Day1
Word Study
Sacrifice/living vs dead
2 Chronicles 7:12
“Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night, and He said to Solomon, “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen for Myself in this place a house of sacrifice.”
2 Chronicles 7:12 MEV
https://bible.com/bible/1171/2ch.7.12.MEV Sacrifice-
1
: an act of offering to a deity something precious
especially : the killing of a victim on an altar
2
: something offered in sacrifice
3
a
: destruction or surrender of something for the sake of something else
b
: something given up or lost
Living sacrifice-
To be “a living sacrifice” is to be fully at God's disposal—to be available and willing to obey God in whatever he asks or commands.
All throughout the Bible, until after Jesus life, death and resurrection sacrifices were killed and offered dead.
Now, we have been given the privilege of becoming the temple for God to dwell in and receive living sacrifice.
How To Live Because You Believe
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. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:1 functions as a hinge point in Paul’s letter. The word THEREFORE is like the pin in the hinge. It says, “Taking everything I’ve been writing about for eleven chapters into full consideration, here then is the appropriate response. Here is how you, the Christian community in Rome—you, wherever you are right now should live because you have believed and so you have been justified by God’s grace alone through personal faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, alone.”
Action Step:
Think about what your chosen temple for God’s dwelling looks like.
What living sacrifice are you offering Him today?
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