{"id":2286,"date":"2010-04-21T05:40:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2010-04-21T05:40:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:40:29","slug":"a-living-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/04\/21\/a-living-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"A living sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across Romans 12:1 last night:<\/p>\n

I beseech\u00c2\u00a0you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your\u00c2\u00a0bodies a living\u00c2\u00a0sacrifice, holy,\u00c2\u00a0acceptable unto God,\u00c2\u00a0which is your reasonable\u00c2\u00a0service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I thought this was an interesting request by Paul in comparison to the types of\u00c2\u00a0sacrifice\u00c2\u00a0performed\u00c2\u00a0prior to Jesus.<\/p>\n

Certainly, the concept is not new to me. After all, consider Omni 1:26:<\/p>\n

And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should\u00c2\u00a0come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and\u00c2\u00a0offer your whole souls as an\u00c2\u00a0offering unto him,<\/em> and continue in\u00c2\u00a0fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and 3 Ne 9:20:<\/p>\n

And ye shall offer for a\u00c2\u00a0sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit<\/em>. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, him will I\u00c2\u00a0baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they knew it not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But Paul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wording of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a living sacrifice\u00e2\u20ac\u009d struck me. I had always interpreted Amaleki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wording to mean we should offer all we do as a sacrifice to God. On the other hand, Paul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wording seems to say to us that this sacrifice is a lifelong sacrifice, one that is always on the altar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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