TODAY’S MANNA SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018. TOPIC: THE EVERLASTING SACRIFICE

TODAY’S MANNA

SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018

TOPIC: THE EVERLASTING SACRIFICE
TEXT: NUMBERS 15:22-29
1) THE KEY VERSE: 
“All the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD…” (Numbers 15:24)
“22. And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
23. Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
24. Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
25. And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
26. And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
27. And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
28. And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
29. Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.”
3) THE MESSAGE:
i) God’s requirement for His children is that they remain holy in order to praise Him. They are peculiar partakers of indescribable heavenly blessings; therefore, they must walk with Him in holiness, truth and with a clear conscience. 
ii) The text opens with an instruction to Moses concerning the children of Israel. He emphasised that this practice was to be a habitual thanksgiving for every blessing of the land.
iii) The obvious reason is to 

a) acknowledge that it is the Lord that gives the power to get wealth.

b) It is also a pathway for further blessings: “Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine” (Proverbs 3:9,10).
iv) The expectation of God is that we do His will in giving thanks for His favours. The disposition of a Christian when he falls into sin inadvertently should also be considered. 
v) The Lord made a provision for the children of Israel who sinned through ignorance to be forgiven through a set of offerings that should be made by the priest for atonement (Numbers 15:22-26). 
vi) Similarly, Jesus has made the sacrifice for our sins and is ever ready to forgive and cleanse us, provided we repent and turn from the sinful lifestyle. 
vii) However, a true believer does not readily fall into sin with an expectation that forgiveness will always be given at his whims. To despise God’s grace deliberately is to court the ire of His judgment. 
viii) Forgiveness is hardly granted those who sin wilfully and tramples wantonly upon the blood of the everlasting sacrifice.
4) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 
Nothing else, but the blood of Jesus, atones for sins.
5) BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 
MICAH
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