Moving The Hand Of God By Sacrifice
ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Tuesday December 3rd, 2024.
Topic :Moving The Hand Of God By Sacrifice.
Memory Verse : Hebrews 13:16. Do not forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God.
Bible Reading : Hebrews 13:13-15 GNB. Key Verse : v15.
Let us, then, go to him outside the camp and share his shame. For there is no permanent city for us here on earth; we are looking for the city which is to come. Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord.
If you study the new testament closely, you will discover that the Spirit of God laid more emphasis on mercy of God instead of the sacrifices men brought to atone for their sins and other religious ritualsthey needed to carry out in the temple those days. The reason sacrifice through the high priests of old was played down in the new testament is because the sacrifice of Jesus Christ has been accepted by heaven as the ultimate sacrifice that is able to rest the issue of sin permanently or forever when we run to him for help or believe in him. “Because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do, we are all purified from sin by the offering that he made of his own body once and for all. Every Jewish priest performs his services every day and offers the same sacrifices many times; but these sacrifices can never take away sins. Christ, however, offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective for ever, and then he sat down at the right-hand side of God.”
PooHebrews 10:10-12.
Because God is Spirit one of the easiest ways to reach him is by sacrifice, only that the form of sacrifice needed in our days changed in some areas. David helped us understand what a sacrifice means before the Lord during his encounter with Araunah. Araunah was trying to give David his field and everything he needed to sacrifice to the Lord, but David insisted that he won’t give to God that which costs him nothing. This means that a sacrifice before the Lord is that which costs a man something. If it takes nothing significant out of us, then it’s not a sacrifice. “Araunah gave it all to the king and said to him, “May the Lord your God accept your offering.” But the king answered, “No, I will pay you for it. I will not offer to the Lord my God sacrifices that have cost me nothing.” And he bought the threshing place and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. Then he built an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. The Lord answered his prayer, and the epidemic in Israel was stopped.” 2 Samuel 24:22-24.
Meeting Christ at the gate and partaking of his shame gurrantees us a place in him through salvation which makes us partakers of his everlasting kingdom. On the other hand, we can still move his hand of divine intervention in crucial matters by some other forms of sacrifice and not the blood of animals or any other form of rituals. One of the sacrifices that God can never resist even today is that of our lips or praises. It was the key of praises he gave king Jehosaphat that made enemy nations armies kill themselves till the last man standing was no more. Reaching out to the needy is another sacrifice that God can never ignore today. Another form of sacrifice God values much in our days is that of time. The time we could use in our personal pursuits that we sacrifice to build intimacy, seek and serve him or his purpose on earth. The reason God doesn’t joke with sacrifice or those things that we do to, or with him at a cost is because they are part of our worship. In worship, we express our love and submission to him.
Prayer :Thank you Father God for giving me Jesus to die for my sins. I embrace the cross of Jesus Christ and all it stands for all my days. From today, help me to make the right sacrifices, as to always move your hand in my favour when need be in Jesus wonderful name…. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading: Philippians 2:1-18.
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