TRUE CONSECRATION
INTRODUCTION: THE WORD CONCENTRATE CONVEYS SEVERAL MEANINGS. . IT SOMETIMES CONVEYS A MEANING OF SEPARATION FROM THINGS CONSIDERED UNCLEAN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. IT ALSO CONVEYS THE REALITY OF A BELIEVER BEING SET APART OR DEDICATED TO PURITY AND HOLINESS. THE WORD CONSECRATION AND SANCTIFICATION CONVEY THE SAME REALITIES.
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:
JOSHUA 3:5 (NASB) THEN JOSHUA SAID TO THE PEOPLE, CONSECRATE YOURSELVES, FOR TOMORROW THE LORD WILL DO WONDERS AMONG YOU.”
THE ISRAELITES EXPERIENCED SEVERAL MIRACLES UNDER MOSES’ LEADERSHIP TO THE PROMISED LAND. THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE YET ANOTHER MIRACLE UNDER JOSHUA’S LEADERSHIP.
A CHRISTIAN’S WALK CALLS FOR HOLINESS AND SEPARATION UNTO THE LORD. THE WORD SAYS YOU ARE A LIVING SACRIFICE TO HIM, SEPARATED FROM WORLDLY DEFILEMENTS. THIS CALL ON YOUR LIFE MAY SEEM IMPOSSIBLE BUT THE HELP OF GOD CAN ATTAIN IT. IT REQUIRES DEVOTION AND OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORD.
READ 1 PETER 2:9-10. OBSERVE THE WORDS HOLY AND ROYAL PRIESTHOOD. THROUGH CHRIST’S SALVATION, YOU ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE! CROSSING JORDON MEANS YOU DIE WITH HIM TO LIVE IN HIM. YOU ARE TO LIVE A HOLY, ROYAL, PRIESTHOOD UNTO GOD FOR YOUR CONVERSION MEANS YOU ARE HIS PEOPLE.
APPLICATION: GOD SEES YOU LINKED UP WITH CHRIST IN HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION!
