Title: Necessary Penance/Leviticus 23:26-32
Content Title: A necessary penance
Text: Lev 23:26-32
Key Verse: (Leviticus 23:27) The tenth day of the seventh month is the Day of Atonement, a holy assembly to you.
afflict themselves, and offer sacrifices to the LORD,
In this chapter, what the people of Israel must observe with thorough faith
The rules for the four feasts are recorded. And in chapters 28-29, the priest
They are telling the rules on how to keep these feasts. example
The feasts presented in the chapter are the Sabbath, the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the first glean of wheat.
The Feast of Pentecost (also called the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Firstfruits, and the Feast of Harvests), the new beginning of the new year
The Feast of Trumpets, a day to announce the joy of God, is the day when God forgives the sins of the whole community.
The Day of Atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt
All.
Today's text requires a special ordinance for the Day of Atonement. high priest
From the evening to the evening of the next day, 25 o'clock
Events were held continuously throughout the period. On this day all the people gathered together for a holy meeting and fasted.
and made it a day of repentance. At this time, everyone endured their own physical pain.
was imposed with penance. Penance gives a new meaning to the body that pursues only comfort.
It was a precious training to understand the preciousness of God's grace.
1. Asceticism that is tormenting oneself.
“You shall offer burnt offerings to the LORD while asceticizing yourselves.”
God's command is very appropriate for a people who are prone to forget God's grace.
It was. Even though he was given his position and a life of peace today by God's grace,
A person who keeps this in his heart and continues to give thanks and worship to the Master of Grace
not many people Gratitude for grace ends in a moment, and everyone sleeps.
It is regarded as the fruit of God's hard work. That is why God
What is the price and what kind of life do you have to live to be forgiven of your sins
In order to let people know if I should do it, I repented before God and accepted the confession on the Day of Atonement.
asked to find a book.
Even today, this experience of life of faith is absolutely necessary. penance
It is often regarded as a form of faith in the Old Testament or Roman Catholicism.
All. In particular, today's Protestant Egyo almost ignores this form of ascetic faith.
do. But we do know that from time to time we will see the fast that the people of Israel had on the Day of Atonement.
And it is necessary to practice the form of repentance
2. Forget sin and remember grace.
God's chosen people gathered on the Day of Atonement, which Israel had kept. But this
During Holy Day, the people are called upon to torment themselves. everyone
To keep the holy day, even the servants have to rest from work,
It is a command to practice self-mortification on the solemn Sabbath. Why?
The answer is that God has forgiven our sins, but humans forget it.
You will have to find it where it is. We believe that God removes sin from us
Because He gave us, there is no reason to keep holding on to that sin and to suffer. be forgiven
As long as there is a God, it is better to banish the sin from our memory forever.
ripe However, only the grace of the one who forgave us of that sin went hot in our humidification.
need to be able When we live in gratitude for His grace more deeply, we ourselves
can be more humble. And the power not to fall into the trap of that sin
this happens
3. Forgiveness is not about paying a price.
There are those who think that their sins can be forgiven through tormenting themselves.
can be Or use one's sins through various good deeds, including charity work.
It is often the case that we have the wrong idea that we can be accepted. but what about forgiveness
It is not given after a certain price has been paid. “(Romans 1:17) In the gospel, God
Righteousness is revealed, from faith to faith, as it is written, The righteous
As it is said, “I will live by faith.” Here salvation is achieved by works.
We need to realize again that the saying that it is achieved through faith is the truth. true
The grace of forgiveness depends on how much and what kind of asceticism a person has committed.
there is not In other words, it was not resolved by shedding tears. so ooh
Lee said, "I can't even cry, even if I cry a lot, I can't be afraid, I can't wash away my sins
While singing the hymn "You", the meaning is engraved.
We need our own penance to remind us of God's grace. That
But it should not be a means to be forgiven. The path to forgiveness
Only Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for our sins, is our Savior
The only way other than to accept Him as God and to serve Him as my way, truth, and life.
There is no more way.
apply
1) How much grace do we receive while we face the moment of asceticism ourselves?
I need to experiment to see if it's expensive.
2) No penance in this world can be compared with the cross of the Lord Jesus carried for us.
Don't give up on the basic idea that you can't.
3) Without asking for anything in return, only Jesus Christ is the Lord of salvation
Let's remember how precious this truth is that we only need to receive it as a