Hey everybody, welcome back to another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. Just me again today. Hopefully Pastor Otto will be back with us tomorrow, but it is February 15th, 2025. It is Saturday and we are back with another episode and we're back with a question from a listener. And so Ali writes in and asks about the concept of unintentional sins. It's a great question. She asked the question, is it possible for a person to sin unintentionally today? And she actually quotes me. She says, I remember PPJ preaching on how sin is a choice that anytime we sin, it is a choice. Yeah. Um, well. Thanks for the question, Allie. Let me do my best to answer it and, uh, and hopefully it'll clarify some things when I say that sin is a choice. It's true. It is a choice. And what I mean by that primarily is that we can never say that I was coerced into that sin or I was forced to sin against my will. Um, Roman six, the idea that we have been set free from sin, we have died to sin. Paul's whole point there is that now As he goes on to say, uh, we have a choice and it's our decision to no longer present ourselves as obedient slaves to sin, but to present ourselves as slaves to righteousness, slaves to God. Um, and so when, when I say that all sin is a choice, at the end of the day, what I mean is that we bear the responsibility for that sin. Now, how does that pertain to sins of unintentionality? In yesterday's episode, I mentioned a couple of categories that might be examples of. An unintentional sin. Uh, somebody who is a brand new believer, not knowing about how they're, they're called to give. Um, and that that's part of our worship. That could be something that when they come to realize that they think to themselves, Oh, I, I've not been giving, I need to correct that and go back and do that. Um, sometimes we could even categorize unintentional sins versus high handed sins. The, the opposite of the unintentional sin or the high, which is the high handed sin in scripture in implying holding the fist up in the face of God is the person that says, I know that this is wrong and I'm going to do it anyways. That is the high handed sin. The unintentional sin along those lines could also then factor over into, uh, when you are frustrated and you're tired during the day and somebody cuts you off on the road. And in your thoughts, you curse them in, in your thoughts, right? That could be something that is an explosion of anger. Is it sin? Yes. Was it the same as going, I know what God calls me to do and I'm going to do it anyways? No, it's more of that impulsive in the moment act that, uh, you, you commit the sin and then later on realize. You know what? That was wrong. I need to confess and ask for forgiveness. So, unintentional sins are not categorized in their own separate category as something that we're not accountable for or not guilty of. That's why there still needed to be restitution for them. Sin is still sin. It's still an offense against God, but there is a greater degree of severity for the person that sins with a high hand who Uh, looks at God and says, yes, I know what your law says, but I don't care. I'm going to do this anyway, that is a different degree of sin. And that is one that we need to be on guard against and be careful that we don't fall prey to ourselves. And so that is how today there could still be this, the difference between. Unintentional sin or a high handed sin and the unintentional sin. So hopefully that clarifies things, Ali, if not, right, right back into us. And we'd be happy to follow up on that. And, uh, maybe when Pastor Rod gets in, he can give his two cents on that as well. Well, let's jump into our text for today, Leviticus. 8, 9, and 10. 8, 9, and 10. So Leviticus 8, we have the commissioning of the priesthood as Aaron and his sons are consecrated by Moses and appointed for service before the Lord. Quite a process. I mean, when you read this, it is quite the process to take sinful man and to make him a sufficient representative for other sinful men. And that's basically what we're talking about here. You're taking Aaron and you're taking his sons who are sinners in themselves and. Making them the priest, putting them in a position where they are now going to represent other sinful human beings. And I can't help but again think of the book of Hebrews and think of how many times the book of Hebrews holds up Jesus as the better high priest because he didn't need all of these consecrating acts before he could go in and represent us because he himself was sinless. Excuse me. So in chapter eight, you have in the first five verses that the gathering of the people, you've gotten verses six through nine, Aaron is dressed, uh, he is formally, uh, ceremonially clothed with the garments of the priesthood that would signify that he's the high priest, the one that would represent them, uh, versus 10 through 13, the anointing of the tabernacle and of Aaron himself, 14 through 17, you have the sin offering given again. That's not necessary for Christ because he had no, no sin himself. Versus 18 through 21, the burnt offering, uh, versus 22 through 30, the ordination offering that the offering of, of ordaining them, setting them aside for the job at hand. And this is where you've got the blood on the ear and the blood on the toe. And again, I think that symbolizes, uh, what they're going to hear. They're consecrating their ears and they're also consecrating their toes, what they're gonna do, their actions. Uh, and so that's the symbolism there with the blood on the ears and the toe. And then in verse 33, you have the seven days ordination. This is a slow. Process and we've talked about okay. How literally was this were they allowed to leave at any time? Was this they had to be back at a certain time? Did they sleep there? Did you could they go to the bat where all of these questions that we don't necessarily have answers to but this is an involved process to get Aaron and his sons ready to be the high priest and the priests for the nation of Israel and even then They're still sinners. They're still just simply sinners representing sinners. And that is why another reason why Jesus is better. Uh, chapter nine, then, uh, we get into the details regarding Aaron taking his place. Aaron takes his place here in chapter nine as the high priest and God demonstrates that he had accepted the offerings that Aaron would offer in a display of his glory in great power. But I want you to note again, in verse eight, Aaron had to offer sin offerings for himself. First, that's why again, Jesus is better and you say, well, you're pounding the drum quite a bit. And I would say yes, because that's what the writer of Hebrews is going to do. The writer of Hebrews relies on all of this that we're reading. He relies heavily on our understanding and knowledge of the law. In order to show us that Jesus is the far better high priest. And the reason why he does that is he's writing to a group of new Testament Christians who are former Jews, tempted to go back to Judaism. And he's trying to remind them, don't, why would you ever want to go back to the old way? The old way was not a good way. The new way is so much better. What we have in Jesus is so much better. And so in chapter nine, here, we get more reminders of this and Leviticus chapter nine. Aaron takes his place and in this chapter Moses commissions Aaron to begin his high priestly duties, which Aaron then proceeds to do I mentioned Hebrews. Maybe you're wondering where can I go in Hebrews to find some of those Hebrews 7 Uh, would be one place that you could go talking about Jesus as the high priest after the order of Melchizedek and that he's a greater high priest than any of the others. Because of that, um, he is the one who is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to him. It says in Hebrew seven 23, the former priest were many in number because they were prevented by death from continuing in office. Why by death? Because of their sin. He holds his priesthood permanently because he continues forever. Consequently, he's able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Because why? Because it was fitting that we should have such a high priest. Verse 26, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners and exalted above. The heavens, he has no need. Verse 27, like those high priests to offer sacrifices daily, just like Aaron was having to do first for his own sins. And then for those of the people, since he did this once for all, when he offered up himself. And so Hebrew seven, there you go. Talking about why Jesus is better there. So that's Leviticus chapter nine. All right. Leviticus chapter 10, then. Here we find, uh, the foolish actions of Nadab and Abihu, and we quickly learn that God is not interested in people doing things their own way. And that's what the lesson is to be learned from Nadab and Abihu. That's what it means when they were offering unauthorized fire or to borrow from MacArthur and the whole conference, strange fire. This was, they wanted to worship God in a way that had not been prescribed. This was outside the bounds of how God has said, this is how you will worship me. God has revealed to. Israel and to us today how he desires to be worshipped and he will not have it any other way the rest of the chapter details the The Aaron and his remaining son settling into their new roles though They're not perfectly here because this leaves an impact as you can imagine. I mean, it's it's What a horrible scene, as Aaron is even forbidden of grieving his sons because of the foolish actions of his sons. He didn't want to, God didn't want Aaron's grief to convey anything of the ilk that God had done something wrong, or that Aaron felt that God had been wrong in what he did. God was justified in what he did here, though it was extreme. He had already laid it out and said, this is how you will do it. Don't step out of bounds on this. And when they did step out of bounds, they suffered the consequences so much so that towards the end of the chapter, uh, Aaron's other sons are afraid to eat the, the, the portion of the offering that they're commanded to eat and God and Moses, they become angry with them. And yet Aaron basically says, look, we were terrified that we were going to do this wrong, like Nadab and Abihu had done it wrong. And so that's why we did what we did. That's the end of chapter 10 here. And Moses and the Lord, uh, accept that as the, the answer from Aaron there. But this, the message of chapter 10 is delivered loud and clear. Don't, don't be cavalier. Don't flaunt. Don't, don't be too casual, um, about how you worship the Lord. Yes, we can draw near to him with boldness and confidence to find grace and mercy to help in time of need. That is abundantly true. That is absolutely 100 percent true. However, That doesn't mean that we do so flippantly. That doesn't mean that we do so glibly. That doesn't mean that we worship him however we feel like we want to worship him. One of our distinctives at Compass Bible Church is that we have a high view of God. And that is something that is so important for us to remember. That as we approach God on Sunday mornings, He is still the same God that shook the mountain in Exodus chapter 19 and 20. He is still the same God whose glory Overwhelmed the people anytime it would show up and appear and just because we don't experience those things that they the Old Testament Saints Experienced doesn't mean that we shouldn't bear them in mind and be careful about how we come before him to worship him as we gather Together on the weekends, and so it's it's an interesting Dynamic that we have we've been talking a lot about the Holy Spirit dwelling within us as believers recently on Sundays And so we have an intimacy we he he is our father We can through the spirit call out Abba father to him and yet he is the God of the universe the Lord of creation And so we must be careful not to worship him too glibly too Flippantly we must be careful not to to do things and offer strange fire before him ourselves in the such a way that he would Be displeased with us Um, yeah, maybe when Pastor Rod gets back, we can talk a little bit about what some of the examples of strange fire today might look like, uh, in how we would worship him in a way that is, is unbefitting what he calls us to. But I can tell you this, one of the things about our church is we set ourselves to be careful about that. And so when you show up on Sundays, you can know that we've thoughtfully and carefully planned out our service. In a way that God is going to be glorified and exalted and we are hopefully going to have a high view of him to be careful about how we come before him and worship him. So let me pray and then we will be done with this episode of the daily Bible podcast. God, thanks for your word and thanks for the mercy and grace that you show us that you don't require absolute perfection from us because all of us would fail. And yet you are kind and patient towards us. And so Lord, we want to be careful and how we worship you. We want to have a closeness to you. We want to feel the intimacy that we have through Christ, but we don't want to ever let that bleed over into a familiarity that dishonors you into a. A casual form of worship that would offer worship to you in a way that you are not pleased with and so god guard us Against anything that might venture into those categories. We pray in jesus name. Amen Well, thanks for Words. Yep. Let me start that over Thanks for joining us for another edition of the daily bible podcast Keep bringing your bibles and tune in again tomorrow as we will hopefully lord will and be back with uh Me and pastor rod with another episode of the daily bible podcast. Bye y'all