- But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. Leviticus 5:11 – While this is a common message we see within the law God gave to His people, I love that it is displayed like this. In our chapter we have outlined the procedure of how to give a sacrifice for a sin that you did unknowingly, but later on discovered what you did wrong. What is the message though that is so beautiful being conveyed through this chapter? It’s that God cares more about the heart of the giver than the gift of the giver. While at first God commands a sheep or goat to be given, He understands not everyone could have afforded that. The Lord then said if that’s too much for them to do, they can give two birds, and if that’s still too much, they can give some flour as their sacrifice. God wasn’t about making rightness with Him an impossible goal to reach for these people. God longed to be in union with His people. So if all one could do was offer a small amount of flour as their sign they were seeking this union with God too, God was pleased with that. It wasn’t about the gift, it was about the heart of the one giving the gift. Today know God isn’t about what you can give Him. He doesn’t need your money or talents. He just wants you faithfully following Him. That’s the offering the Lord is seeking from us today. Because of Jesus our sin is completely atoned for, so what God is after is a people who will be after Him. Let’s be that today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3207
- Leviticus 5 Daily DEVO If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity. Leviticus 5:1 – We see God helping His people realize the importance of not letting sin stay amongst them. This verse says that it’s wrong to not tell anyone and not tell the person they did wrong if you hear about a sin they committed. That keeping a sin you saw happen or heard about happen hidden is bad too. Why? Because sin ruins things and when left alone it can cause real damage. 1 Corinthians 12:26 talks about when one member of the body suffers all the members suffer with it. So if we know someone in our church family is sinning we must be willing to confront it for not only are they suffering the whole body will suffer with them. God doesn’t mess around with sin, we shouldn’t then let those around us mess with it either. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 887
- If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord’s commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. Leviticus 5:17 – Thoughtlessness, ignorance, or unawareness are not excuses that God takes when it comes to our sin. Yes, we may not have been aware at the time of our sinning that we were doing something sinful, but we still did wrong. Yes, maybe we just weren’t fully thinking at that moment just what we were doing, but if we sinned in that moment we still went against God’s commands. What we see here in our passage is God giving directions for the people when that awareness of their sin is there. Whether you were oblivious to the fact it was sinful or you were just careless, when confronted with the truth that you’ve done wrong, what do you do then? The direction scripture gives here is to immediately humble yourself before the Lord, bring the sacrifice He is looking for, and seek to change your ways from ever falling into that sin again. God isn’t destroying the people if they sin, He is giving them a way to find forgiveness. Our issue comes when we sin yet refuse to humbly seek out that forgiveness. What then is a sin you find yourself unintentionally falling into? What’s a change you can make to help you not walk down that path? Whether intentional or unintentional, sin is sin and it still has deep destructive power in your story. Be wise and cut off any paths that leads you to sin. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1928
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