Each one of us, more or less, is involved in serving people. So recently I have been considering how to experience and dispense the sin-dealing life because this is one of the most important services of the priests. We all know that we can never have a holy, clean, and rejoicing life if we dwell in sins. If I dwell in sins, you feel the pain, and if you dwell in sins, I'm bothered as well.
The first picture is in week one in Leviticus 8:14-15 and 10:17 (the verses in day 4 and 5).
"And he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. And Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and put some of it on and around the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and sanctified it, to make expiation for it" (Leviticus 8:14-15).
"And he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. And Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and put some of it on and around the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and sanctified it, to make expiation for it" (Leviticus 8:14-15).
"Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear the iniquity of the assembly, to make expiation for them before Jehovah" (Leviticus 10:17).
These verses show us that whoever has the heart to serve the saints have to experience the sin offering before we can make expiation for God's people before Jehovah.
And the sister verse in 1 Corinthians also tells us that whenever we notice some inappropriate situations among God's people, the first thing is not to come to this person to judge and point out the faults. Instead, we have to prove ourselves first. We enjoy the sin-dealing life within so that we have the grace to dispense such a life to our fellow believers.
But again, what's the application for us in the new testament age? Previously when I read Philippians 3:3, Paul said, "For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh". And my reaction to this verse somewhat remains in that kind of impression which I should enjoy the Lord in the morning and be filled with the spirit, and by this experience, I serve the Lord. But I was just reminded that the children of Isreal could enjoy the manna every day and still roam in the wilderness instead of getting into the Goodland.
So, with the help of week 2 message, I realised that it's very significant when we say "we serve by the Spirit of God" because God is the burning and consuming fire! Whenever we touch Him, we are exposed who we are, we get burned, and because we're burned so we want to burn others. But sometimes it might not be my experience. I can enjoy the Lord and pray and do whatever spiritual exercises but not being burned to that extent. And all these are just an indication that I'm still a person who is pretty much in the flesh and need the cross as the sin-dealing life. Praise the Lord, through the burnt offering, our sin offering is also accepted by God.
Eventually, we can have Paul's experience and boast in Christ Jesus as the source of our service to people, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Eventually, we can have Paul's experience and boast in Christ Jesus as the source of our service to people, and have no confidence in the flesh.
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