Leviticus 5:11

Leviticus 5:11 says. But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.  Once more, there was a provision for those who couldn't even affordable turtle doves to bring an offering of fine flour.  God always makes provision for even the poorest to be forgiven of their sins, but of course, salvation is free for all.  Verse twelve adds, Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.  The man was to bring the offering to the priest who was to offer a part of it for a sin offering.  Verse thirteen continues, And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.  The rest of the flour offering was to be the priest's to use.  The thing offered was not the key, but the willingness of the person to offer the best he had was, and this is still true today.  Verse fourteen states, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Before Moses could tell the people of Israel what God said he had to first listen to God.  Before we can tell people today what God has to say, we must first listen to what God tells us.  Verse fifteen adds, If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:  In this case, if a person sinned through ignorance against the holy things of God, he was to bring a ram and an offering of money as well.   Verses sixteen continues, And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.  The man was to make amends for the harm done to the holy thing and add another fifth to the cost and give it to the priest.  As always, the priest would present the offering to God.  We today come to Jesus for forgiveness, and He presents Himself to the heavenly Father as an atonement for our sins.  Verse seventeen says, And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.  We might say that ignorance of these was no excuse.  I believe that way down in our soul we are always going to be convicted of our sins, even when we may not know exactly what that sin is.  Verse eighteen adds, And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.  When the man became aware of his sin, he was to bring a ram to the priest to be offered to God.  As soon as we realize that we have sinned we are to come to Christ for forgiveness, but we can only bring our self.  Verse nineteen concludes, It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.   All sin is really a trespass against God and it must be confessed and forgiveness asked if we are to be in a right relationship with God.