Sacrifice
Rom 12:1 – Brothers and sisters, in view of all we have just shared about God's compassion, I encourage you to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, dedicated to God and pleasing to him. This kind of worship is appropriate for you. (GW)
Why do we misinterpret this scripture so often in most theology today?
Before going any further, I must first say that not all people misconstrue this scripture but I do hear many say or think they still need or can please God with a sacrifice. The ultimate and last sacrifice made for everything was done by our Lord Jesus when he died on the cross. To try and add anything else to this final act would be like going to heaven and bringing Christ back down; in other words putting something on the cross for us to offer to God as a sacrifice for His approval.
Heb 9:26 – Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once to remove sin by his sacrifice. (GW)
When we seek God’s approval through actions, whether it be giving money, adding standards and calling them our holiness, or anything that is based on the “I can do” premise, it diminishes what Jesus did on the cross. Before long we are adding new things to the cross so that WE can sacrifice for something to gain God’s approval. We already have God’s approval because of the blood shed by Jesus Christ and there is NOTHING more that we can add to this sacrifice. We have been made righteous, holy, and sanctified by His blood.
Be sacrificed to Jesus, which is the same as saying surrender yourself to Christ; accept the free gift given to us by God through His son Jesus.
Col 1:22 – But now Christ has brought you back to God by dying in his physical body. He did this so that you could come into God's presence without sin, fault, or blame. (GW)
What more can we do than what has already been done?
God Bless and Keep You
Why do we misinterpret this scripture so often in most theology today?
Before going any further, I must first say that not all people misconstrue this scripture but I do hear many say or think they still need or can please God with a sacrifice. The ultimate and last sacrifice made for everything was done by our Lord Jesus when he died on the cross. To try and add anything else to this final act would be like going to heaven and bringing Christ back down; in other words putting something on the cross for us to offer to God as a sacrifice for His approval.
Heb 9:26 – Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once to remove sin by his sacrifice. (GW)
When we seek God’s approval through actions, whether it be giving money, adding standards and calling them our holiness, or anything that is based on the “I can do” premise, it diminishes what Jesus did on the cross. Before long we are adding new things to the cross so that WE can sacrifice for something to gain God’s approval. We already have God’s approval because of the blood shed by Jesus Christ and there is NOTHING more that we can add to this sacrifice. We have been made righteous, holy, and sanctified by His blood.
Be sacrificed to Jesus, which is the same as saying surrender yourself to Christ; accept the free gift given to us by God through His son Jesus.
Col 1:22 – But now Christ has brought you back to God by dying in his physical body. He did this so that you could come into God's presence without sin, fault, or blame. (GW)
What more can we do than what has already been done?
God Bless and Keep You
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