If you like read about sin, kidneys and animal fat, you found the right place!
Seriously, those were some of the topics addressed in today's passage. Did I mention how thankful I am that gory animal sacrifices are no longer part of our relationships with God? :) Instead of writing about the kidneys and animal fat, I thought I'd write about some of the interesting things this passage has to say about sin.
First of all, sin is sin. (Note that's not in the passage, but evident in Scripture.) All people sin. One of the hard things for us to wrap our minds around is the fact that to God, a sin like murder is as bad as lying. All sin can separate us from God--but obviously, different sins have different real-world consequences.
We sin by doing some things and we sin by NOT doing others. Here's an example from today's passage:
If you sin by not stepping up
and offering yourself as a witness
to something you've heard or seen in cases of wrongdoing,
you'll be held responsible.
I really like this verse, actually--because it's a call to action for people to stand up for what's right and against injustices. If I've seen or heard about something wrong (like human trafficking, unethical behavior at work or hungry kids in South Africa), it's my responsibility to speak up and to do something about it.
The hard thing? That's a lot of responsibility! Doing all the right things and not doing all the wrong things is impossible for human beings. The good thing is that God knows you and I could never handle it--we weren't meant to handle the weight of sin ourselves.
Tomorrow: Leviticus 8-10
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