“Make Amends” (Lev 5:14-16)
“And he shall make amends for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him” (vs15-16).
“And he shall make amends for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him” (vs15-16).
Forgiveness is by restitution; we must RESTORE what we took away, not to earn pardon by our works, but by BELIEF in the atoning work of Christ, that ALL that I owe my fellow man, and ALL that I owe God have been paid, and I don’t need to pay anything else. I don’t have to APOLOGIZE to be forgiven, but I have to believe that Jesus paid enough to do what an apology could never do (Luke 19:7-9). I may say “sorry” because I’m saved and do good to one that I’ve harmed, but I do it in full justification, and not in order to clear my mind; I do it BELIEVING the blood has wiped the slate clean, and therefore, it is a good work by the Spirit who works by LIBERTY only.
Do not be ashamed of Christ because of your sin, and don’t get misled into believing that it isn’t pardoned because you’re a small believer, big sinner, and you’ve hurt and hurt and hurt. The woman with the issue of blood defiled ALL she touched for 12 long years, but she was immediately healed, with small faith, and BEFORE she helped anyone else against whom she’d sinned. This evil woman was MERCIFULLY saved, and mercy is for poor, weak, and DEFILED man-hating sinners. Believe it.
"Restore It” (Lev 6:1-7)
“Then it shall be, because he has sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he has deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, or all that about which he has sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertains, in the day of his trespass offering” (vs4-5).
“Then it shall be, because he has sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he has deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, or all that about which he has sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertains, in the day of his trespass offering” (vs4-5).
Believe Christ not only paid for what you haven’t done, but BELIEVE He earned what you and I shall do by the Spirit. I don’t ask you to do something; I command, in the name of the Lord, that you BELIEVE unto the salvation of your soul the WHOLE gospel of grace, that He CHOSE and elected you, redeemed you by blood, made up with man and God for you, and He’s GIVEN you the Holy Spirit and a new nature to SERVE God, doing good, instead of evil… that the God I’ve offended and the neighbor that I’ve defrauded have been restored their loss by Jesus Christ through the salvation that sanctifies the children to obey God, rather than men (Acts 5:29). Don’t believe a false salvation that leaves you indifferent to men; believe the Christ whose gospel makes you love.
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