Leviticus 5
This chapter deals with unintentional sins.
V. 2: If a person touches anything ceremonially unclean ... even though he is unaware of it, he has become unclean and is guilty.
V. 3: ...touches human uncleanness, even though he is unaware of it, when he learns of it he will be guilty.
V. 5: ...in any of these ways, he must confess in what way he has sinned.
V. 7: If a person sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord's commands, even though he does not know it, he is guilty and will be held responsible.
God holds us responsible for anything we do or say that is not according to His ways for us, even if we're not even aware of it!
Why is this? Is God unfair for punishing us when we don't even know we've done something wrong? Never! God has told us what we need to know about what is right and wrong, and when we do wrong it not only is against Him, it is also damaging to ourselves and one another.
God wants us to know to do right, because He loves us and wants us to enjoy the bounty He has placed in this Earth for us. But even when we inadvertently do something awry, we will suffer the consequences. This is not God punishing us, because He put all our punishment on Jesus on the Cross. This is merely our reaping what we sow, to put it in an agrarian form.
Even when we have confessed the sinfulness of our sin, and He has forgiven us, we may still face the consequences in this World.
Even when we have offended another person, even without realizing it, we still need to apologize and ask their forgiveness.
How much more do we need to confess to God and seek His forgiveness.
When Jesus died on the Cross, His precious Blood had power enough to pay for all the sins of everyone who has ever or will ever live. So He's already forgiven all of our sins today, even before we were born.
So why do we need to confess? For our own good. For our own frame of mind, to think the way He thinks and follow His ways.
That is the only way to align our lives to the way He designed this World to operate. We need to love God with all our heart, mind, will, and strength, and we need to love one another in the same intimate way we care for ourselves. This is how God loves us. He knows us intimately, and wants the very best for each of us. And we need to know one another well enough to realize what they need that we can help them with.
God put us in societies, because we need one another. He has gifted us all differently, so that everything will get done, as we help and serve one another.
So let us all get to know God better, love Him more, and serve one another effectively today and every day. To show His character to the World so they will be able to get to know Him also.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
