February 10, 2020: SOAP #3721:  Leviticus 13-14; Acts 17

Scripture:  Leviticus (NIV) 14:12 “Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the LORD as a wave offering. …
14 The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put…
15 The priest shall then take some of the log of oil…
17 The priest is to put some of the oil…
18 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed and make atonement for him before the

Observation:  In chapter thirteen God gave instructions for determining if something was infectious.  Here in chapter 14 we have the ceremony is for the one to be cleansed from an infectious disease.  After reading this through, I wondered why the Lord brought this to my attention.  Then the Lord showed me that the ceremony for atonement was all done by the priest on behalf of the one needing cleansing.  (Note: verses 29 & 31)

It is a picture of what Jesus has done for me.  I could not save myself.  I had the communicable disease known as sin.  I could not cleanse myself.  If I was to be cleansed, it would be necessary for someone else to do it for me.

Application:   I love to sing:
“He paid a debt He did not owe.
I owed a debt I could not pay.
I needed someone to wash my sins away.
And now I sing a brand-new song, Amazing Grace.
Christ Jesus paid the debt that I could never pay.”

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, no one understood my predicament like you.  You knew what I needed, and you sent Jesus to provide the cleansing sacrifice for me.  Thank you for forgiving my sin.  Thank you for coming to live in my life.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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