Only a living sacrifice is acceptable to God

MyrtleTrees · Oct 26, 2020

God requires us to "sacrifice" ourselves to God, and without doing that - we can't be acceptable to Him! This means to wholeheartedly serve Him and to not try to keep back any of the sacrifice!
Hypocritical "sacrifices" unto God, aren't acceptable to Him! He demands sincerity! And if it's sincere - it will be well evident! Here's an example of some - in Old Testament times - whose sacrifices unto God were declared by God to have been unacceptable to Him:
Isa 1:11
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats
KJV
And David shows in the Psalms - how - wholeheartedly "sacrificing" to God, in the spiritual sense, is something that makes a person acceptable to God.
Ps 51:17-19
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar
KJV

stepbystep · Oct 26, 2020

Good stuff.

Some Scriptures from the New Testament.

Romans 12:1,2
2 Timothy 2:15
Colossians 3:17
Ephesians 5:1,2
1 Corinthians 6:19,20

Actually Chapter 12 of Romans, verses 1 through 21 speak about this I believe.

God bless

MyrtleTrees · Oct 26, 2020

stepbystep said:

Good stuff.

Some Scriptures from the New Testament.

Romans 12:1,2
2 Timothy 2:15
Colossians 3:17
Ephesians 5:1,2
1 Corinthians 6:19,20

Actually Chapter 12 of Romans, verses 1 through 21 speak about this I believe.

Yes, these verses you mentioned are good ones to illustrate the truth that we are to see ourselves as "living sacrifices" unto God. Jesus did His sacrifice for us, and it was a tremendous sacrifice! But now, we need to sacrifice ourselves to Him, too - in another way - by giving ourselves wholly to Him - giving HIm full control over our lives and behavior - obeying His Word.

God bless you, too!

Rom 12:1-2
12:1 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.

2 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.
KJV

2 Tim 2:15

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
KJV

Col 3:17

17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
KJV

Eph 5:1-2
5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
KJV

1 Cor 6:19-20

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
KJV

throughfaith · Oct 26, 2020

MyrtleTrees said:

Hebrews 9 26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but NOW ONCE in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of HIMSELF .

.Col 3
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Rom 6
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also SHOULD walk in newness of life.

Gal 3
19¶Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21¶Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26¶For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

MessageOfTheCross · Oct 26, 2020

The presenting of your body as a living sacrifice and the renewing of the mind is not a Christian discipline nor a work of labor, but an act of Faith to believe only - daily. No Believer can fix the flesh with the flesh. All fruits that are added to the leaves of the Believer must be done by the Holy Spirit or you enter the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19-21).

The Holy Spirit works strictly within the parameters of the "Finished Work" i.e., "the Cross of Christ", which demands that our Faith be exclusively in the Cross of Christ. The reason is simple, that's where the price was paid, and the victory was forever won (Romans 6:1-14; 1 Cor. 2:2; Gal. 5; Gal. 6:14; Eph. 2:13-18; Col. 2:14-15).

The scriptures say, "17 for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but Righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 For he who serves Christ in [e]these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may [f]edify another. Romans 14

As He tasted death for ALL men by the grace of God (Hebrews 2:9) so that we who believe can taste that same death by faith (Romans 6:6-8, Galatians 2:20), and our declaration will be, “O taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that trusts in Him.”

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Isaiah 32:17

Romans 4:5 teaches us that God only awards Righteousness only on the basis of Faith in Christ and His Finished Work. Our Faith must be placed exclusively in Jesus, the Son of God, and Jesus, the Lamb of God to be awarded Righteousness. If we preach Jesus alone and ignore the Cross (the Lamb of God), that is another Jesus (2 Corinthians 11:4). This is sin, a insult to God!

Holiness and Sanctification are actually the same thing. Our holiness is obtained by faith and trust in Christ and what He did at the Cross. Without such Faith, there is no holiness, and there is no Salvation.

The gospel remains to be the only avenue through which Righteousness is revealed and experienced (Romans 1:16-17), and without the experience of Righteousness there is no Holiness, and without Holiness, no one can see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14).

seed_time_harvest · Oct 27, 2020

MyrtleTrees said:

But how does the person sacrifice themselves unless GOD first creates their Spirit new?

The person has to first come to HIM In true repentance and then HE creates them new,born again and Then
Romans 12:1-2
King James Version

1 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.

2 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.

JaumeJ · Oct 27, 2020

Perhaps one may say sacrifice for God when imitating Jesus, Yeshua, however there is no further sacrifice after that of our Savior.

Anything we do after the free gift of salvation is our due, not a sacrifice.

seed_time_harvest · Oct 27, 2020

JaumeJ said:

It says to present your bodies a living sacrifice.

JaumeJ · Oct 27, 2020

seed_time_harvest said:

I stand corrected on this. Is this from Jesus?

seed_time_harvest · Oct 27, 2020

From the HOLY SPIRIT Inspiring Paul and since the FATHER,SON and HOLY GHOST are one the response to your question Is Yes.☺️

JaumeJ · Oct 27, 2020

Thanks. God bless you.

GraceAndTruth · Oct 27, 2020

If you would get out of the old covenant....which never applies to Gentiles anyway.....perhaps you would see MERCY, Atonement, justification, sanctification and GRACE in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ........HIS righteousness applied to His people.

MyrtleTrees · Oct 28, 2020

seed_time_harvest said:

Well, Jesus Himself, said that action is required of a person - before God can save Him. God is the first one to seek people - that's true. But God doesn't make robots. He requires that we make the choice to repent, before He will save us. Think of all the Bible verses that preach salvation as resulting from repentance.

Luke 13:4-5
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
KJV

2 Cor 7:10

10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
KJV

2 Peter 3:9

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
KJV
Below passage speaks of turning away from sin as the "washing of water":
John 3:5

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
KJV
God's Spirit automatically comes to indwell a person after He has sincerely made the decision to accept Him as Lord and Savior of His life:
The below passage shows how declaring Jesus as being lord of one's life is an essential element required for salvation:
Rom 10:9-10

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
KJV

seed_time_harvest · Oct 28, 2020

MyrtleTrees said:

Well, Jesus Himself, said that action is required of a person - before God can save Him. God is the first one to seek people - that's true. But God doesn't make robots. He requires that we make the choice to repent, before He will save us. Think of all the Bible verses that preach salvation as resulting from repentance.

Luke 13:4-5
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
KJV

2 Cor 7:10

10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
KJV

2 Peter 3:9

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
KJV
Below passage speaks of turning away from sin as the "washing of water":
John 3:5

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
KJV
God's Spirit automatically comes to indwell a person after He has sincerely made the decision to accept Him as Lord and Savior of His life:
The below passage shows how declaring Jesus as being lord of one's life is an essential element required for salvation:
Rom 10:9-10

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
KJV

I responded to you saying

MyrtleTrees said:

I thought you were saying that before we can repent and receive salvation we have to do works.Forgive me If I misunderstood.

MyrtleTrees · Oct 29, 2020

seed_time_harvest said:

The "works" or in other words, "fruit" of repentance must precede any following "works" or "fruit" that follows. Sorry if I wasn't clear. Repentance is a change of mind - a desire to be pleasing to God - a remorse for former sins. The thief on the cross had to have repented, since Jesus said He'd see Him in paradise after He died. He had no opportunity to do anything else, as he was on the cross, and died very soon. But he went to heaven, because of his repentance and because he had received Jesus as HIs Lord and Savior. That is what is required by all in order to get saved. Only those who do that - do get saved.

Duskey · Oct 29, 2020

MyrtleTrees said:

God requires us to "sacrifice" ourselves to God, and without doing that - we can't be acceptable to Him! This means to wholeheartedly serve Him and to not try to keep back any of the sacrifice!
Hypocritical "sacrifices" unto God, aren't acceptable to Him! He demands sincerity! And if it's sincere - it will be well evident! Here's an example of some - in Old Testament times - whose sacrifices unto God were declared by God to have been unacceptable to Him:
Isa 1:11
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats
KJV
And David shows in the Psalms - how - wholeheartedly "sacrificing" to God, in the spiritual sense, is something that makes a person acceptable to God.
Ps 51:17-19
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar
KJV

IOWs what Jesus did wasn’t good enough. 😔

throughfaith · Oct 29, 2020

Only those in Christ are acceptable to God .

seed_time_harvest · Oct 29, 2020

throughfaith said:

The question to some would be Is works done by the person that Is coming to CHRIST equal to/means the same thing as fruit of repentance or Is works talking about doing something before GOD will save you?

example some might think a person has got to show respect first like torturing their body crawling on their knees till they are red and sore.etcetera.

MyrtleTrees · Oct 31, 2020

Duskey said:

What Jesus did was perfect and sufficient and He never sinned - because He was God in the flesh, and God isn't able to sin.

seed_time_harvest · Dec 6, 2020

MyrtleTrees said:

Well, Jesus Himself, said that action is required of a person - before God can save Him. God is the first one to seek people - that's true. But God doesn't make robots. He requires that we make the choice to repent, before He will save us. Think of all the Bible verses that preach salvation as resulting from repentance.

Luke 13:4-5
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
KJV

2 Cor 7:10

10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
KJV

2 Peter 3:9

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
KJV
Below passage speaks of turning away from sin as the "washing of water":
John 3:5

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
KJV
God's Spirit automatically comes to indwell a person after He has sincerely made the decision to accept Him as Lord and Savior of His life:
The below passage shows how declaring Jesus as being lord of one's life is an essential element required for salvation:
Rom 10:9-10

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
KJV

Yes,GOD didn't make us to be robots without feeling but remember that GOD looks at the heart/motive so then GOD doesn't have to see our physical actions to know that we are true.If our heart Is right GOD sees that.It's people that feel like they have to do something physical to please GOD.

Sidenote:Although a person that has been created new in Spirit WILL seek to purify himself even as he Is pure.

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