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If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. He

“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.”

“God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering.”—“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”—And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.—“A ransom for many.”

“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.”—I will love them freely.—The Son of God… loved me and gave himself for me.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.—He has blessed us in the Beloved.

Lev. 1:3; 4;   Gen. 22:8;   John 1:29;   Heb. 10:10;   Matt. 20:28;   John 10:18;   Hos. 14:4;   Gal. 2:20;   2 Cor. 5:21;   Eph. 1:6

The Blessedness of the Unoffended

Blessed is the one who is not offended by Me. (Matthew 11:6 ESV)

The Word of God does take account of the possibility of our being offended with Him. It does not say anywhere that that possibility should never arise and will never arise. The Lord has no where said that we shall never have any occasion for being offended with Him. He HAS indicated that there will be PLENTY of opportunity for so stumbling at Him, falling over Him, coming down because of Him if you like: crashing because of Him. There will be plenty of occasion or opportunity for doing so. He has never said that it will never be so. It is as well for us to recognize that.

The Lord sent no word of rebuke to poor John the Baptist in the prison when he was perilously near to being offended with the Lord because of his situation. The Lord was not hard on John because of his question. He might, had He been another, have said, ut John, did you not point Me out as the Lamb of God? Did you not proclaim Me as the One, the Messiah? Haven you preached about Me to multitudes? Have you not made the strongest declarations and affirmations as to what you believed about Me? And here youe asking a fundamental question about Me. John, what gone wrong with you?No, nothing like that. The Lord knows our frame, that we are dust. And the Lord, I saying, takes account of this ever present possibility, in our weakness, of being offended with Him. But He does attach to this matter a particular blessedness if we don crash over the Stumbling Block of His ways with us, i>AND blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in Me.

Great is Your mercy toward me, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine… I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no savior… I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. § Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the multitude of their riches, none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him—for the redemption of their souls is costly. § I have found a ransom. § God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Ps. 86:13;  Matt. 10:28;  Isa. 43:1,  Isa. 11:25;  Ps. 49:6;  Ps. 49:7;  Ps. 49:8;  Job 33:24;  Eph. 2:4,5;  Acts 4:12

Guiding Comforter

If ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under bondage of effort to please God by works of the law" (Gal. 5:18).

The motivating principle of the old life is the law; the motivating principle of the new life is "the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus." The one produces "the works of the flesh"; the other, "the fruit of the Spirit."

"To be guided by the Holy Spirit is to be moved through the most delicate relationships the heart can know. The bit and bridle' of the law must give way to the glance of the eye of grace (Ps. 32:8, 9). At this point Satan, appearing as an angel of light,' will seek to misdirect the believer's life by making use of a morbid conscience, a mistaken impression as to duty, or a lack of understanding as to the exact teaching of God's Word. However, Satan's leadings are to be detected since they are irksome, painful, and disagreeable. The leading of the Holy Spirit is sweet and satisfying to the heart of the one who is yielded to God. We must remember that the will of God is said to be good,'acceptable,' and perfect' (Rom. 12:2)." -L.S.C.

"The believer has an all-engaging responsibility of continuing in an attitude of reliance by means of the Spirit be walking') upon the Holy Spirit. This is the believer's divinely appointed task and place of cooperation in the mighty undertakings of God. Thus, and only thus, can the Holy Spirit possess and vitalize every human faculty, emotion, and choice." -L.S.C.

"If we are living in the Spirit's power, let our conduct also be governed by the Spirit's power" (Gal. 5:25, Wey.).

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