Are You A Living Sacrifice?

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy,

To offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--

Which is your spiritual worship.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

But be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--

His good, pleasing and perfect will.

For by the grace given me I say to everyone of you:

Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,

But rather think of yourself with sober judgment,

In accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.

Just as each of us has one body with many members,

And these members do not all have the same function,

So in Christ we who are many form one body,

And each member belongs to all the others.

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.

If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.

If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

If it is encouraging, let him encourage;

If it is contributing to the needs of others,let him give generously;

If it is leadership, let him govern diligently;

If it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. (Romans 12:1-8)

If we belong to Christ we are a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.

We follow in the footsteps of Christ, God's sacrifice for the sins of mankind.

Our sacrifice is dying to this world but being alive to God in Christ.

That is our spiritual worship.

The Father seeks those who will worship Him in Spirit and in TRUTH.

By so doing we represent Christ on earth;

By so doing we give witness to the only WAY, the only TRUTH and the only LIFE.

Our witness of Christ living in us is the only hope in this world dead in sin.

Without our witness there is no hope in this world. None!

As the Father sent Christ, so Christ Jesus send us. (John 17:18)

If we belong to Christ we will not conform to the pattern of this world

Which in it's present form is passing away and is almost finished.

(1 Corinthians 7:31)

We are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds;

Living by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

Then we can understand what God's will is for us;

Which is to be perfect and holy as He is perfect and holy;

To be His representatives on this earth.

We do not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought.

We were bought with the highest price that could be paid: Christ Himself.

We have nothing that we have not received from Him. Nothing!

We belong entirely to Him; we comprise His body.

We have different gifts according to His grace.

Each of us has a different function within His body.

Whatever that function is,

We are to do it with all the energy given us by Christ,

And whatever we do we do for His Glory.

That is our spiritual sacrifice; counting ourselves dead to this world

But alive to Christ and in Christ; in His body.

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!