Thursday, August 29, 2013

Sacrifices That Please God!


‘Sacrifices That Please God.’
Hebrews 13:15-16.
a)  Through Jesus let us continually offer up a Sacrifice of Praise to God.
b)  That is the fruit of our lips acknowledging His Name.
c)  The Sacrifice of doing good things for people.
d)  The Sacrifice of sharing what we have with other people.
e)  Such Sacrifices are pleasing to God.
(This QT Teaches me the Sacrifices That Please God)
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‘Counsel For Wicked And Unrighteous People.’
Isaiah 55:6-9.
a)  Isaiah 55:6. Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near.
b)  Isaiah 55:7. Let the:-
1- Wicked person forsake their evil way.
2- Unrighteous person forsake their thoughts.
3- People return to the Lord because He may have Compassion on them.
4- People return to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
c)  Isaiah 55:8. The Lord’s thoughts are different from our human thoughts and God’s Ways are not the same as our ways.
d)  Isaiah 55:9. The Heavens are higher than the Earth. God’s Ways are higher than the ways of wicked and unrighteous people. God’s Thoughts are higher than the thoughts of wicked and unrighteous people.
(This Second one gives Counsel For Wicked And Unrighteous People)
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Chris.

We need to think about and prioritise upon the Sacrifices that are pleasing to God. The Life of a True Believer should be a life of Joyful Sacrifice. The Sacrifice of Praise to God, the Sacrifice of doing good things for people and the Sacrifice of sharing what we have. 

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