Connor continues our series on Leviticus with a look at the purification offering. This offering covered accidental violations (out of negligence or carelessness) and life events that required purification (childbirth, skin disease, etc.). These latter things weren’t sins, but they required cleansing. Thanks to the perfect sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross for our sins, we no longer need to spill the blood of animals on an altar to pay for our sins. But we do need to be aware of our sin, because all sin is detestable to God. It’s futile to judge our sin against the sin of others; it’s only valid to judge against God’s standard. Trusting in Christ means that we are clean, forever. But we are still susceptible to sin and must be vigilant against it. Find it, end it, and give it to God.
The Purification Offering
February 27, 2022 • Connor Kraus • Leviticus
Law and Order
March 27, 2022 • Connor Kraus • Leviticus
Connor continues our Leviticus message series with a frank conversation about some sensitive topics from Leviticus 18 and 20 – incest, adultery, child sacrifice, homosexuality, and bestiality. The penalty for these sins was death. It’s easy for us to look back at the Old Testament times, contemplate the kinds of sins God’s people were committing, and say that those were life-or-death circumstances. But we still live with life-or-death circumstances. We deserve death but are given life when we acknowledge our sin and trust in Jesus Christ. We can’t look back at the Canaanites with superiority. Nor can we look to our peers who have committed “worse sins” than we have. We are all deserving of death. But because of Jesus, we can have a spirit of life beyond the grave.