It is Finished.
It is true to say that there’s no more sacrifice needed to pay for our sins. Jesus paid for us all. We are forgiven. But certainly Not the end of the story but it’s now the new beginning of spiritual life that is why Jesus said you must be born again. Meaning Accept that you are a sinner sinned against God and men. Jesus said I am The Way, The Life and The Truth.
Remember What Jesus said to the woman who was about to be stoned for her adultery, woman neither I condemn you, your sins are forgiven, go and sin no more.
How it’s possible? Yes this was before the crucifixion and after the crucifixion Jesus has not changed. His word still says sin no more even though I paid it for all.
Dear Soldiers of Christ God’s Word is same, Yesterday, Today and Forever the same. It is established in heaven and now You and Me have to established it here on earth.
Things are bit serious and no fun. Now how to walk free from Sin daily as there is no more sacrifice for sin remaineth? In other words to maintain our deliverance we are told by Apostle Paul to bring daily sacrifice . Let’s see from the point of view of scriptures what does it mean to offer sacrifice to God for maintaining our day to day life free from sin.
In Romans 12:1 Apostle Paul writes to the body of Christ saying
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Here Apostle Paul beseech the brethren meaning – beg urgently or anxiously, request earnestly. He was requesting the believers that you need it very much to keep your deliverance or maintain your freedom from sin, we need to do the daily sacrifice not to take away our sin but to keep us falling into sin, we have to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. That means with purity and sincerity we have to present ourselves before God just as the angels of God do in heaven.
That’s why Apostle Paul was eagerly requesting each and every believers to offer ourselves to God.
Now how can we offer our bodies as a living sacrifice?
In Romans 12:2 Apostle Paul goes on to say, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Again He says in Ephesians 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
By renewing our Mind daily. It’s called a sacrifice to be presented before God one must do to keep himself pure and holy before Him in love.
After renewing our mind He says in
Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Put on the New Man meaning imitating Christ Jesus our Lord.
So let’s sacrifice our lives daily by presenting our bodies to keep our deliverance from the old life style called Sin and enjoy life hereon earth with Joy and gladness.
This all we have to do with the help of the Holy Spirit of God and His precious Word of God. Amen
Sol. Francis