Leviticus 6 - Laws for Burnt Offerings | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church
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Show Notes
In this video listen to Leviticus 6 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In Leviticus 6 we continue to think about guilt offerings which had to be accompanied with restitution, or if they weren’t the offering couldn’t be accepted.
In the New Testament period some have the idea of cheap grace. They believe someone can sin and live however they want, and Christ will forgive. This is clearly WRONG. While Christ is our sin and guilt offering, repentance is always required.
In John 8 there is the story of the adulterous woman. Jesus was gracious and forgave but also gave the command to “go and sin no more.” She was required to repent, that is to change. But what if the woman was not humble and had said, “thank you for forgiving me, but I have every intention of sinning again.” Then there would be no forgiveness.
Hebrews 10:26 says “if we deliberately keep sinning, no sacrifice for sin remains.”
The chapter then goes on to discuss the disposal of the remains of sacrifices, and says that the fire must remain always on the altar. This reminds us of prayer, or at least the Moravian brethren in the 1700’s took it that way. They started a prayer meeting that ran non-stop for 117 years saying ‘we must not let the fire on the altar go out.” That prayer meeting had a profound historical effect on the evangelical and missionary movements that followed them.
Repentance must accompany confession, and our prayers are to be ongoing before the Lord. This is part of a holy life, which the book of Leviticus is teaching us.