the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Leviticus 4:13-26
Many people do not consider themselves guilty of their unconscious faults; they go on the principle that God cannot reproach their ignorance and will take account of their "good intentions". What a false illusion! If God has to provide a sacrifice for sins committed "through ignorance", this is proof that the sinner, even though ignorant, is guilty before Him. Besides, our laws have the same force; ignorance is no excuse. An infringement of the law, even though not intentional, makes me liable to a prosecution. In the eyes of a holy God, the sin once committed, remains; it is not in any way excused by my lack of concern about it. But I learn that for every sin, if there is condemnation, there is also sacrifice. It needed nothing less than the infinitely great work of the cross to erase the infinitely great offence done to God by my sins, whether intended or not, whether those which I remember or those which I forgot long since.
In putting his hand on the victim’s head, the one who offered it, made his sin pass onto it. He acknowledged that he was guilty and ought to have died. The animal which he had offered took his place, bearing the sin and dying in his stead. This is what has been done for us by Jesus, our perfect Substitute.
