[Today: Leviticus 4] Mercy is God's First Response. In this chapter, we come to the third kind of sacrifice: the sin or trespass offering. We have looked at the consecration offering and the peace or covenantal offering, now we come to the sin offering. The mention is made of "sinning in ignorance." How does God deal with sin? God's response to sin is to extend his mercy and provide means of returning to fellowship and relationship with Him through Christ's shed blood. Even as His first response to sin is mercy also our first response to sin should likewise be mercy.
