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The Sabbath During the Day of TemptationNumbers 15:30
Excerpted from: Examples of Divine JusticeThat means executed - put to death.
Notice these verbs! "Despise." "Reproach." "Cut off." You can see that there is a difference in attitude reflected about the person who sins unintentionally, even though the person was conscious of what he was doing. We will define this a little bit more.
In the last sermon, I gave definitions of the English word, "presumption." In the Old Testament it doesn't quite mean the same thing as it does in English. In English, it simply means "to assume," to take a matter upon oneself without considering all the factors, and then just going ahead and doing it. But, in the Old Testament it carries with it the idea of acting arrogantly—of rebellion. In fact, it means to do something with audacity—to be headstrong.
There is willfulness implied in the usage of the word that is not contained in the English. It is much more forceful than the English usage of the word. It refers to those who overstep their bounds, or dare to act in a disobedient manner.
In other words, a person who is sinning presumptuously is fully aware of what he is doing, in that he is fully educated, and is not in ignorance either of what he is doing, or the potential cost of what he is doing, and he deliberately sets his mind to do it. It is an act of rebellion, an audacious rebellion, of setting one's will despite all he knows to go ahead and do it anyway.
You can see, just by those usages, that the word "unintentional" in Leviticus 4 and Numbers 15 can include within it someone who is conscious of what he is doing, but he does not act audaciously. He does not plan it. He is not rebellious. He is weak. Now God will forgive that. But He will not forgive the sin that is presumptuous according to usage of the words in the Old Testament.
In the New Testament, the usage of the word begins very similar to the English usage of the word. It means "to think," or "suppose." But when one looks at the context in which this word is used in the New Testament, it carries with it the idea of dealing proudly, defiantly, and recklessly. It means to look down upon. We see a tremendous amount of pride implied in the usage of the Greek word in the New Testament.
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