Romans 12: 1 The
sacrificial life for Christ, Part 2
Memory Verse Romans
12:1(KJV)
“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”.
Living a sacrificial
life for Christ means abstinence from worldly pleasures, such as sexual
immorality. It is noteworthy for us to know that our bodies are the temples of
God. God cannot dwell in a polluted body hence Apostle Paul plead in Romans
12:1.
Every sin is a sin
outside the body but sexual immorality is a sin against our bodies (1 Cor
6:18), it is not only when we commit sexual immorality that we sin against our
bodies. Some of us neglect our bodies, we abuse it, and we act like we are
machines and not God’s image wonderfully created by him.
To live a sacrificial
life for Christ means we have to get rid of those things that can defile our
bodies. We should endeavour to take care of our bodies, even the food we eat
matters. What we take into my system matters, you can expect to be free from cancer
if you smoke a pack of cigarettes every day, it doesn’t work that way. If you
keep eating junk food you are going to be obsessed. Junk isn’t healthy; it
causes more harm than good. Constant use of substances and drugs are hazardous.
Every day, we hear over the news how people die of drug and substance abuse.
Getting drunk is a sin, when one is drunk, they do foolish things. Innocent
people are being killed every day by drunk drivers. If you die in your drunken
state, what are you going to tell God, that you wasted your life drinking?
Ephesians 5:18 tells us not to be drunk with wine but instead we should be
filled with the Holy Spirit.
It is God’s will for us
to be healthy, his death was not only to renew our relationship with God but
also to save us from oppression, sicknesses, broken heart, etc. (3 John 1:2 cc
Luke 4:18). The sick aren’t strong enough to praise God; we need to be healthy
to be able to praise God. God has given us life in abundance (John 10:10b), he
has provided healing for us, but we need to play our part. Get rid of those
things that are harmful to our health.
We have some biblical
examples of young men and women who presented their bodies Holy for God.
• Joseph will rather go to prison than
sleep with his master’s wife
• Moses will rather suffer with the children of
Israel than become a king
• Daniel will rather eat vegetables and
fast than eat the king’s delicacies
There are a lot of
other examples, we need to discipline our bodies and submit it to the will of
God. Examine your life today, what is that thing preventing you from living a
holy and pleasing life unto God. Desist from it today. God bless you.
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