Leviticus 4:2-35 Speak to the children of Israel, saying… I. MAN'S PERCEPTION OF RIGHT AND WRONG CANNOT BE AN ALLOWED STANDARD. He may "sin through ignorance." 1. Neither his judgment nor his conscience is an adequate guide. 2. Hence the inquiry, What is sin? must be determined from without a man, not from within. God must be heard. 3. The presence of sin in man, even ignorantly contracted, imperils man's relationship to God. It interrupts man's approach to God, prevents his acceptable worship of God, and alienates his relationship with God. II. GOD'S ESTIMATE AND MEASUREMENT OF SIN REGULATED THE ATONEMENT. A full atonement for all sin has been made in Christ. 1. This, if apprehended, lays the ground of a settled peace. 2. This will exalt our conception of the fulness and efficacy of the Saviour's sacrifice. 3. This will assure us of acceptable and satisfactory fellowship with God, since all sin is propitiated. III. Ignorance concerning sin argues MAN'S REAL HELPLESSNESS IN DEALING WITH IT. (W. H. Jellie). Parallel Verses KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: |
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