Category: Being a Living Sacrifice to God

Bible Verse of The Day – 1-20-23

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NKJV) 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

These two verses are sobering, to say the least.

Let’s take a look at them, so we’re sure to fully understand and apply them personally.

What does it mean in verse 14, when it says that the love of Christ compels us?

The love of Christ is what motivates us. It is (or should be) what causes us to do everything that we do.

Compel: to cause someone to do something.

Knowing Christ’s love for us should cause (compel) us to make choices that bring glory and honor to God. Our decisions should not be selfish or self-motivated.

Why should it compel us?

Because Christ died for us. And in return, we should all die to ourselves, leaving our old lives behind.

This is our reasonable service, as mentioned in Romans 12:1.

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Verse 15 then goes on to tell us that Christ died for all. And because He died for all, those who live (in Him) should no longer live for themselves, but for Him, who rose again.

So, if we are His, if we have put our faith in Him, we no longer belong to ourselves. We are His.

And our lives should reflect this in everything we do.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-17-21

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

As humans, many of us put a lot of emphasis on how we appear to others. We try to shape or present our lives to others in a way that gives a certain appearance.

This could be done in many ways; our physical appearance, our life as a whole, our material possessions, etc.

Social media has really caused this to become amplified over the last 10+ years.

But this is not how God wants us to live.

If we are to please anyone with our lives, it is God, our Father and Creator.

He has (or should have) absolute eminence in our lives. All that we do should be to please Him and shine His light out onto the world around us.

We can’t live our lives for appearance’ sake. Doing so causes us to waste our efforts and throw away years of our lives for the sake of impressing others and assuaging our insecurities, stroking our ego and pride along the way.

Let’s focus on Him. Let’s put Him first in every aspect of our lives.

And let’s make our lives as living sacrifices, presenting our bodies, holy and acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service.

Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-23-20

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

As God works to shape us and mold us, He has one expectation; that we allow Him to teach us how to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to Him.

Now, that might sound kind of odd to our human ears. It may even seem extreme to some people. But It’s a truth that is the foundation of our walk with God, in the sense that He wants our all, 100% of our hearts, not just a piece or a fragment.

In the days of the Old Testament, animals were sacrificed as a type of worship to God. But since we are now living under the new covenant, and God has done away with animal sacrifices, He now asks us to present ourselves (our lives) as living sacrifices to Him.

God isn’t interested in lip service. And He isn’t interested in halfhearted attempts to appease Him by us going through the motions, so to speak.

Don’t mistake this as God pressuring us into something we don’t want. He doesn’t push us into anything at all, ever.

He does desire, though, that we love Him with our whole heart. And with that kind of love, it’s only logical that we would be willing to surrender ourselves to Him entirely. After all, Jesus gave His whole self for us, so why wouldn’t we also be willing to do the same for Him.

And speaking of logic, the Greek word used for reasonable, in the verse above, is the same word that means logic in Greek, inferring that it is only logical for us to give our bodies as living sacrifices.

That’s a pretty sobering thought, isn’t it?

Let’s ponder on this. Let it get into your heart. If God says it’s our reasonable service, then it must be pretty important to Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-8-19

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Reasonable: Fair, sensible, practical, decent, realistic.

Sometimes it’s easy to overlook what God really wants for us and from us. We get caught up in our lives, trying to keep a handle on everything that’s going on.

In the midst of that, we forget that God asks us to make ourselves a living sacrifice to Him.

God never asks us to do something that He doesn’t equip us for. Oh, it might not always be easy, but He has equipped us nonetheless.

Sacrificing ourselves is one of the hardest things He asks us to do. There is no doubt about it. But He says it’s our reasonable service.

Other translations take it one step further, using a word other than “service”. Let’s check them out: Truly the way to worship Him, Rational, logical act of worship, True and proper worship.

So, it’s easy to see that what He asks of us is about more than us just submitting to Him. It’s about us giving our bodies to worship Him, each and every day.

In doing this, we are setting ourselves apart for God, giving Him permission to use us as He sees fit.

Now that’s quite a bit different than what the world tells us, isn’t it?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-21-16

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

We are not our own. If we have put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ, then we belong to God. We are His.

As His children, He has asked us to present our bodies as living sacrifices.

This might sound like something that’s difficult to do or to achieve. And if we try to do it on our own, it is difficult. But with the help of the Holy Spirit, it becomes so much easier.

The best way to become a living sacrifice to God is to put Him first in everything that we do. As we do this, it becomes a constant reminder of who we are and Who we belong to!

1 Corinthians 6:20 (NKJV) 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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