A Living Sacrifice (Set it on Fire!) – Day Nineteen (19)

A Living Sacrifice (Set it on Fire!) – Day Nineteen (19): ”
Beloved, I am in awe of God, as he has brought us all to this historic point. Today is day number Nineteen, (19). We have never seen this before, and I am blown away by God. You guys are doing great, stick to it, we are almost there. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to take this time to personally thank my Friend and Brother, Pastor Maurice Johnson. I can not tell you what a blessing he has been to me during this fast, and I know he has been a blessing to you. His blogs have been on time, relevant and the instrument God has used to keep us on course. Please join me by thanking God for Pastor Johnson for being used of the LORD. Please post a comment to encourage him, and let him know he has been a blessing.
And thank you to Bethcar Worship Center, for being a part of the walk with us.

Yours Because I am His,
Leo Colon
http://www.ihpfwc.org
leocolon.wordpress.com

A Living Sacrifice (Set it on Fire!) – Day Nineteen (19)
Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Today is Thursday day number Nineteen (19); what a blessed privilege it has been to wait before the Lord. I wish I could get everyone that has been blessed by these daily devotionals to stand and applaud Pastor Leo Colon, Pastor Dorothy Colon and Brother Isaac Caldero for their service to us the body of Christ. Today is my last post to this forum and I thank Pastor Leo and everyone for their comments and I pray that I’ve said something to help you endure your todays (I know, this is improper English). My final word is inspired by the Apostle Paul and Moses, Paul writes in Romans 12:1 (ASV) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. For 19 days now, you have given a very reasonable and intelligent service; you have in someway sacrificed yourselves unto the Lord.

Sacrifice is common place in the scriptures, especially in the Old Testament; Moses list two types of sacrifice in Leviticus, one an unbloody sacrifice and two a bloody sacrifice. The unbloody sacrifice consists of offerings like (1) first-fruits and tithes; (2) meat and drink-offerings; and (3) incense. The bloody sacrifice consists of offerings like 1) burnt-offerings; (2) peace-offerings; and (3) sin and trespass offerings.

Leviticus 9:2-4 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; 4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you.
Leviticus 22:29 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.

The particular offering I would like to draw your attention to is the burnt offering; a burnt offering is one that is consumed by fire, and regarded as ascending to God while being consumed. Abraham and Isaac provide for us a list of essentials needed to give this type of offering in Genesis chapter 22.
Genesis chapter 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said , My father: and he said , Here am I, my son. And he said , Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
During this consecration you have been the sacrifice, abstinence has been the knife used to cut away food, pleasure and self gratification, but where is the fire. As you reach the conclusion of these 21-days set your offering on fire! Give the Lord your loudest most heartfelt praise and worship, worship Him for who He is and intermingle your worship with praise for His provisions and promises. The Lord has kept you these many days, He has inclined His ear to you, praise Him for what is to come (your prayer list), praise Him because He cannot lie, it shall come to past. I can go on and on; as you close the final moments of these 21-days, crown them with the best worship and praise you can give, in short SET IT ON FIRE.
See you on Victory’s Side!

Pastor Maurice Johnson

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