Living sacrifice
Romans 12:1 “therefore brothers, reminding you of God’s mercy, I request you to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable offering to God, which is your spiritual worship”. In the old Testament the people used to go fully prepared to worship God .That means the people would take different types of sacrificial animal or object for different types of sins. They would give it to the high priest. The high priest would first offer the sacrifice for his sins then sacrifice for the sins of the people. Sacrifice and the concern things here means that along with the sound of worship one could hear the sound of sacrificial animal.
At this time the sacrificial altar would get filled with fragrance and prayers and it would please the Lord. But now we the people of the lord do not do this because for each and every sins of ours the Lord Jesus Christ Himself became a sacrificial animal. Thank the lord and how loving, merciful He is. See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
(1 John 3:1) Here the word of the lord tells us that we are to offer our bodies to God as a living sacrifice. How would that be ?
1) Offering our bodies as a living sacrifice .
2) Offering our bodies as a holy sacrifice.
3) Offering our bodies as a loving sacrifice to the supreme Lord .
What is needed for this to which the physical body is to be resolved .Colossians 2: 11 says, “In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.
If any item was smelly and bad in our home we would have thrown it away or taken it away from the house. In the same way we have to separate ourselves from lust and impurities of this world from our lives whatever may be the reason and offer worship in His Holy presence. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Paul tells us ,”But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” This means that we should practice self control in our lives.
3)”For if you live according to the flesh you will die ,but if by the Spirit ,you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” Romans8:13 In the journey of our life ,we must learn to say no to our flesh and worldly desires.
4 ) “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions”. Romans 6:12
Britishers were ruling over India till August 14 ,1947 and people were under many forms of slavery and even today India and its people are under slavery of countless evil forces.
God the Father through the Lord Jesus Christ redeemed us from the slavery of Satan for eternity. so may the lord help us to always walk carefully while our stay here on this earth.
Dear God, please help your children in overcoming lust and worldly desires by always walking in spirit. May You be glorified through all our deeds .In Jesus name we ask. Amen.
Sol.Babu Sebastian