170808 - Pastor's Sharing on Sin Offering
hehe. Here to share what Pastor Prince shared on Sin Offering today~ :)Today felt more like a teaching mood and having slept later than I should last night, I was kinda sleepy during service but thank God for keeping me awake lah~ hehe.
Anyway, LORD, I am so excited for camp. I pray for AWESOME worship and ministering time~ hehe. I wanna jump jump jump! haha. Show me my portion. :D
Anyway, back to what Pastor preached today...
He started with Numbers 18:8-11 and he focused more on verse 9 which says:
This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons.
If you have gotten Pastor's previous weeks sermon, he mentioned that in the old testament it is a type for us to study... so by mentioning sons here, it doesn't mean that you gotta be male by gender but male in the bible represents active. So you might be a lady but you might be male spiritually - strong to eat the spiritual food. So yeap. :)
There's a reason why the above has been bold and underlined. Will go back to this later. :)
Then Pastor went on to show us on Sin Offering in Leviticus 4, making parallel comparison of what are the differences when the 4 different groups of people sin - An anointed priest, the whole congregation of Israel, a ruler and a commoner (meaning a non-leader). Go read yourself k. haha. Because I didn't copy it down. heh.
But just to touch on a parallel that Pastor mentioned about the Sin Offering and Jesus' work on the cross...
Hebrews 13:11-12
11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
Referencing Leviticus 4:11-12
11 But the bull’s hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal- 12 the whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
Hurhur. And I love it when Pastor shared about offal! In the KJV it reads "And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung," in verse 11. So offal = dung! hehe. You know whose dung was it? Yours and mine! And you know what is dung? This is so exciting! haha.
Dung is whatever we glory in. hurhur~ Read Philippians 3:8-9
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
In KJV it reads as below:-
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
If you read the whole context here, it actually talks about having no boast/confidence in the flesh but should we, Paul said that he had much more to boast about (verses 4-6) but what things were gain to Paul, these he counted loss for Christ (verse 7). And he went on to talk about verses 8 onwards! hehe. So in case you thought that Paul were talking about some misconduct or sinful habits as dung, he wasn't. He was talking about him counting all those natural glories that one might glory in as dung! Woohoo~ For the EXCELLENCY of the knowledge of Christ Jesus! :D
So cool can! I love it. hehe.
Anyway, after the dung business, lets go back to the Sin Offering.... hehe.
Pastor went on to share Hebrews 10:1-4 that talks about how it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins nor make those who approach perfect. As such, God has no delight in these sacrifices. Because He loves us so much and wants a close and intimate relationship with us. God is really so passionate about loving you. He was so passionate to bring you into unbroken fellowship that He sent His only Son to die for you... So amazing how it all ties together.
Before I continue, lets read Hebrews 10:1-4
1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
That's why God went on to say in verse 5-7 that He did no desire in sacrifice and offering. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin He has no pleasure. He is a real God leh. He is not interested in just providing you a shadow of the good things to come. He gave His Son, the substance, just for you. Awesomeness! :D
And in contrast, lets now take a look at the REAL thing. C'mon guys (& ladies. haha!) don't just settle k. Who wants a shadow when we have the REAL thing. You just want a picture of your dream house or you want the real house?? haha.
So in Hebrews 10:11-14
11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God...14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
You can rest fully because Christ's work at the cross is completely complete. I love it when Pastor said that we are forgiven not according to our knowledge but according to HIS knowledge. Do you know that the Father has put this down in the bible as well? hehe.
Lets read... Isaiah 53:11
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.
It is by Jesus' knowledge of our sin that He justified us. God doesn't have a moment by moment view of our lives. He has the bird's eye view. He sees the beginning from the end. (is my phrasing right? haha.) So yah loh. It is according to HIS knowledge that we are forgiven by His work at the cross. So today we can rest fully and surely because by HIS knowledge we (YOU) are justified. Coolest right. haha.
Daddy told Pastor the following... Our sins brought Christ down to the cross. His Righteousness brought us up into the presence of Abba~ hehe. So sweet!
Next is Hebrews 9:25-28
25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another- 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Pastor shared, notice in verse 28 it says apart from sin? It means that in the second coming, He is coming for the salvation of our bodies, apart from sin where sin is no more an issue. The subject of sin would never be brought up in the presence of God again (even now) because Jesus' work has completely removed it from Abba's eyes. To God who is righteous, it is a closed case because it has all been judged at the cross of Jesus. Yippiiiie!
So we can happily embrace Zephaniah 3:17 (AMP)
17 The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.
Romans 6:10-11 (AMP)
10 For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].
11 Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.
Have fun yoh people. :D So exciting to share all these. Been long since I shared man. Don't really know how to come out with a whole sermon on my own but pleasure to be able to share what my spiritual father - Pastor Prince share with us. :D
Anyway, just a note... In this sharing I have added some of my own points, etc and it doesn't really cover everything that Pastor shared with us. So if you wanna find out more or get more to chew on, get his CD when it's out next week man! haha.
Anyway, added thought that Pastor shared... Jesus was still holy on the cross when He carried all our sins. Check out Numbers 18:9. :)
His Love....
