Not Able: The Least of Faith Accepted (Lev 5)

“Not Able” (Lev 5:7)

“And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he has committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.”

If you’re too poor to bring a lamb, then you may worship God through the turtledoves, so that God ENABLES you to be saved by the LEAST amount of faith. This faith involves CONFESSING my need of Christ and receiving Him as Lord and Savior, believing on Christ for forgiveness of sins.

The young man knows more than the child of grace, but not as much as the aged, but all are accepted in Christ, though all don’t bear the same fruit to the same degree - “I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because you have known the father“ (1 John 2:13). But, God is yielding: He doesn’t say, “Believe as much as you should, and I’ll save you”. He says, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved” (Acts 16:31).  Thus, you have no need to leave here LOST, when you believe Christ as He is revealed: you shall be saved, and strength shall be given to believe more.  Moses TRUSTED Him more than I can understand, and yet I’ll be in heaven with Moses, though I have much less fruit. Thus, it isn’t the MAN trusting Christ; it is the CHRIST that the man trusts - “For if by one man‘s offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ” (Rom 5:17). If you believe the TRUE gospel of grace, then you and I are SAVED by that grace fully. He is not a small savior to big sinners, but He’s a GREAT Savior to them with LITTLE faith.

“Sin Offering”  (Lev 5:11)

“But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering: he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall be put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering”.

If you can’t bring the turtledove, then bring a grain offering, the ground up corn and flour that you’ve gotten from God. It doesn’t matter how POOR and sinful you are; Christ SAVES sinners TEN BILLION times more wicked than you. Do not think you have to improve; just come by FAITH to Christ, as you are, believing Him, with EVERYTHING out of whack in your life, doubts and all.  If you come anything less than broken, then you won’t be received. And, the strong in faith are received, even as the WEAK in faith, who can hardly believe, are received too.

He will help your unbelief by ACCEPTING the faith you have.

Make Amends and Restore It (Lev 5, 6)

“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).

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).

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.