LIVING SACRIFICE

LIVING SACRIFICE 
1. In Genesis 15:2, Abraham was visibly TROUBLED by his "CHILDLESSNESS", the kind of heartache that drowns FAITH in UNBELIEF. God reassured Abraham and his FAITH REVIVED, "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And HE BELIEVED IN THE LORD; and HE COUNTED IT TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS" [Genesis 15:5-6] Abraham obtained RIGHTEOUSNESS through FAITH and a rejuvenating REVIVAL for a NEW BEGINNING with God. The SACRIFICE that followed, Genesis 15:8-10, the first reference to FIRE in the Bible, sealed the REVIVAL by FIRE, "And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a SMOKING FURNACE, and a BURNING LAMP that PASSED BETWEEN THOSE PIECES" [Genesis 15:17] 

2. SMOKING FURNACE is FIRE enveloped in DARKNESS, illustrating Abraham's PAST and God's resolve to CONSUME whatsoever is not of FAITH, "Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.For the LORD thy GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE ..." [Deuteronomy 4:23-24] BURNING LAMP symbolize refreshing REVIVAL of TRUTH and restoration of PATHS of RIGHTEOUSNESS, as it is written: "Thy word is a LAMP UNTO MY FEET, and a LIGHT UNTO MY PATH" [Psalms 119:105] Presently, CHURCH is evidently TROUBLED, our SEAL of FIRE swaddled in multiple layers of religious HYPOCRISY and PROPHECY fulfilled, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; ..." [1 Timothy 4:1-2]

3. Abraham received specific instructions for the SACRIFICE in Genesis 15:9-10, and so have we, "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" [Romans12:1] God no longer delights in animal SACRIFICE and little or no regard for offerings of MONEY. We PRAY for REVIVAL and it is well we do but the FIRE refuses to come;because the SACRIFICE is neither SET nor RIGHT; only a LIVING SACRIFICE will do as at PENTECOST, "And when the day of PENTECOST was fully come, ... there appeared unto them CLOVEN TONGUES LIKE AS OF FIRE, and IT SAT UPON EACH OF THEM" [Acts 2:1-3] A LIVING SACRIFICE is one who has denied whatever he or she ever desired to be and LIVES only to become what CHRIST wants him or her to be [Galatians 2:20] No wonder, JESUS  said, "... when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? [Luke 18:8]

4. As we speak SMOKING FURNACE is at work on LIVING SACRIFICE, scorching and purging. And what a spectacle it is, as the world sneers at our FELLOWSHIP of CHRIST'S SUFFERING; the agony of separation from the world, rejection by loved ones and sundy deprivations, "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS, being made CONFORMABLE UNTO HIS DEATH" [Philippians 3:10] We must continue to PRAY, offering ourselves as LIVING SACRIFICE in readiness for the FIRE and GREAT REVIVAL. We shall be turned to BURNING LAMPS encompass the earth with the GOSPEL and while the FIRE yet burn fiercely we shall be TRANSLATED to GLORY. Friend, I invite you to join me and others who FEAR the Lord to PRAY down the FIRE, as it is written: "Then THEY THAT FEARED THE LORD SPAKE OFTEN ONE TO ANOTHER: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name" [Malachi 3:16]

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