PRESUMPTUOUS SIN
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By John W. White
Hebrews 10:28 "He
that despised Moses' law died without
mercy under two or three
witnesses:" This tract on the
presumptuous sin provides background for the tract on the willful sin and the
tract on the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. All three sins carry the same
penalty, loss of the reward of the inheritance,
2 John 1:8 "Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which
we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward."
Numbers 15:30-31 "But
the soul that doeth ought
presumptuously, whether he be
born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
31. Because he hath despised
the word of the LORD, and hath broken
his commandment, that soul shall
utterly be cut off; his iniquity
shall be upon him." Let us look
at the words in these two verses.
"PRESUMPTUOUSLY:"
The Hebrew word "yad" is translated "high hand" in the ASV, "defiantly" in the
NASV, which is nothing less than obstinate rebellion against the LORD. To
defiantly rebel against the words and commandments of the LORD is to practice
the sin of lawlessness. To practice the sin of lawlessness one has to despise
the Word of the LORD.
"REPROACHETH:"
The Hebrew word
"gadaph" means "to hack (with words), i.e. revile:--blaspheme,
reproach." from the Strong Concordance. The lawless find ways to chop to
pieces any law or commandment that would bring blessing to them and glorify
God. The lawless refuse to allow the Lord to be in charge of their lives. He
is not Lord of their lives. Blasphemy is to refute with words the truth given.
"DESPISE:"
The Hebrew word "bazah",
means to disesteem:--despise, disdain, contemptible, + think to scorn, vile
person. It is hard to believe that a child of God could feel this way about
the Word of the Lord, yet this often happens.
"BROKEN:"
The Hebrew word
"parar", means to break up :--
cast off, cause to cease, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve,
make of none effect, frustrate, bring to nought, make void." from the
Strong Concord. When anyone can "Reproacheth the LORD" and "Despised the word
of the LORD" it becomes very easy for any commandment of God to be "Broken,"
defeated, castoff, disannuled, made of none effect, and dissolved. We see that
in the world today. People are taught that if you do not like any law of the
land you don't have to keep it. This attitude of lawlessness does effect
believers to become cold and indifferent toward being obedient to the Lord.
Matthew 24:12 "And because
iniquity [th<n ajnomi>an, the lawlessness] shall abound, the
love ["If you love me, keep my commandments."
John 14:15] of many shall wax
cold."
"UTTERLY CUT OFF:"
The
Hebrew word "karath," means "to
cut (off, down or asunder); by impl. to destroy or consume... :-- destroy,
perish..." from the Strong Concordance. The phrase "cut off" is used
twice in this context. The first occurrence of
the Hebrew word "karath" is in
Genesis 9:11 "And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all
flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood..." From this passage to
"be cut off" was to die. All but those in the ark perished in the flood.
Deuteronomy 17:5-7
"Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have
committed that wicked thing, unto
thy gates, even that man or that
woman, and shalt stone them with
stones, till they die. 6. At the
mouth of two witnesses, or
three
witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death;
but at the mouth of one
witness he shall not be put to
death. 7. The hands of the witnesses
shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all
the people. So thou shalt put the evil
away from among you."
If one was
not stoned to death, he would be, as in the case of
Miriam, Numbers 12:12
"...as one dead..." If you were stoned
to death you were permanently
cut off. In 2 Chronicles 26:21
"And Uzziah the king was a leper ...
being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD..." As a
leper, Uzziah could not come to the temple to worship or to offer a sacrifice
for sin. If one had leprosy he was unclean and, was banished from the temple
until he was healed. God healed Miriam but not Uzziah. As long as Uzziah was
alive he had hope of being healed and then cleansed by a blood sacrifice to be
restored to the house of the Lord. Uzziah was not healed and died a leper out
of fellowship with the Lord even though he was the King of Israel.
Numbers 19:17-20
"And for an unclean person
they shall take of the ashes of the
burnt heifer of purification for sin,
and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
18. And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip
it in the water, and sprinkle
it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were
there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a
grave: 19. And
the clean person shall
sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the
seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and shall be clean at even.
20. But the man that shall be
unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among
the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the
water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean." The law
made it possible for the unclean to be cleansed and restore to fellowship. The
ashes of the burnt heifer with water was to be sprinkled upon the unclean and
then he would be clean at evening on the seventh day. If the unclean refused
to purify himself, that soul would be cut off from among the congregation.
Numbers 15:27-28
"And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she
goat of the first year for
a sin offering. 28. And the priest shall make an
atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by
ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and
it shall be forgiven him."
"IGNORANCE:"
The Hebrew word "shegagah,"
a mistake or inadvertent transgression. it is from the Hebrew word "shagag,"
"to stray, to be deceived, to err, go astray." To sin through ignorance
is not the same as to sin presumptuously. The presumptuous sin could not be
forgiven where the sin through ignorance could be forgiven
with a sin offering.
Numbers 15:35-36
"And the LORD said unto Moses, The man [that sinned presumptuously]
shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones
without the camp. 36. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and
stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses." This
man broke the commandment concerning the Sabbath as given in
Exodus 31:14
"Ye shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it
is holy unto you: every one that
defileth it shall surely be put to
death: for whosoever doeth any
work therein, that soul shall be cut
off from among his people."
SACRIFICE TO MOLECH: Leviticus 20:2
"Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever
he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in
Israel, that giveth any of his seed
unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall
stone him with
stones."
WITCHCRAFT: Leviticus 20:27
"A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard,
shall surely be put to death: they shall
stone them with
stones: their blood shall be
upon them."
APOSTASY: Deuteronomy 13:10
"And thou shalt stone him with stones,
that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God,
which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage."
REBELLIOUS SON: Deuteronomy 21:21
"And all the men of his city shall
stone him with
stones, that he die: so shalt
thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear."
ADULTERY: Deuteronomy 22:24
"Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye
shall stone them with
stones that they die; the damsel,
because she cried not, being in the
city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife:
so thou shalt put away evil from among you."
1
Samuel 3:13-14
"For I have told him that I will
judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because
his sons made themselves vile, and
he restrained them not.
14. And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of
Eli's house shall not be purged [atone, expiate or condone, placate or
cancel] with sacrifice nor offering for ever." Eli,
saved and high priest, sinned against
the Lord by not judging his sons' sins, therefore Eli's sin could not be
forgiven by sacrifice. See 1 Samuel
2.22-25 Eli's sons.
Exodus 12:19 "Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your
houses: for whosoever eateth that
which is leavened, even that
soul shall be cut off from the
congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land."
Romans 15:4 "For whatsoever things were
written aforetime were written
for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the scriptures
might have hope." 1 Corinthians
5:6-7 "...Know ye not that a
little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7. Purge
out therefore the old leaven, that
ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our
passover is sacrificed for us:" 1
Corinthians 5:11-13 "But now
I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a
brother be a fornicator, or
covetous, or an
idolater, or a railer, or
a drunkard, or an
extortioner; with such an one no
not to eat. 12. For what have I to
do to judge them also that are without?
do not ye judge them that are within?
13. But them that are without God
judgeth. Therefore put away
from among yourselves that wicked person." This is an example of those who
have been cut off but not necessarily utterly cut off by stoning. The law to
cut off the unclean in the Old Testament was given to encourage people to stay
clean and when they became unclean, to do what was necessary to become clean
again. Stoning of the lawless was to instill the fear of God in the heart of
the people that their love for Him would not wax cold. Those that were cut off
or stoned "perished" and forfeited their inheritance
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Know ye not
that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, 10. Nor
thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God."
James
5:19-20 "Brethren,
if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20. Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of
his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins."
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise [thv ejpaggeli>av, of the promise], as some men count slackness; but
is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." In type, to perish is to be cut off by stoning. If we
repent of the way that we are living we will not perish. If we do not perish,
then we can enjoy the blessing of our inheritance in the age to come.
Ezekiel 18:21-22
"But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed,
and keep all my statutes, and
do that which is lawful and right,
he shall surely live, he shall
not die. 22. All his
transgressions that he hath committed, they
shall not be mentioned unto him: in his
righteousness that he hath
done he shall live." The
promise of 2 Peter 3:9 is defined in 1
John 2:25 "And this is the promise
that he hath promised [hJ
ejpaggeli>a, the
promise] us, even eternal life."
Colossians 3:24 "Knowing that of
the Lord ye shall receive the
reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ." Eternal
life is a family matter regarding the inheritance.
Romans
2:6-7 "Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7. To them who by patient
continuance in
well doing seek for
glory and honour and immortality [incorruption],
eternal life:" Ref.
Galatians 6:8,9.
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