DEVOTION, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
“An Offering
of Continual Praise”
BY
ADRIAN ROGERS
“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.” - Romans 12:1
In the Old
Testament, the priests would offer an animal sacrifice to God. What do
believers offer today? Romans 12:1 tells us to offer our bodies as living
sacrifices.
And just as
the altars of old had two flesh hooks to keep the sacrifice from slipping off,
we have two hooks that hold our bodies there—discipline and devotion. Are you
disciplining yourself and devoting yourself as a living sacrifice to the glory
of God?
In the Old
Testament, the priests would burn incense as a fragrant offering to the Lord.
What do we do today? Hebrews 13:15 says we continually offer to God a sacrifice
of praise.
Our incense
of praise should be going up out of our body, as we are the temple of the Holy
Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 3:16). Are you giving God a continual offering of
praise every moment of every day?
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DEVOTION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012
“A Simple Test”
BY
DR TONY EVANS
In His Presence: Psalm 25:14-15
The writer
of Hebrews included a simple test to determine who is a “milk” Christian—a
carnal Christian—and who is a “meat” Christian—a mature Christian. “By this time you ought to be teachers” (Hebrews 5:12).
We should be able to sit down with our children and explain simple Bible
truths. Husbands should be able to sit down with their wives and answer their
questions. By this time, if we are meaty, mature Christians, we should be able
to sit down with the Bible and help someone else know the
Truth. We should be able to lead an unbeliever to the Lord.
“Everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the
word of righteousness . . . But solid food is for the mature, who because of
practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil”(Hebrews 5:13-14). If we willfully refuse to go deeper into the
things of God, we will not use the Word because we won’t know the Word. The old
saying goes, “If you don’t use it, you lose it.” We can’t lose our salvation,
but we can forget how to walk in the Word and how to be His representatives.
If we are
mature Christians we use God’s Word every day. We practice His Word in our
everyday life. The phrase “senses trained” comes from the Greek root word forgymnasium, like a training ground. We are trained in
discernment of good and evil.
One Minute Please
Moving from milk to meat is learning God’s Word and practicing it until it becomes a habit, a natural way of thinking, and a normal way of perceiving things.
Moving from milk to meat is learning God’s Word and practicing it until it becomes a habit, a natural way of thinking, and a normal way of perceiving things.
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