TOTAL SACRIFICE FOR CHRIST

Is to live your life totally for Christ. You don't consider yourself first before you say or do anything. You live absolutely as a soldier who has no life of his own in quote. You live as commanded by God in His word and as lead by the Holy Spirit.

God really requires each Christian to live a sacrificial worship ; it is an act of spiritual love. It is really walking in love, putting God and others first before you. It is you being a seed planted in Christ that will absolutely deliver extraordinary harvest. Each seed planted in a good soil delivers good harvest and Jesus Christ is the good soil.

Jesus Christ is an ideal example of living a life of sacrifice. While He was here on earth, He didn't do anything of Himself, yet acted by the directions of God the father. Every one of His judgments depended on directions He got from God. He lived a sacrificial life since he didn't seek His own will however the will of His father who sent Him, John 5:30.

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Likewise, at Mount Olives, looked with the agony of the death that awaited Him on the cross, Jesus did the will of his father and not His own. He profoundly needed the cup to be taken away from Him that He prayed so truly; His sweat wound up like drops of blood tumbling down to the ground, however He yielded to God's will – Luke 22:41-44.

What will you gain living a sacrificial life? Many people think that its hard to comprehend why they should sacrifice their life for another. However, it is the reasonable service unto God and is stacked with incredible benefits. This post is aimed for helping you comprehend why living a life of sacrifice is critical for you as a believing Christian.

I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Romans 12
I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.

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You need to make a total commitment to seek and do God's will and not your own. You ought to dependably say, "not my will lord but let your will be done ". Keep in mind, as a believing Christian you have been crucified with Christ; it is not any more you that live yet Christ that lives inside you. The life you now live ought to be by faith in the son of God that loved you and gave Himself for you.

Besides, you have to make a decisive dedication of your body to God. You present every one of the parts of your body as sacrifice to Christ. That implies you intentionally give your ears, eyes, mouth, hands, legs and heart, and so on., to the service of God. Having done that, resulting utilization of your eyes, ears, heart, and so on., ought to praise God.