Oct. 28
SINS OF IGNORANCE
"And it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance" Num. 15:25
Because of our ignorance we are not fully aware of our sins of
ignorance. Yet we may be sure they are many, in the form both of
commission and omission. We may be doing in all sincerity, as a
service to God, that which He has never commanded, and can never
accept.
The Lord knows these sins of ignorance every one. This may well
alarm us, since in justice He will require these trespasses at our
hand; but on the other hand, faith spies comfort in this fact, for the
Lord will see to it that stains unseen by us shall yet be washed away.
He sees the sin that He may cease to see it by casting it behind His
back.
Our great comfort is that Jesus, the true priest, has made
atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel. That
atonement secures the pardon of unknown sins. His precious blood
cleanses us from all sin. Whether our eyes have seen it and wept over
it, or not, God has seen it, Christ has atoned for it, the Spirit
bears witness to the pardon of it, and so we have a three-fold peace.
O my Father, I praise thy divine knowledge, which not only
perceives my iniquities, but provides an atonement which delivers me
from the guilt of them, even before I know that I am guilty.