"LIVING SACRIFICE, LIVING STONES"

 

Romans 12:1-2

 

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.

 

 

² Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

 

 

1 Peter 2:4-6

⁴ Come to Him [then, to that] Living Stone which men ^[a]tried and threw away, but which is chosen [and] precious in God’s sight.

 

⁵ [Come] and, like living stones, be yourselves built [into] a spiritual house, for a holy (dedicated, consecrated) priesthood, to offer up [those] spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

 

⁶ For thus it stands in Scripture: Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen (^[b]honored), precious chief Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall never be ^[c]disappointed or put to shame.

 

 

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; BEFORE YOU YOU SEE THE THE FACE OF A MAN TODAY; "SEEK THE FACE OF GOD."  PRESENT YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LIVING HOLY CHIEF CORNER STONE, AS LIVING STONES. WILL YOU DO THIS BEFORE YOU SET IN STONE YOUR OWN PLANS TODAY ? PLANS FROM HOUSEHOLD CHORES TO, BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITIES AND MINISTRY. "ALL THAT YOU DO, IS IT FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD? THEN FROM HIM, YOUR CHIEF, YOU WILL HEAR; "WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT." ALL ELSE IS LIKE THE WIND.

 

 

THE PRESENTING YOUR LIFE AS A LIVING SACRIFICE THEN IS THE PRIORITY, ABOVE ALL THINGS; TWO 2 CLEAR CHOICES. ONE "TRANSFORM", WHICH PROMISES THE ENTIRE RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND. SECOND IS "CONFORM," WHICH PROMISE TO BE FASHIONED ONLY TOO THE SUPERFICIAL CUSTOMS OF THE WORLD.

 

BROTHERS THE HOUR IS LATE, THE TIME FOR SLOTHFUL MAN OF GOD MUST END. OUR BROTHERS IN OTHER LANDS SUFFER TO THE DEATH THEIR CONFESSION OF CHRIST, EVEN AS THIS WRITER PENS THIS CRY TO YOU .

 

DO YOU REALLY WANT "THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,?"  THEN BEFORE YOU GO OUT TO THE EXTERNAL WORLD, OFFER YOURSELVES "LIVING SACRIFICES." IF YOU MAKE YOUR HOME IN A MUD HUT, OR IN THE PALACES OF KINGS AND CO'S, THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME. THEN AND ONLY THEN, CAN THE CHIEF CORNER STONE PLACE YOU AS LIVING STONES, IN ORDER TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN, RIGHT WHERE YOU LIVE...PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!!!!