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STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF!

Explore the concept of living as a living sacrifice through the study of Scripture. Discover the importance of understanding God's ownership of all things and the role of being a firstfruit.

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STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF!

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  1. STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans… … take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]!

  2. Part Nine: LIVING as a Living SACRIFICE! Living as a FIRSTFRUIT!

  3. The purpose of this study series is to explore things that human eyes cannot observe without Divine help.

  4. Upon This ROCK • All Scripture is GOD-BREATHED and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; [2 Timothy 3:16]

  5. A PrincipleofLIVING as aLIVINGSACRIFICE!

  6. Joshua 6:18-19 • [18] “But as for you, only KEEP YOURSELVES FROM the things UNDER the BAN, lest you COVET them and TAKE SOME of the things • UNDER the BAN, so you would make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it.” lestyou COVET them and TAKE SOME of the things UNDERthe BAN,

  7. Joshua 6:18-19 • [19] “BUT ALL the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are HOLY TO THE LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD."

  8. Joshua 7:1 • But the sons of Israel ACTEDUNFAITHFULLY in regard to the things under the ban, • for ACHAN… TOOK some of the things under the ban, • therefore the ANGER of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel.

  9. Joshua 7:20-21 • [20] So Achan answered Joshua and said, “TRULY,I HAVE SINNEDagainst the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I did: • [21] WHEN I SAW… I COVETEDthem….”

  10. Compare Joshua 6:18, • “… KEEP YOURSELVES FROM the things UNDER the BAN, • With Joshua 7:21, • “WHEN I SAW… I COVETED….”

  11. Notice the Result –Joshua 7:10-12 • [10] So the LORD said to Joshua, “Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? • [11] “Israel HASSINNED, and THEYHAVE also TRANSGRESSED My COVENANT which I COMMANDED them. …”

  12. [11] “… And they have even TAKEN some of the things UNDER the BAN and HAVEBOTHSTOLEN and DECEIVED. • Moreover, they have also put them among their own things.”

  13. [12] “THEREFORE…. I WILL NOTBEWITH YOU ANYMORE • UNLESS you DESTROYthethingsUNDERtheBAN from your midst.”

  14. In Malachi 3:8-9, God said, • [8] “WILL a man ROBGOD? • Yet you ARE ROBBING ME! • But you say, ‘How have we robbed Thee?’ • In tithes and offerings. • [9] “YouARE CURSED… for you are robbing Me….

  15. A Question to Ponder • What Does God OWN? • The answer is the FOUNDATION for LIVING as a LIVING-SACRIFICE!

  16. Colossians 1:16 • ForBY HIMALL THINGS were CREATED, • both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible… • … ALL THINGS have been CREATEDBYHIM and FORHIM.

  17. EVERYTHING BELONGS to God – Psalm 24:1 Psalm 24:1 • The EARTHIS the LORD’S, • and ALLit CONTAINS, • The WORLD, • and THOSEwho dwell in it.

  18. EVERYTHING BELONGS to God – Leviticus 25:23 • “The LAND, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, • for the LAND IS MINE; • for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.”

  19. EVERYTHING BELONGS to God – Psalm 50:10-12, 14 • [10] “For EVERY beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. • [11] “I know EVERY bird of the mountains, • And EVERYTHING that moves in the field is Mine.”

  20. [12] “If I were hungry, I would not tell you; • For the WORLD IS MINE, and ALL it contains. • [14] “OFFER to God a SACRIFICE of THANKSGIVING, • And PAY YOUR VOWS to the Most High;

  21. UNTIL you UNDERSTANDWho the OWNERIS • You will NEVER BE ABLE to LIVE as a LIVING-SACRIFICE.

  22. Living as aFIRSTFRUIT! – aparchē [G536] That which is OFFERED to God!

  23. Leviticus 23:10 • “Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, • ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the FIRSTFRUITS of your harvest to the priest.’”

  24. 1 Corinthians 15:20 • BUTNOW Christ has been RAISED from the DEAD, • the FIRSTFRUIT(S) of those who are asleep.

  25. Colossians 1:18 • He is also head of the body, thechurch; and He is thebeginning, • the FIRST-BORN from the DEAD; • SO THAT He Himself might COMETOHAVEFIRSTPLACEINEVERYTHING.

  26. Exodus 13:2 • “SANCTIFYTOME every first-born, the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of manandbeast; • IT BELONGS TO ME.”

  27. 2 Corinthians 8:5 • and (this), not as we had expected, • but they FIRSTGAVETHEMSELVESTOTHELORD • and to us by the will of God.

  28. Consider the FIRSTFRUIT(S) –Romans 8:23 • … we ourselves, HAVING the FIRSTFRUIT(S)of the SPIRIT, • we ourselves GROAN within ourselves,WAITING EAGERLY for our ADOPTION as sons, the REDEMPTION of our BODY. • we ourselves GROAN within ourselves, • the REDEMPTION of our BODY.

  29. FIRSTFRUIT(S)of the SPIRIT • SEALED by the GIVING of the HOLYSPIRIT • Whom God gives as a PROMISE and a PLEDGE – 2 Cor 1:22; 5:5; Eph 1:13; • Therefore, DO NOT GRIEVE the Holy Spirit [Eph 4:30]!

  30. James 1:12-18 • [12] Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for ONCE HE HAS BEEN APPROVED, • HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE, • which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

  31. [13] Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; • for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. • [14] But each one is tempted when he is carried away and ENTICED by his OWNLUST. (Achan)

  32. James 1:12-18 • [15] Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. • [16] DO NOT BE DECEIVED, my beloved brethren.

  33. James 1:12-18 • [17] EVERYGOOD THING BESTOWED and EVERYPERFECTGIFT is from above coming down from the Father of lights, • with Whom there is NO VARIATION, or SHIFTINGSHADOW.

  34. James 1:12-18 • [18] In the EXERCISE of HISWILL • He BROUGHT US FORTH by the word of truth, • SOTHAT WE MIGHT BE, as it were, • theFIRSTFRUIT(S) among His creatures.

  35. Psalm 50:5 • “Gather MYGODLYONES to Me, • THOSE who HAVE MADE a COVENANT WITH ME • BYSACRIFICE.”

  36. Luke 22:20 • And in the same way (He took) the cup after they had eaten, saying, • “This cup which is poured out for you is the NEWCOVENANT IN MY BLOOD.”

  37. 1 Samuel 15:22 • And Samuel said, • “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in OBEYING the VOICE of the LORD? • Behold, to OBEYisBETTER than sacrifice….”

  38. Psalm 51:17 • The SACRIFICES of God are • a BROKENSPIRIT; • A BROKEN and a CONTRITEHEART, • (CRUSHED) • O God, Thou wilt not despise.

  39. Micah 6:6-8 • [6] With what shall I come to the LORD And bow myself before the God on high? … • [8] He has told you, O man, what is GOOD; • And WHATDOES the LORD REQUIRE of you…

  40. Micah 6:6-8 • [8] … But to DOJUSTICE, • to LOVEKINDNESS, • And to WALKHUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD?

  41. Hosea 6:6 • FORI DELIGHT IN • (LOYALTY) [G2617]MERCY • rather than sacrifice, • ANDin the KNOWLEDGEofGOD • rather than burnt offerings. [loving kindness, acts of kindness, love, goodness, faithfulness]

  42. Matthew 9:13 • “… GO and LEARN what this means, • ‘I DESIRECOMPASSION, AND NOTSACRIFICE,’ • forI did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

  43. Matthew 12:7 • “Butif you HADKNOWN what this means, • ‘I DESIRECOMPASSION, ANDNOT A SACRIFICE,’ • you would NOT HAVE CONDEMNED the INNOCENT.

  44. Here is yourINVITATION to

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