In chapter 3 we have God’s portion and in chapter 7 we have man’s portion.

Luke’s gospel brings out the peace offering aspect of the Lord’s death.

It is not the truth of Colossians 1:20, "And, having made peace through the blood of his cross…" that is emphasized in this sweet savour offering though atonement is the very foundation of it, but the truth as seen in Ephesians 2:14, "For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us." It is the peace that brings believers together, Jew and Gentle in communion with each other and with God the Father.

In the peace offering, the emphasis is not upon the peace that He made by the blood of the Cross, but upon the peace He is because of the blood of the Cross.

The "fat" of the animal was looked upon as being the choicest part; hence, it belonged to God (cf. 7:23–25). The separable fatty portions included: (1) the net of fat which stretched from the stomach and enveloped the bowels; (2) the fat attached to the viscera, which could easily be peeled off; (3) the two kidneys and the fat upon them; and (4) the net of fat covering the liver. If the peace offering was of the sheep, a fifth portion included the fat tail (vv. 9, 10), which sometimes weighed as much as 15 pounds among broad-tailed species.

There are two words for fat in the Hebrew language –

The liver being the heaviest of the internal organs is comes from the Hebrew word (kabhed) meaning to be heavy, to be grievous, sore.

When Jeremiah wept over the destruction of Jerusalem he spoke of his liver being poured out.

So too, our Saviour wept over Jerusalem and poured out His grief with many tears. He was full of heaviness.

He was heavy and sorrowful in Gethsemane as He approached the time of His death.

Indeed the liver was burnt up on the altar to God. All the grief and heaviness of the Lord was on account of His love for the glory of God and for the good of men.

The heathen used the liver for the purpose of soothsaying.

All this was taken and burnt up to God. All that the Lord Jesus did was first of all for the glory of God. We do so much to be noticed by men but all that the Saviour did, His inner motives, represented by the inner parts of the sacrifice, were for God alone to see and appraise.

The composer Verdi stood in the shadows of the concert hall in Florence during the performance of his very first opera. Though he would later garner the acclaim of the music world, at this point in his career he was unknown. Throughout the performance Verdi waited in the darkness with his eye on one person in the audience: the master composer Rossini. Verdi did not care whether the crowd would cheer him or jeer him. All he wanted was the smile of approval from the master. So it is with us if we would follow in the footsteps of Jesus and the saints of every age. Only the Master's approval matters.

Soli deo gloria. To God alone be the glory.

This was burnt upon the ashes of the continual burnt offering that was offered morning and evening (Exodus 29:41-42) or it was burnt upon the smoldering ashes of worshippers or another's burnt offering.

We shall never enjoy the fullness of the peace of God until we realise that we are accepted in the beloved represent by the burnt offering.

This was a acceptable sacrifice and pleasing to the Lord.

The Lord’s portion, called the food of the offering made by fire (v. 11), was the fat, the kidneys, the caul, and the fat tail; in Leviticus 7:32,33 we learn that the officiating priest received the right thigh after it had been first presented as a heave offering; the other priests received the animal’s breast (7:31). This was first presented as a wave offering before the Lord; the offerer received all the rest (7:15–21). This is the only offering in which the offerer received a portion. He probably made a feast for his family and friends as a kind of fellowship meal. Thus the offering promoted peace between fellow Israelites within the covenant.

The indication in verse 11 (also v. 16) that the fat of the fellowship offering was burned on the altar as food should not be taken in the primitive pagan sense that worshipers shared meals with the Lord (cf. Ps. 50:12-13). The Lord received the fat on the altar in the case of the sin (Lev. 4:8-10, 19, 26, 31, 35) and guilt offerings (7:4-5) when no communal meal was involved.

The suet increased the flame of the burnt offering.

The word "food" is more often translated as "bread" and speaks of a satisfying portion.

While there are some serious infractions that occur between church members from time to time and these need to be dealt with, there are some brothers and sisters in the church who have a spirit of criticism. They see everybody else’s sin but their own and they can wear out a pastor, a church staff, and a congregation. They are a lot like Admiral Phipps.

It is said that when the British and French were fighting in Canada in the 1750s, Admiral Phipps, commander of the British fleet, was told to anchor outside Quebec. He was given orders to wait for the British land forces to arrive, then support them when they attacked the city. Phipps' navy arrived early. As the admiral waited, he became annoyed by the statues of the saints that adorned the towers of a nearby cathedral, so he commanded his men to shoot at them with the ships' cannons. No one knows how many rounds were fired or how many statues were knocked out, but when the land forces arrived and the signal was given to attack, the admiral was of no help. He had used up all his ammunition shooting at the "saints." (Daily Bread, October 6)