1. The Guilt Offering
Leviticus 5:14-6:7; 7:1-7

2. The Relationship Between the Testaments
Hebrews 10:12 “But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins”
Romans 5:14 “Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.”

3. A Comparison of the Offerings
The burnt offering: wrath
2 Samuel 24:25 “And David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.”

4. A Comparison of the Offerings
The grain offering: tribute
Deut 26:10 “‘And behold, now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, O LORD, have given me.’ And you shall set it down and worship before the LORD your God.”
The sin offering: cleansing
Leviticus 16:9 “And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it…”

5. The Purpose of the Guilt Offering
Restitution
Restitution when you’ve misused God’s property (14-16)
When you are aware of what you’ve done
Eaten holy food
Took dedicated tithes
Failed to fulfill a dedicatory vow
Pay a tithe

6. The Purpose of the Guilt Offering
Bring what you owe plus 20%, and pay for the offering
Restitution when you don’t know what you’ve done wrong (17-19)
Know that something isn’t right
Prompting of the Holy Spirit
Pangs of conscience
Still offer the ram, which is a costly sacrifice, but without restitution/reparation

7. The Purpose of the Guilt Offering
Restitution when you’ve wronged both God and man
You commit a sin that would normally be covered by civil law
Steal something
But in this case you swear by God that you didn’t!
Make God an accomplice to sin
Repay + 20%, bring offering

8. The Procedure for the Guilt Offering
Everyone brings a ram
Restitution is given to either the priest or the offended party, plus 20 percent
Animal is killed
Blood sprinkled on the sides of altar
The fat ant the kidneys are offered
The rest is given to the priests

9. The Meaning for us Today
Jesus Christ is our guilt offering
John 19:6 “When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, ‘Crucify him, crucify him!’ Pilate said to them, ‘Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.’”
Acts 13:28 “And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.”

10. The Meaning for us Today
Colossians 2:13 “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses...”
Stealing is still wrong!
Eph 4:28 “Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share…”

11. The Meaning for us Today
If we’ve wronged someone else, we need to do everything in our power to make it right if we expect God’s acceptance and forgiveness in our daily lives
Matt 5:23-24 “So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”

12. The Meaning for us Today
God holds us accountable for how we use what is dedicated to Him to him
Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11)
We can bring our guilt feelings to God
John 16:8 “And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment…”

13. The Meaning for us Today
Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”