Praise & Worship: Daily Sacrifice is Required of Thee

In Christ, we have the major sacrifice done for us. However, the minor sacrifice is still our responsibility today. Many Christians do not know that.

An offering to the Lord is to give what pleases the Almighty God most.

Sacrifice is an offering given in an act of slaughtering or surrendering by the one who is doing the contribution. In the Old and New Testaments, we are told to give a daily sacrifice to God. This is a perpetual offering to Him. What offers have you given lately? Selah. Your life must be in a state of abandonment.

“Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying (Romans 13:13).”

Why my Brothers and Sisters? Because practicing sin is keeping us from God and in this life. I know we will have temptations, tests, and trials to overcome. No one is perfect and we will all sin at some point. The Lord knows this! In Christ Jesus, we have Him to help us daily (see 1 John 2) to walk honestly. If you have not asked for forgiveness from the things you have done wrong, knowingly as well, God’s way, you cannot approach the presence of God. No one can take God’s love for us for granted – You know, His grace and mercy! You must have clean hands and pure heart (Psalm 24:4); those who do not practice dishonesty and use their lying lips for reproach. Our salvation is freely given only through the sacrificial lamb. If you confess Christ Jesus into your heart there’s no need for a sin sacrifice from the Old Testament Convenant (Hebrews 10:18). You are to give worship in an acceptable manner, or God will not accept it . For example, He does not hear everybody’s prayers (Isaiah 59:2), receives disrespectful gifts (Genesis 4:5), or does futile worship (Matthew 15:9; Colossians 2:22-23).

What sacrifices we are told to give in the new covenant dispensation? Let’s read to understand what Jesus said to the Pharisees in Matthew 9:13, “But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Have we learned this truth today: “I will have mercy, and not sacrifice?” Will we continue to be religious or not? I hope not. We are to show mercy to ourselves and others. There’s anything that we can do for ourselves, but to walk in love according to Mark 12:33, “And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Christ offered for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for our sins (Hebrews 10:10). And now, we have access to communicate with God (Ephesians 2:18), our Heavenly Father, to worship Him correctly (Romans 5:2). This is our opportunity through Him, we can have genuine spiritual worship and to have a sacrificial life.

Simply put: We are to walk in the love of God (2 Thessalonians 3:5)! Your life is that daily sacrificial offering. Just because you confess Jesus Christ, doesn’t mean anything without walking in the spirit daily (James 2:17). Both must work together until the end of the age.

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”

Galatians 2:16 KJV

To help us follow this command see the chart below:

A comparison between the Old and New Testament Sacrifices

“For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:”

Hebrews 5:1 KJV

“Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.”

James 2:24 KJV

My brother or sister in Christ, you are saved by what you do, as well as by what you believe. The act of obedience reveals faith. Make a decision to daily sacrifice, and be thy approved unto God. I encourage you to serve God on His terms, and not how you see or feel it. If you do things your way, you know it is unacceptable worship.