No Trespassing
Leviticus 6:2
"If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;"
It is humanly impossible to live life without one day wronging someone. Though we may never initially do this, we often find that we have done something against someone. Whether intentional or not, we must get right with the one whom we wronged if we want God to bless us.
God dealt with this issue when He told Moses how to offer a trespass offering. It's interesting that God calls it a trespass offering because that implies that we infringed on someone else's property or rights. You will notice that God says, "If a soul sin,..." God does not excuse anyone from trespassing against another. He simply deals with the issue of wronging someone else. It doesn't matter if they wronged you, what matters is that you did wrong to someone else. God was dealing with the issue at hand, and you are the issue.
Furthermore, God indicts us even further by saying, "...and commit a trespass..." God is teaching us that when we do wrong, it is nobody else's fault but our own. When you do wrong, you chose to do wrong. When you infringe on another's rights, by choice you infringed on their rights. If you are going to right a wrong against someone else, then you must come to grips with the fact that you chose to do the wrong. You must not blame anyone else, you must take full responsibility for your own actions. So, how do you right a wrong when you have trespassed against someone?
First, admit to the one whom you wronged that you have done wrong. In verses 3-5, you will see that before the trespass offering was to be offered, they had to go to the person whom they trespassed against and get it right. By going to that person they were admitting their wrong. Christian, you will never right a wrong until you admit to the one whom you wronged that it was your fault. It may not be easy to look that person in the eyes, but you must go to them if you want to get it right.
Second, restore to the best of your ability what you took from them. God commanded in these same verses to restore what they took from the one they wronged. You must find a way to restore what you took from the person when you wronged them. It may not always be easy, but you must find a way to give back to them what you took from them.
Third, restore more than you took. God said they were to " add the fifth part" to the one they took from. In other words, your restoration should make them better off than they were before you committed the trespass. Anything less than this will not be accepted by God.
Finally, after you have done these things, then ask God to forgive you. You will notice that each of these areas were to be completed before they offered the trespass offering to God. God is teaching that He will not forgive you until you get right with the one whom you wronged. You can ask God to forgive you when you wronged someone, but if you haven't got right with the person, then God won't forgive you. God wants you to understand that you can't be right with Him if you are not right with the one whom you wronged.
Have you wronged someone and have yet to get right with them? Christian, you will never experience God's forgiveness until you get right with those who you have wronged. If there is someone that comes to mind whom you have wronged, then don't let this day end without attempting to get that wrong right. God's forgiveness is predicated upon you getting right with others. If you are right with others, then you can get right with God.#edit