A Living Sacrifice

Romans 6:12-14


 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. ¹³ And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. ¹⁴ For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace."


All the members in and on our bodies belong to God and Christ.  We either use them to glorify God or we use them to glorify satan, God sees no in between.  He is in a war with satan to bring us home to eternity.  If we can tell our members not to lie, cheat, and steal, we can also subject them to the rest of God's plan.  God has a hope and plan for us that we might prosper.  However, until He witnesses us doing the things our Brother and King did, the blessings cannot fall.  We must love Father God and His plan for His world, to be able to seek eternal blessings.  He says, If we can't handle worldly gain, how will He be able to trust us with true riches.  Verse 12 says, "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts."  I'm watching brothers and sisters fall daily by obeying the lust of their flesh.  Our minds, bodies, and spirits, must be in agreement with Father God, for Him to help us and see us through.  He says, He knows His children who truly love Him, and it comes by us denying our flesh and obeying His word.  Our members that belong to God, start from the top of our heads to the bottoms of our feet.  He says, we are now slaves to righteousness.  We must begin to show true mercy and love for God.  He says, we honor Him with our lips, but our hearts are far away.  Show Father that you truly love Him and sin no more.  Present your body a living sacrifice.


(Romans 12:1)"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service."


Blessings to all who live and die for Christ,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.