CHRISTIANS ARE PERFECTED THROUGH SACRIFICES

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A sacrificial attitude develops man into perfection. This is where character is moulded unto maturity. The Word of God makes man to become like He is: He structures him in the order of God: to administrate His government over all creation through the nature of Christ. For the mission of a perfected man in Christ is a representative undertaking or prominently ambassadors for Christ; both in the construct and ranking.

God’s principal mandate on us is to be in his image (celem), after his likeness (demuth); meaning that God makes us into the representation resembling him. Image is the construction, and likeness is the result of this construct: therefore, image comes through sacrifice, and likeness is the position that this sacrifice places us on (Genesis 1: 26(Ephesians 4-6).

Sacrifices are offered so that we are aligned to the will and purposes of God (Hebrews 10:19-38). The objective of a priest is to offer sacrifices to God in order that men might be justified from their sins and are regarded as righteous resulting from the sacrifice offered.

The word priest in Hebrew is transliterated to ‘kohen’ defined as priest, prince, minister: The Hebrew understanding of priest has a profounder connotation of royalty: Other than one who carries out religious rites only, a priest is also a prince.

The role of priests and kings in Israel were embarked on thru anointing. This signified consecration for that particular service. Anointing is given by a forming which results from God’s breathe (Spirit) given to man in order to perfectly carryout God’s will on the earth. Therefore, it calls for a particular posture that constructs completeness or fullness of all that is God in his Son called a perfect man; fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:13). This posture we need for this kind of configuration calls sacrificial attitude.

The case study on Aaron reveals that he was the subject of sacrifice on behalf of the house of Israel (Numbers 18: 1-8), ransomed by various types of offerings the nation brought to the LORD. Although actual sacrifice was made from animals, the significance of this exercise was that the person offering the sacrifice had their heart set to be sacrificed. That is to say the object of sacrifice represented the one offering it. From this mandate we understand that the priest and the sacrifice are one.

This brings us to understanding Jesus Christ is both the High priest of our salvation and the sacrifice that realises this salvation. He being the pattern of our life reveals that we too are the priest and sacrifice in him. Paul wrote, “Offer your bodies as living sacrifices” (Romans 12:1) and John in Revelation 5:10 we are priests unto our God therefore prominently we are the priest and the sacrifice after Christ Jesus.

In conjunction with the word, sacrifice necessitates our birthing into the Son (“For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever (Hebrews 7:28).”

Sacrifice being marked by death is the process that renews our attitude from a dead nature (carnality) to new person of life (the son); for in Adam all are dead, but in Christ all have life that believes. This dead nature is none-conformity to the image of Christ, thus existing as dust of the ground. The term dust derivation from Hebrew word “aphar” has an indication of unworthiness.

Carnality is resultant of our unregenerate life expressed with the imagery of dust. It has no essence of God hence it is devoid of his seed that brings forth his nature, it is informed by what is not God and it is enmity with God (Romans 8) and its results is wickedness. Carnality is the nature of Adam without the breath of God.

Paul wrote, “I count all things loss for the Excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ” Philippians 3:8. I want to believe that Paul’s idea of the carnal ways as dung can be apprised by the interpretation of the word dust (aphar) as rubbish; The tendency to lean toward wickedness.

(Wickedness is defined as a mental disregard for justice, righteousness, truth, honour, virtue; evil in thought and life; depravity; sinfulness; criminality. It is a darkness of mind: vainness of the soul. A hypocritical attitude in regards to the ways of God (Galatians 5:17-21, Romans 1: 21-32). It is food for the serpent since God said to him, ‘and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life” Genesis 3:14. Carnality hence is “dust” a characteristic of contemptibility therefore wickedness).

When God created man out of dust he demonstrated that the dead nature in baseness will be transformed into a heavenly body that hosts his person. This transformation was bestowed by the sacrifice of Christ through whom the dead in Adam are resurrected to live the life of God (but now is Christ rose from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive 1 Corinthians 15: 12-22).

“Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD our God” Exodus 5:3 is a call to render our bodies as living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship (Romans 12:1). It is a sacrificial attitude.it necessitates our growth in Christ through submission of our minds to His which develops into manifestations of his likeness.

When Jacob’s struggled with God all night, he asked Him to bless him (Genesis 32). God pronounced his blessing over him and changed his name from Jacob to Israel. He positioned himself with an attitude for loss that brings forth gain as it is written “for to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” Philippians 1:21. Jacob chose to die to self.

Now, blessings are pronounced from priestly position (Numbers 6:22) and for Jacob to receive the blessing a priest was needed for protocols of God to prevail. Wrestling with God all night resulted to him having a dislocation in his loins. He surrendered his strength to the man who blessed him in the end. Thus, our posture for blessedness is a sacrificial posture. Therefore, when we suffer loss in the flesh, we do gain Christ and who is life eternal; Christ is true blessedness (Romans 8:8-13 also 2 Corinthians 4: 10-12). Jacob’s wrestling is indicative of his sacrifice i.e. he had to give up on his self so that he can truly be what he craved for since birth “the firstborn status.”

Jesus Christ being the firstborn Son bore the corruption of mankind as written “And the Word became flesh” John 1:14. He unveiled in this weak nature the mystery of Christ in that, from dust of the earth became God’s choice for representation. His glorious incorruptible nature suffered loss to the flesh so that in so doing He might bring many sons into His glory. Those who by nature were disobedience to the will of God by grace He wrought in them the person of Christ through the sacrifice of righteousness.

Therefore, our path in Christ is marked with sacrifices that pronounce us as righteous as Paul wrote “For through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live not; yet not I, but Christ live in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me, and gave himself for me” Galatians 2:19-20. And placed more emphasis on this when said “I die every day!” 1 Corinthians 15:31.

Hence, our complete service to God means that our life is captured by Christ such that, it is no longer ours but we live another’s life through faith; the life of the Son of God. Thus we have given up worldly passions so that we might be justified and purified through our suffering unto obedience in Christ. For the sacrifice of righteousness requires as such “Stand in awe and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still. Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put on your trust in the LORD” Psalms 4:4-5.

It demands innocence from the abundance of sinful world Such that our indulgences into the ways of the flesh are washed away by shedding of blood of the set propitiation who declares his righteousness that the sinner who believes is justified (Romans 3). “For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. Through the blood of his salvation, Jesus Christ has presented all who believe as perfect and without blame. Therefore, they must not dwell in sin.

(Sin is resultant of one’s relationships with ordinances that disregards that perfect relationship between man and God; it is an inclination to the corruption that is expressed by the flesh. These ordinances are the works of death thus sin is the originator of death). Jesus offered his flesh to abolish these customs.

His offering is the sacrifice of righteousness. Our relationship with him affords us this sacrifice therefore no human effort possible is to be applied in order that we are justified. But by Jesus Christ we have been reconciled unto the Father who has found his habitation in us through the Spirit Righteousness. Therefore, is the law that governs the Son of God and its requirements are met through faith (Galatians 3).

Faith, therefore, is submitting one’s self to the word of God which he reveals, allowing it to cause transformations and conformities towards these revelations: the righteousness of faith (Romans 4:13). It is a “taking heed” to yourself, and a “keeping” your soul diligently; keep and do the word (Deuteronomy 4:6-9). Thus, subscribing to the revealed Word produces substance of God that is testified in the son.

Paul’s teaching concerning the law (religious philosophies) had the understanding that hearing of faith supersedes the norms of men.

Law is “nemo” in Greek defined as anything established, received by usage, or/and a custom. The term infers to secular and religious traditions that are devoid of God’s word.

Since sacrifice atones for righteousness, then the altar which it is burnt upon must be pure from human interference (Exodus 20: 25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it). An altar is a raised platform: in this regard it is the high faculties of our brains.

Therefore, by submitting our mind to that of Christ we raise an altar that pulls down arguments, and high imaginations that exalts themselves against the knowledge of God “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ”1 Cirinthian10:5.

In the case study of Genesis 11, the inhabitants of Shinar conspired to build for themselves a city and a tower to reach unto heaven. Their efforts were made futile by God through confounding of language (human philosophies). The confounding of their languages was destruction of humanly established religious orders that deny the way of Faith even Christ.

Such was subtle attitude that worn the mind of Adam and Eve to question the will of God to disobedience (Genesis 3). Thus, their labour to reach to heaven amounted to vanity for in vain they labour those who build instead of the LORD also those who keep the city instead of the LORD (Psalms 127) (Isaiah 1:26, Proverbs 14:34, Jeremiah 4:2).

Subsequently, in the following chapter (Genesis 12), Abraham was called out to go to a land that God would show Him. God through Abraham established the path of righteousness by Faith. His seed that is Israel (blessedness by faith) would drive out the inhabitants of Canaan (the curse of carnality). The curse upon Canaan would only be deposed by the sacrifice of Jacob (the sacrifice of righteousness).

Faith, therefore, institutes customs (principles) of God “for therein (in the gospel of Christ) is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith (Romans 1:17). (Read Galatians 4 also Romans 5-8).

Faith demands a manifestation of God’s word (1 John 1:1-10) since the hearing of it leads to seeing and hence to its handling: that is to say the Word of life builds hope and believe substantiates this hope testified by the life we lead. Thus we no longer walk in darkness but in the light: God is light. Thus the sons of light (God) produce all goodness, righteousness and truth, proving what is acceptable to the Lord (Ephesians 5: 8-10)

It profits much to be given to daily transformations and conformities towards Christ and bringing all things subject to Him. This is a mind set for worship because worship is marked firstly by sacrifice. Where it takes place death is inevitable.

This is our service to God even the sacrifice of righteousness that we have faith in the Word he sent to translate us from alienation to acceptance in his household; being acceptable in the beloved. The sacrifice of Righteousness in Christ affords us this acceptance. Amen

Worship begins at the place of sacrifice as it is the means that births us into God’s son. Thus giving us accessibility to our Father “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ… And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father, Ephesians 2: 11-22). Thus the sacrifice of righteousness presents to us access to the Father.
 

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A sacrificial attitude develops man into perfection. This is where character is moulded unto maturity. The Word of God makes man to become like He is: He structures him in the order of God: to administrate His government over all creation through the nature of Christ. For the mission of a perfected man in Christ is a representative undertaking or prominently ambassadors for Christ; both in the construct and ranking.

God’s principal mandate on us is to be in his image (celem), after his likeness (demuth); meaning that God makes us into the representation resembling him. Image is the construction, and likeness is the result of this construct: therefore, image comes through sacrifice, and likeness is the position that this sacrifice places us on (Genesis 1: 26(Ephesians 4-6).

Sacrifices are offered so that we are aligned to the will and purposes of God (Hebrews 10:19-38). The objective of a priest is to offer sacrifices to God in order that men might be justified from their sins and are regarded as righteous resulting from the sacrifice offered.

The word priest in Hebrew is transliterated to ‘kohen’ defined as priest, prince, minister: The Hebrew understanding of priest has a profounder connotation of royalty: Other than one who carries out religious rites only, a priest is also a prince.

The role of priests and kings in Israel were embarked on thru anointing. This signified consecration for that particular service. Anointing is given by a forming which results from God’s breathe (Spirit) given to man in order to perfectly carryout God’s will on the earth. Therefore, it calls for a particular posture that constructs completeness or fullness of all that is God in his Son called a perfect man; fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:13). This posture we need for this kind of configuration calls sacrificial attitude.

The case study on Aaron reveals that he was the subject of sacrifice on behalf of the house of Israel (Numbers 18: 1-8), ransomed by various types of offerings the nation brought to the LORD. Although actual sacrifice was made from animals, the significance of this exercise was that the person offering the sacrifice had their heart set to be sacrificed. That is to say the object of sacrifice represented the one offering it. From this mandate we understand that the priest and the sacrifice are one.

This brings us to understanding Jesus Christ is both the High priest of our salvation and the sacrifice that realises this salvation. He being the pattern of our life reveals that we too are the priest and sacrifice in him. Paul wrote, “Offer your bodies as living sacrifices” (Romans 12:1) and John in Revelation 5:10 we are priests unto our God therefore prominently we are the priest and the sacrifice after Christ Jesus.

In conjunction with the word, sacrifice necessitates our birthing into the Son (“For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever (Hebrews 7:28).”

Sacrifice being marked by death is the process that renews our attitude from a dead nature (carnality) to new person of life (the son); for in Adam all are dead, but in Christ all have life that believes. This dead nature is none-conformity to the image of Christ, thus existing as dust of the ground. The term dust derivation from Hebrew word “aphar” has an indication of unworthiness.

Carnality is resultant of our unregenerate life expressed with the imagery of dust. It has no essence of God hence it is devoid of his seed that brings forth his nature, it is informed by what is not God and it is enmity with God (Romans 8) and its results is wickedness. Carnality is the nature of Adam without the breath of God.

Paul wrote, “I count all things loss for the Excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ” Philippians 3:8. I want to believe that Paul’s idea of the carnal ways as dung can be apprised by the interpretation of the word dust (aphar) as rubbish; The tendency to lean toward wickedness.

(Wickedness is defined as a mental disregard for justice, righteousness, truth, honour, virtue; evil in thought and life; depravity; sinfulness; criminality. It is a darkness of mind: vainness of the soul. A hypocritical attitude in regards to the ways of God (Galatians 5:17-21, Romans 1: 21-32). It is food for the serpent since God said to him, ‘and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life” Genesis 3:14. Carnality hence is “dust” a characteristic of contemptibility therefore wickedness).

When God created man out of dust he demonstrated that the dead nature in baseness will be transformed into a heavenly body that hosts his person. This transformation was bestowed by the sacrifice of Christ through whom the dead in Adam are resurrected to live the life of God (but now is Christ rose from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive 1 Corinthians 15: 12-22).

“Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD our God” Exodus 5:3 is a call to render our bodies as living sacrifice holy and acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship (Romans 12:1). It is a sacrificial attitude.it necessitates our growth in Christ through submission of our minds to His which develops into manifestations of his likeness.

When Jacob’s struggled with God all night, he asked Him to bless him (Genesis 32). God pronounced his blessing over him and changed his name from Jacob to Israel. He positioned himself with an attitude for loss that brings forth gain as it is written “for to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” Philippians 1:21. Jacob chose to die to self.

Now, blessings are pronounced from priestly position (Numbers 6:22) and for Jacob to receive the blessing a priest was needed for protocols of God to prevail. Wrestling with God all night resulted to him having a dislocation in his loins. He surrendered his strength to the man who blessed him in the end. Thus, our posture for blessedness is a sacrificial posture. Therefore, when we suffer loss in the flesh, we do gain Christ and who is life eternal; Christ is true blessedness (Romans 8:8-13 also 2 Corinthians 4: 10-12). Jacob’s wrestling is indicative of his sacrifice i.e. he had to give up on his self so that he can truly be what he craved for since birth “the firstborn status.”

Jesus Christ being the firstborn Son bore the corruption of mankind as written “And the Word became flesh” John 1:14. He unveiled in this weak nature the mystery of Christ in that, from dust of the earth became God’s choice for representation. His glorious incorruptible nature suffered loss to the flesh so that in so doing He might bring many sons into His glory. Those who by nature were disobedience to the will of God by grace He wrought in them the person of Christ through the sacrifice of righteousness.

Therefore, our path in Christ is marked with sacrifices that pronounce us as righteous as Paul wrote “For through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live not; yet not I, but Christ live in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me, and gave himself for me” Galatians 2:19-20. And placed more emphasis on this when said “I die every day!” 1 Corinthians 15:31.

Hence, our complete service to God means that our life is captured by Christ such that, it is no longer ours but we live another’s life through faith; the life of the Son of God. Thus we have given up worldly passions so that we might be justified and purified through our suffering unto obedience in Christ. For the sacrifice of righteousness requires as such “Stand in awe and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still. Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put on your trust in the LORD” Psalms 4:4-5.

It demands innocence from the abundance of sinful world Such that our indulgences into the ways of the flesh are washed away by shedding of blood of the set propitiation who declares his righteousness that the sinner who believes is justified (Romans 3). “For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. Through the blood of his salvation, Jesus Christ has presented all who believe as perfect and without blame. Therefore, they must not dwell in sin.

(Sin is resultant of one’s relationships with ordinances that disregards that perfect relationship between man and God; it is an inclination to the corruption that is expressed by the flesh. These ordinances are the works of death thus sin is the originator of death). Jesus offered his flesh to abolish these customs.

His offering is the sacrifice of righteousness. Our relationship with him affords us this sacrifice therefore no human effort possible is to be applied in order that we are justified. But by Jesus Christ we have been reconciled unto the Father who has found his habitation in us through the Spirit Righteousness. Therefore, is the law that governs the Son of God and its requirements are met through faith (Galatians 3).

Faith, therefore, is submitting one’s self to the word of God which he reveals, allowing it to cause transformations and conformities towards these revelations: the righteousness of faith (Romans 4:13). It is a “taking heed” to yourself, and a “keeping” your soul diligently; keep and do the word (Deuteronomy 4:6-9). Thus, subscribing to the revealed Word produces substance of God that is testified in the son.

Paul’s teaching concerning the law (religious philosophies) had the understanding that hearing of faith supersedes the norms of men.

Law is “nemo” in Greek defined as anything established, received by usage, or/and a custom. The term infers to secular and religious traditions that are devoid of God’s word.

Since sacrifice atones for righteousness, then the altar which it is burnt upon must be pure from human interference (Exodus 20: 25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it). An altar is a raised platform: in this regard it is the high faculties of our brains.

Therefore, by submitting our mind to that of Christ we raise an altar that pulls down arguments, and high imaginations that exalts themselves against the knowledge of God “We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ”1 Cirinthian10:5.

In the case study of Genesis 11, the inhabitants of Shinar conspired to build for themselves a city and a tower to reach unto heaven. Their efforts were made futile by God through confounding of language (human philosophies). The confounding of their languages was destruction of humanly established religious orders that deny the way of Faith even Christ.

Such was subtle attitude that worn the mind of Adam and Eve to question the will of God to disobedience (Genesis 3). Thus, their labour to reach to heaven amounted to vanity for in vain they labour those who build instead of the LORD also those who keep the city instead of the LORD (Psalms 127) (Isaiah 1:26, Proverbs 14:34, Jeremiah 4:2).

Subsequently, in the following chapter (Genesis 12), Abraham was called out to go to a land that God would show Him. God through Abraham established the path of righteousness by Faith. His seed that is Israel (blessedness by faith) would drive out the inhabitants of Canaan (the curse of carnality). The curse upon Canaan would only be deposed by the sacrifice of Jacob (the sacrifice of righteousness).

Faith, therefore, institutes customs (principles) of God “for therein (in the gospel of Christ) is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith (Romans 1:17). (Read Galatians 4 also Romans 5-8).

Faith demands a manifestation of God’s word (1 John 1:1-10) since the hearing of it leads to seeing and hence to its handling: that is to say the Word of life builds hope and believe substantiates this hope testified by the life we lead. Thus we no longer walk in darkness but in the light: God is light. Thus the sons of light (God) produce all goodness, righteousness and truth, proving what is acceptable to the Lord (Ephesians 5: 8-10)

It profits much to be given to daily transformations and conformities towards Christ and bringing all things subject to Him. This is a mind set for worship because worship is marked firstly by sacrifice. Where it takes place death is inevitable.

This is our service to God even the sacrifice of righteousness that we have faith in the Word he sent to translate us from alienation to acceptance in his household; being acceptable in the beloved. The sacrifice of Righteousness in Christ affords us this acceptance. Amen

Worship begins at the place of sacrifice as it is the means that births us into God’s son. Thus giving us accessibility to our Father “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ… And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father, Ephesians 2: 11-22). Thus the sacrifice of righteousness presents to us access to the Father.


We offer our bodies as living sacrifices, not the dead sacrifices of the past covenant.
In giving our bodies we ask for forgiveness for our imperfections, not "the best lamb of the flock" like in the past covenant.

The forgiveness of Jesus allows for our sinful bodies to be a valid sacrifice.
Our bodies do not actually improve at all, but with Jesus forgiveness, they are classified as perfect.
 
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