Sins of Ignorance

Sins of Ignorance, October 28
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon From the Book: Faith's Checkbook

"And it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance." - Numbers 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.

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Hey everyone. I'm sorry that 2 days late on updating, I was in transit from LAX to France! But we have made it. Today we went to a few huge Cathedrals and we also went to Leonardo DaVinci's house! It was very cool. I feel the Lord already starting to bless us women as we are here and I can see that the Lord will be leading us as we are here as His vessels. We covet your prayers. As for this lesson - its a great thing to see that God's blood has atoned for all our sins, every last one of them. So encouraging to know that as Christ's chosen, we are fully covered in His blood. Praise the Lord. Agape.