“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a LIVING SACRIFICE , holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
Rom 12:1
Paul had the moral authority to encourage us to present ourselves as a ” living sacrifice”! So what does he mean?
In the Old Testament, only the finest animals shed their blood and were presented to God as blood sacrifice.
Jesus made that blood sacrifice for each of us on the Cross. That sacrifice has been made for each of us under the new covenant.
We present ourselves as a ” living sacrifice ” when we:
• Serve God out of commitment; not convenience
• Volunteer when others recuse
• Consider time serving God as best use of your time
• Make “days off” to be “days on ” to build the kingdom
Here is Paul’s list of ” living sacrifices “:
“Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; “(and the list goes on)
2 Cor 5:24-25
Good morning as you evaluate your level of sacrifice
Living Sacrifice – Song – UCKG Macau
Take my life and let it be hymn – Islington Baptist Church
Johnny
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he
Pro 23:7