IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 7:37a, 38a

First, eat no fat or blood (22-27). As said before in 3:16-17, the Israelites were not to eat the fat or the blood of an animal. If they did, they were to be cut off from God's people. What they ate was not a matter of personal preference. God defined what made them holy. How much is God directing your life and guiding what you do? Are you yielding to his will and following his word to you?

Second, the priest's share (28-38). The perpetual share for the priests was the breast and right thigh of the offered animal. The fat had to be burned up, not eaten. God gave all these offering regulations to Moses on Mt.Sinai. Any priest who treated the Lord's offering with contempt would be guilty of great sin (1Sa 2:12-17). Animal blood cannot actually take away human sin, but God required these offerings in anticipation of a better sacrifice. Jesus' obedience to God's will for him to die for our sins is what makes us holy (Heb 10:1-10).

Prayer: Lord, all these offerings show that your holiness and our sinfulness is greater than we understand or imagine, and we are much too casual in approaching you. Help us to see our sin as you see it, and to more fully appreciate your mercy to us in Jesus Chri

One Word: The holy God made the way for sinners to be forgiven