SAME SOLUTION TO AN AGE OLD PROBLEM

Leviticus 1:3 “…that he may be accepted before the Lord.”

The word sin is used 90 times in the book of Leviticus, more than any other book in the Bible, and it is used over 4 times as much in Leviticus than in Genesis and Exodus combined. In Exodus, we find God being concerned with getting his people out of Egypt. God was concerned with releasing them from the bonds of Egyptian slavery. In the book of Leviticus, which covers a one month period of time after the building of the tabernacle, we find God now concerned with getting Egypt out of his people. God was concerned with dealing with the people’s problem of sin. Ever since Adam and Eve started the process in the garden, mankind has continually throughout the years, sought to do things their own way, and they have openly rebelled against and rejected God’s way. Sin is disobedience to God’s laws and commands. And as Paul says in Romans, we sin when we fall short and when we don’t measure up to what God expects us to be and what God expects us to do.

Sin is disobeying God and breaking his laws. Sin separates us from God. God is Holy. Four times in the book of Leviticus God tells his people to be holy because he is holy. As God speaks to Moses from the tabernacle, he not only pointed out to Moses mans problem of sin. God also, told Moses of the provision that he was instituting to deal with the sins of God’s people.

You see man’s problem of sin must be dealt with, before man can be restored to fellowship with a holy God. And God seeing man’s need and knowing that man was in no position to do anything about his sin, called from the tabernacle to Moses. He spoke to Moses informing him of his provision for man’s need. That provision was through offerings and sacrifice. The words offering and sacrifice are used over 90 times in this book and the first 7 chapters deal with the 7 sacrifices that God established. As you reflect on the Mosaic Sacrificial system you will see many common threads and applications to our own worship of God today.

Does mankind and God’s people still struggle with the problem of sin? They most certainly do. The majority of the world is still lost in sin. And Christians struggle with sin as well. The apostle John in his first letter to the church writes that if any Christian says he is without sin he is a liar. God still makes provision for our sin by sacrifice. When were sinners God demonstrated his love for us in this way - he gave his one and only son to die on a cross for us, while we were still his enemies. Jesus bore the burden of our sin upon his beaten back. Jesus carried the penalty of our sin away from us. Our sin has been removed as far as the east is from the west. God provided the ultimate sacrifice for sin himself in Christ.