Numbers 15

After the preceding passages, I wasn't really expecting the reading today to drop back into rules and regulations about sacrifices. The section demonstrating the differences between unintentional and deliberate sins is quite interesting, though, and a good reminder to us today that intentionally violating God's laws is a very serious matter. In older times it would have been a death sentence, but now with the gift of Jesus' sacrifice for us it is not quite so lethal any more - but that does not mean we should take our freedom lightly or for granted.