumed on the altar as a means of atonement for the people’s sin. What we see outlined in this chapter is that God was very particular in the instructions He gave the people over how to make these burnt offerings. Only certain animals would do, and they had to be male, had to be unblemished, and had to be from their own flock showing that it must cost them something. God then outlines where they must take the offering, who was to kill it, and all the steps after the animal was dead of what must take place for the sacrifice to be acceptable to God. What this demonstrates to us is that God wasn’t giving the people freedom of choice here on how to handle the atonement process of their sins. If they wanted their sins covered, they had to do it God’s way. In our story God handles the removal of our sin the same way. We don’t get the freedom of choice on how our sin gets removed from our life. We don’t get to choose that good works will take care of our sin or that going to church enough will cover our wrongs. As with the Israelites God has outlined clearly for us the only way to have our sins removed from our life and that’s trusting in the sacrifice of Jesus. The only acceptable sacrifice for our sin is Jesus. So yes, that means we don’t get the choice on how we want to handle our sin, but praise the Lord that God has given us a means to have our sins completely done away with. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3203
Question To Ponder: Why might God have chosen to remove this freedom of choice on how to handle our sin?
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