_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 ]