Guilty Even When We Don't Know It

Leviticus 4:27 " 'If a member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD's commands, he is guilty. 28 When he is made aware of the sin he committed, he must bring as his offering for the sin he committed a female goat without defect. 29 He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering."

I remember reading this verse before, but it struck me anew today. Even if someone does something against God's Law and doesn't know that its wrong, they are still guilty. It means we can't make up our own rules and morality. It means there is a standard of holiness that if violated means it is violated whether we know it or not.

I know this isn't very vogue. We like to think that as society changes so do the morals of that society and so must the god of that society. The problem is that is simply not true. God is God and He is so pure that whether we know it or not, if we are not like Him we cannot be with Him and will be judged by and separated from Him for all of eternity.

Pretty depressing, huh? Well, here's the good news. Jesus Christ paid for those sins of yours, even the ones you don't know about.

Romans 5:8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Notice that - not "when we got our act together" but while we were still sinners Jesus died for our sins - all our sins. So don't be worried that a sin you are unaware of will keep you from heaven. God Himself died to pay for those sins. The key is whether you have Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

Pastor Tom