-October 29, 2020-

Good morning, happy Thursday,

-Presenting Our Bodies As Living Sacrifices-

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”

(Romans 12:1).

As believers we belong to Jesus, spirit, soul, and body. In today’s text, Paul is writing to the Romans regarding their bodies. He beseeches us to present our bodies to Christ as a living sacrifice. This involves yielding ourselves fully to the Lord to be used fully in His service.

Paul clearly states just how important the body is in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, of and you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” We don’t belong to ourselves any longer, we belong to Jesus.

Since the body is the temple of Holy Spirit, we must guard it from all defilement in this world. When we present our bodies to the Lord it is for His use and glory. We must present our bodies as a living sacrifice daily on the altar of consecration. Peter wrote in 1 Peter 1:15-16, “But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’”

This is acceptable to God and is our reasonable service, or as can be translated, “our spiritual service of worship.” May the Lord help us to be living sacrifices today and every day.

Have a blessed day living sacrifice. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean