00:00 Introduction and Listener's Question

00:43 Exploring Unintentional Sins

01:51 High-Handed Sins vs. Unintentional Sins

03:22 Leviticus 8: The Commissioning of the Priesthood

05:26 Leviticus 9: Aaron's High Priestly Duties

07:39 Leviticus 10: The Actions of Nadab and Abihu

09:31 Conclusion and Reflections on Worship

10:56 Closing Remarks and Prayer

Hey everybody, welcome back to another

edition of the Daily Bible Podcast.

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Just me again today.

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Hopefully Pastor Otto will be back with us

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It is Saturday and we are back

with another episode and we're back

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with a question from a listener.

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And so Ali writes in and asks about

the concept of unintentional sins.

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It's a great question.

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She asked the question, is it possible

for a person to sin unintentionally today?

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And she actually quotes me.

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She says, I remember PPJ preaching

on how sin is a choice that

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anytime we sin, it is a choice.

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Yeah.

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Um, well.

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Thanks for the question, Allie.

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Let me do my best to answer it and,

uh, and hopefully it'll clarify some

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things when I say that sin is a choice.

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It's true.

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It is a choice.

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And what I mean by that primarily

is that we can never say that I

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was coerced into that sin or I

was forced to sin against my will.

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Um, Roman six, the idea that we have been

set free from sin, we have died to sin.

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Paul's whole point there is that now As

he goes on to say, uh, we have a choice

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and it's our decision to no longer

present ourselves as obedient slaves

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to sin, but to present ourselves as

slaves to righteousness, slaves to God.

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Um, and so when, when I say that

all sin is a choice, at the end of

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the day, what I mean is that we bear

the responsibility for that sin.

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Now, how does that pertain

to sins of unintentionality?

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In yesterday's episode, I

mentioned a couple of categories

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that might be examples of.

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An unintentional sin.

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Uh, somebody who is a brand new

believer, not knowing about how

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they're, they're called to give.

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Um, and that that's part of our worship.

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That could be something that when

they come to realize that they

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think to themselves, Oh, I, I've

not been giving, I need to correct

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that and go back and do that.

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Um, sometimes we could even

categorize unintentional

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sins versus high handed sins.

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The, the opposite of the unintentional

sin or the high, which is the high handed

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sin in scripture in implying holding

the fist up in the face of God is the

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person that says, I know that this is

wrong and I'm going to do it anyways.

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That is the high handed sin.

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The unintentional sin along those

lines could also then factor over

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into, uh, when you are frustrated

and you're tired during the day and

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somebody cuts you off on the road.

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And in your thoughts, you curse

them in, in your thoughts, right?

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That could be something that

is an explosion of anger.

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Is it sin?

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Yes.

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Was it the same as going, I

know what God calls me to do

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and I'm going to do it anyways?

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No, it's more of that impulsive in the

moment act that, uh, you, you commit

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the sin and then later on realize.

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You know what?

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That was wrong.

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I need to confess and ask for forgiveness.

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So, unintentional sins are not

categorized in their own separate

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category as something that we're not

accountable for or not guilty of.

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That's why there still needed

to be restitution for them.

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Sin is still sin.

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It's still an offense against God, but

there is a greater degree of severity for

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the person that sins with a high hand who

Uh, looks at God and says, yes, I know

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what your law says, but I don't care.

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I'm going to do this anyway, that

is a different degree of sin.

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And that is one that we need to be

on guard against and be careful that

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we don't fall prey to ourselves.

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And so that is how today there could

still be this, the difference between.

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Unintentional sin or a high handed

sin and the unintentional sin.

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So hopefully that clarifies things,

Ali, if not, right, right back into us.

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And we'd be happy to follow up on that.

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And, uh, maybe when Pastor Rod gets in,

he can give his two cents on that as well.

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Well, let's jump into our

text for today, Leviticus.

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8, 9, and 10.

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8, 9, and 10.

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So Leviticus 8, we have the commissioning

of the priesthood as Aaron and his

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sons are consecrated by Moses and

appointed for service before the Lord.

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Quite a process.

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I mean, when you read this, it is

quite the process to take sinful

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man and to make him a sufficient

representative for other sinful men.

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And that's basically what

we're talking about here.

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You're taking Aaron and you're taking his

sons who are sinners in themselves and.

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Making them the priest, putting them

in a position where they are now going

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to represent other sinful human beings.

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And I can't help but again think of the

book of Hebrews and think of how many

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times the book of Hebrews holds up Jesus

as the better high priest because he

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didn't need all of these consecrating

acts before he could go in and represent

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us because he himself was sinless.

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Excuse me.

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So in chapter eight, you have in the

first five verses that the gathering

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of the people, you've gotten verses

six through nine, Aaron is dressed,

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uh, he is formally, uh, ceremonially

clothed with the garments of the

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priesthood that would signify that he's

the high priest, the one that would

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represent them, uh, versus 10 through

13, the anointing of the tabernacle

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and of Aaron himself, 14 through 17,

you have the sin offering given again.

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That's not necessary for Christ

because he had no, no sin himself.

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Versus 18 through 21, the burnt

offering, uh, versus 22 through

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30, the ordination offering that

the offering of, of ordaining them,

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setting them aside for the job at hand.

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And this is where you've got the blood

on the ear and the blood on the toe.

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And again, I think that symbolizes,

uh, what they're going to hear.

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They're consecrating their ears and

they're also consecrating their toes,

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what they're gonna do, their actions.

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Uh, and so that's the symbolism there

with the blood on the ears and the toe.

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And then in verse 33, you have

the seven days ordination.

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This is a slow.

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Process and we've talked about okay.

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How literally was this were they

allowed to leave at any time?

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Was this they had to be

back at a certain time?

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Did they sleep there?

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Did you could they go to the bat where

all of these questions that we don't

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necessarily have answers to but this

is an involved process to get Aaron and

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his sons ready to be the high priest

and the priests for the nation of Israel

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and even then They're still sinners.

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They're still just simply

sinners representing sinners.

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And that is why another

reason why Jesus is better.

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Uh, chapter nine, then, uh, we

get into the details regarding

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Aaron taking his place.

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Aaron takes his place here in chapter

nine as the high priest and God

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demonstrates that he had accepted the

offerings that Aaron would offer in a

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display of his glory in great power.

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But I want you to note again,

in verse eight, Aaron had to

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offer sin offerings for himself.

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First, that's why again, Jesus is

better and you say, well, you're

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pounding the drum quite a bit.

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And I would say yes, because that's what

the writer of Hebrews is going to do.

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The writer of Hebrews relies on

all of this that we're reading.

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He relies heavily on our understanding

and knowledge of the law.

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In order to show us that Jesus

is the far better high priest.

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And the reason why he does that

is he's writing to a group of new

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Testament Christians who are former

Jews, tempted to go back to Judaism.

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And he's trying to remind them,

don't, why would you ever want

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to go back to the old way?

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The old way was not a good way.

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The new way is so much better.

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What we have in Jesus is so much better.

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And so in chapter nine, here,

we get more reminders of this

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and Leviticus chapter nine.

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Aaron takes his place and in this chapter

Moses commissions Aaron to begin his

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high priestly duties, which Aaron then

proceeds to do I mentioned Hebrews.

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Maybe you're wondering where can I

go in Hebrews to find some of those

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Hebrews 7 Uh, would be one place that

you could go talking about Jesus as

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the high priest after the order of

Melchizedek and that he's a greater

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high priest than any of the others.

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Because of that, um, he is the

one who is able to save to the

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uttermost those who draw near to him.

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It says in Hebrew seven 23, the

former priest were many in number

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because they were prevented by

death from continuing in office.

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Why by death?

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Because of their sin.

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He holds his priesthood permanently

because he continues forever.

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Consequently, he's able to save to

the uttermost those who draw near

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to God through him, since he always

lives to make intercession for them.

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Because why?

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Because it was fitting that we

should have such a high priest.

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Verse 26, holy, innocent, unstained,

separated from sinners and exalted above.

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The heavens, he has no need.

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Verse 27, like those high priests to

offer sacrifices daily, just like Aaron

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was having to do first for his own sins.

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And then for those of the people,

since he did this once for all,

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when he offered up himself.

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And so Hebrew seven, there you go.

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Talking about why Jesus is better there.

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So that's Leviticus chapter nine.

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All right.

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Leviticus chapter 10, then.

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Here we find, uh, the foolish actions

of Nadab and Abihu, and we quickly

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learn that God is not interested in

people doing things their own way.

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And that's what the lesson is to

be learned from Nadab and Abihu.

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That's what it means when they

were offering unauthorized fire or

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to borrow from MacArthur and the

whole conference, strange fire.

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This was, they wanted to worship God

in a way that had not been prescribed.

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This was outside the bounds of how God

has said, this is how you will worship me.

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God has revealed to.

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Israel and to us today how he desires

to be worshipped and he will not have

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it any other way the rest of the chapter

details the The Aaron and his remaining

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son settling into their new roles though

They're not perfectly here because this

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leaves an impact as you can imagine.

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I mean, it's it's What a horrible

scene, as Aaron is even forbidden

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of grieving his sons because of

the foolish actions of his sons.

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He didn't want to, God didn't want

Aaron's grief to convey anything of

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the ilk that God had done something

wrong, or that Aaron felt that

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God had been wrong in what he did.

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God was justified in what he

did here, though it was extreme.

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He had already laid it out and

said, this is how you will do it.

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Don't step out of bounds on this.

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And when they did step out of bounds,

they suffered the consequences so much

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so that towards the end of the chapter,

uh, Aaron's other sons are afraid to eat

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the, the, the portion of the offering

that they're commanded to eat and God

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and Moses, they become angry with them.

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And yet Aaron basically says,

look, we were terrified that we

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were going to do this wrong, like

Nadab and Abihu had done it wrong.

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And so that's why we did what we did.

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That's the end of chapter 10 here.

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And Moses and the Lord, uh, accept that

as the, the answer from Aaron there.

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But this, the message of chapter

10 is delivered loud and clear.

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Don't, don't be cavalier.

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Don't flaunt.

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Don't, don't be too casual, um,

about how you worship the Lord.

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Yes, we can draw near to him with

boldness and confidence to find grace

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and mercy to help in time of need.

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That is abundantly true.

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That is absolutely 100 percent true.

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However, That doesn't mean

that we do so flippantly.

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That doesn't mean that we do so glibly.

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That doesn't mean that we

worship him however we feel

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like we want to worship him.

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One of our distinctives at Compass Bible

Church is that we have a high view of God.

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And that is something that is

so important for us to remember.

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That as we approach God on Sunday

mornings, He is still the same

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God that shook the mountain

in Exodus chapter 19 and 20.

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He is still the same God whose glory

Overwhelmed the people anytime it would

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show up and appear and just because we

don't experience those things that they

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the Old Testament Saints Experienced

doesn't mean that we shouldn't bear them

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in mind and be careful about how we come

before him to worship him as we gather

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Together on the weekends, and so it's

it's an interesting Dynamic that we have

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we've been talking a lot about the Holy

Spirit dwelling within us as believers

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recently on Sundays And so we have an

intimacy we he he is our father We can

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through the spirit call out Abba father to

him and yet he is the God of the universe

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the Lord of creation And so we must be

careful not to worship him too glibly too

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Flippantly we must be careful not to to do

things and offer strange fire before him

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ourselves in the such a way that he would

Be displeased with us Um, yeah, maybe when

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Pastor Rod gets back, we can talk a little

bit about what some of the examples of

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strange fire today might look like, uh,

in how we would worship him in a way that

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is, is unbefitting what he calls us to.

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But I can tell you this, one of the

things about our church is we set

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ourselves to be careful about that.

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And so when you show up on Sundays,

you can know that we've thoughtfully

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and carefully planned out our service.

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In a way that God is going to be

glorified and exalted and we are

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hopefully going to have a high view

of him to be careful about how we

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come before him and worship him.

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So let me pray and then we

will be done with this episode

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of the daily Bible podcast.

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God, thanks for your word and thanks for

the mercy and grace that you show us that

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you don't require absolute perfection

from us because all of us would fail.

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And yet you are kind

and patient towards us.

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And so Lord, we want to be

careful and how we worship you.

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We want to have a closeness to you.

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We want to feel the intimacy that we

have through Christ, but we don't want

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to ever let that bleed over into a

familiarity that dishonors you into a.

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A casual form of worship that would

offer worship to you in a way that

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you are not pleased with and so

god guard us Against anything that

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might venture into those categories.

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We pray in jesus name.

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Amen Well, thanks for Words.

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Yep.

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Let me start that over Thanks for

joining us for another edition of the

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daily bible podcast Keep bringing your

bibles and tune in again tomorrow as

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we will hopefully lord will and be back

with uh Me and pastor rod with another

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episode of the daily bible podcast.

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Bye y'all