Chapter 63—“Your Reasonable Service”
“Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.”
In the time of ancient Israel the priests critically examined every
offering that was brought as a sacrifice. If any defect was discovered,
the animal was refused; for the Lord had commanded that the offering
should be “without blemish.” We are to present our bodies a living
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sacrifice to God, and should we not seek to make the offering as
perfect as possible? God has given us every instruction necessary for
our physical, mental, and moral well-being; and it is the duty of every
one of us to bring our habits of life into conformity with the divine
standard in every particular. Will the Lord be pleased with anything
less than the best we can offer? “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart.” If you do love Him with all your heart you will
desire to give Him the best service of your life, and you will seek to
bring every power of your being into harmony with the laws that will
promote your ability to do His will.
Every faculty of our being was given us that we might render
acceptable service to our Maker. When, through sin, we perverted the
gifts of God and sold our powers to the prince of darkness, Christ paid
a ransom for us, even His own precious blood. “He died for all, that
they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto
Him which died for them.” You are not to follow the customs of the
world. “Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind.”
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