Leviticus 1 & 2, Mark 9: 33-50, Psalm 35: 19-28
Leviticus 1: 3 (ESV)
“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.”
In verses 3 and 4 from Leviticus 1, we read about the rules for the sacrificing of a burnt offering. In reading through Bible commentaries on these verses, many authors have suggested that God gave Moses specific rules for making a sacrifice for the atonement of sins as examples of what he expected of his people. The sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin had to come from something that was of great value to the person, such as a male animal. The animal had to also be without blemish and had to be offered freely to God.
While we do not need to offer the same type of sacrifices today that was required during the time of the Bible, we need to follow these principles set down in Leviticus for our own offerings to God. When we think about tithing to God, is the amount you tithe an amount that is of great to value to you? God doesn’t care how much we tithe, but he wants us to offer a tithe that is of great value to us. God gives us his best and he deserves to have our best. When we serve God as an offering of our time, are you doing it freely or are you doing it because you feel forced? When we offer love to God, are you offering it freely or do you expect something in return? God wants us to offer our love to him freely without conditions, the way he offers his love to us freely without conditions.
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