Human Response 208: Bring a Sin Offering

Numbers 15:25 And the priest make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance; and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance.

Provision was made by God for His people to remain in a holy and right relationship with the Lord. The priest would make atonement for sins done in ignorance, and all sin, and forgive them. We commit many sins that we are not even aware of, but we still bear the guilt for them. Jesus died for all sins, whether we can confess them or not. The people’s response to sin and guilt is to bring an offering, a sin offering before the Lord. God responds to the offering by accepting it; and so He accepts us, forgives us, and restores a right relationship.

The offering we bring is the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. Actually, Jesus is both the Victim (the Lamb who was slain) and the Priest (the Sacrificer who slays the offering). It is He, Jesus Himself, who is the offering we bring before God every day and every week at the appointed times. It is Christ crucified who lives with us always and is constantly bringing His shed blood before the throne of God granting us 24/7 access to Grace. We bring Jesus as our sin offering before God in daily repentance and in weekly confession. We pray in Jesus’ name. We bring Jesus before God by faith while He brings us before God by grace. Thank God, His offering on our behalf avails for us every minute of every day.