Tuesday – Pentateuch

Reading – Leviticus 16-17

Highlight Verse:

“The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the Lord. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the Lord.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭16‬:‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

The scapegoat represented our sins being carried far away.

That’s something to be thankful for.

But have you ever acted like the scapegoat?

It is human nature to carry the guilty feelings from our sins around with us.

It can get so bad that we end up wandering around a spiritual wilderness.

Carrying that extra weight of guilt can even pull us back into those very same sins.

Let me make one thing very clear –

if you have trusted Jesus to take away your sins, they are gone!

You do not need to carry the guilt from them around with you, even if you have repeated those sins.

His death on the cross paid the penalty for all our sins past, present, and future.

As I’ve said before, sin is bad and we want to avoid it at all cost, but if we sin again, and we all will, we need to leave those sins on the cross and move on.

Be convicted to avoid those sins and, when appropriate, make compensation to those you’ve sinned against, but DO NOT wallow in guilt.

That only leads to more sin as it erodes your trust in Jesus and His sacrifice.

Are there sins for which you are still carrying guilt around?
Have you been able to discern the difference between guilt and conviction? (Hint – conviction leads to action).