14 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 15 “If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. 16 He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.
17 “If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the LORD’s commandments ought not to be done, though he did not know it, then realizes his guilt, he shall bear his iniquity. 18 He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven. 19 It is a guilt offering; he has indeed incurred guilt before the Lord.”
These are the regulations for offering guilt offerings. There are many times in each of our lives, when we realize later and not in the moment that we have committed a crime against the Law of God. This can either come from our lack of focus on what we are actually doing, or because we do not keep the Law always before our eyes.
In the course of this week or even this day, you will find times when you do not remember all your loved ones. You may even forget about people that are very important to you. If you don't believe me, then just think of the times when you get up to do something and once you get to the other room, you have forgotten what you were going to do. This can happen with anything in our life. We can get distracted by the thoughts running through our head. There can be change in conversation. Or simply your mind is need to focus so much on the task in front of you that you block everything else out.
So we do block out our family, friends, and even the Law of God. Then it comes to us later. You forgot about a doctor's appointment. You forgot about a child's test, or event. You forgot an anniversary. Or something as devastating as you forgot the Law of God, and that God does not want you to do certain behaviors. We can come up with all kinds of excuses for such behavior, but the guilt is still there.
Thus, God established the guilt offerings for the people to bring a sacrifice and make atonement for their misdeeds. Here the blood of animals removes the guilt of their sin. But for you it does not cost a ram from your flock or the equivalent silver, the price of your sin and guilt is paid with the blood of Christ. You confess your sins of guilt and shame, and God who is faithful and just has provided you with the everlasting sacrifice for your sin and guilt, Jesus Christ.
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