_Sin-offering. .. for their ignorance._
PARDON OF UNKNOWN SINS THROUGH CHRIST
1. Because of our ignorance we are not fully aware of our sins of
ignorance. Yet they are many, in the form both of commission and
omission. We may be doing in all sincerity, as a service to God, that
which He has not co... [ Continue Reading ]
_The soul that doeth aught presumptuously._
THE DEFINITION AND DANGER OF PRESUMPTUOUS SINS
I. The definition. We take, first, the case of an individual who sins
against the positive remonstrances of his conscience; and we say that
he sins presumptuously. We have all, at one time or another, withsto... [ Continue Reading ]
_A man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath._
GATHERING STICKS ON THE SABBATH
An Oriental legend tells us that, while Solomon was once on his way to
visit the Queen of Sheba, he came to a valley in which dwelt a
peculiar tribe of monkeys. Upon asking about their history, be was
informed that they... [ Continue Reading ]
_Put upon the fringe. .. a ribband of blue._
THE LAW OF THE FRINGE AND RIBBAND
Provision had been just now made by the law for the pardon of sins of
ignorance and infirmity, now here is an expedient provided for the
preventing of such sins. They are ordered to make fringes upon the
borders of thei... [ Continue Reading ]
_I am the Lord your God._
EVERLASTING RELATIONSHIP
Can anything be more blessed to God’s people than the assurance of
the everlasting relationship existing between Himself and them? This
everlasting relationship is a hiding-place, refuge, and defence in
this desert land; a safe retreat, where the... [ Continue Reading ]