{"id":232,"date":"2014-05-27T16:22:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T16:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asdpagh.com\/site\/2014\/05\/27\/the-acceptable-sacrifices-of-the-righteous\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T15:18:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:18:52","slug":"the-acceptable-sacrifices-of-the-righteous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asdpagh.com\/site\/2014\/05\/27\/the-acceptable-sacrifices-of-the-righteous\/","title":{"rendered":"The Acceptable Sacrifices of the Righteous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"content\"><strong>By:Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"content\"><br \/>\nThe giving of offering to God is commanded in both the Old and New Testaments. But the first important sacrifice God demands is the sacrifice of our body and will to Him. Abel offered the prototype of the true offering pleasing to God, because, first, his heart was right, and this reflected in his offering (Gen. 4:3-5). Because Abel had faith, by which we please God (in obedience), he offered \u201ca more excellent sacrifice than Cain\u201d (Heb. 11:4, 6).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"content\">In Rom. 12:1,the apostle Paul tells us to offer our bodies as \u201ca living sacrifice\u201d to God which is our \u201creasonable service\u201d. A body and mind consecrated to God willingly offers all she\/he has without grudging it (2 Cor. 9:6-7).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Lord detests the offering of the wicked, more so when he brings it with a wicked mind (Prov. 21:27; 15:8).\u00a0 The Lord takes greater delight in obedience than in sacrifice (1 Sam. 15:22; Prov. 21:3). That is why the Lord totally rejects sacrifices offered by the disobedient (Isa. 1:11-16) and only takes delight in those who \u201ctremble at His word\u201d (which also enjoins offering but in obedience) \u2013 Isa. 66:2-3; Hos. 6:6-7.<\/p>\n<p>Even if we are unfaithful in our marriage, our offering will not please God (Mal. 2:13-14). But we have every reason as a church to offer the KING praises and offering, but let\u2019s do it in a way that pleases Him, and our offering shall be \u201cpleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years\u201d (Mal. 3:3-4).<\/p>\n<p>For all His benefits towards us, let\u2019s take the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord, even as we pay our vows (Ps. 116:12-14). It\u2019s a token of our gratitude, for the earth is the LORD\u2019s including \u201cthe cattle upon a thousand hills\u201d (Ps. 50:7-14). When we have right standing with God and offer sacrifices in this state, He will deliver us when we call upon Him in the day of trouble, and we will glorify His holy Name (Ps 66:18, 50:15).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same My name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto My name, and a pure offering: for My name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts\u201d (Mal. 1:11).<br \/>\n<em style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Dec. 25, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By:Elder Enoch Ofori Jnr The giving of offering to God is commanded in both the Old and New Testaments. But the first important sacrifice God demands is the sacrifice of our body and will to Him. 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