When instructions are given for the sin offerings, there are
provisions for unintentional sins. Many times when we think of sin, we
automatically think of the intentional sins, the sins of commission.
However, there are consequences for sins of omission and unintentional
sins. James addresses this very issue.
James 4:17
Whoever knows what is right but doesn't do it is sinning.
Many
times the instructions for sacrifices were to burn such things as
kidneys and parts of the liver. These two organs are there for filtering
out impurities. Figuratively speaking, the sinful things in our lives
at repentance are "burned away". This would be like the "aroma pleasing to the Lord". When we repent, we die to sin.
Interestingly
the first animal sacrifice was done by God as a covering for Adam and
Eve. Lots of connections with the animal sacrifices "covering" the
sin temporarily. Praise God, Jesus covers our sins completely! But He
is very clear what He expects from us. Once we repent, we turn our
back on what we were before.
1 Cor 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
To repent means to turn around completely and go the other way....God's way!
The
word, repent, in Hebrew word pictures means, "to burn the house". In
other words, burn away the sin and things connected with the sin. We
are reminded of the voodoo doctor in Haiti who burned his house and
all his voodoo equipment, his livelihood, once he became a believer in
Jesus. He truly understood the word repent in the simplest form.
How is it for all of us as Believers in Jesus? When we repent, do we "burn the house."
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