A Living Sacrifice

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Old Testament Reading: Exodus 27 Old Testament reading is Exodus chapter 27. Exodus 27. And this is God’s inerrant and infallible word. So let’s give attention to the reading of God’s word this morning. You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square and its height shall be three cubits. And you shall make horns for it on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks, fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze. You shall also make for it a grading, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings, four bronze rings at its four corners. And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar. And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. You shall make it hollow with boards. As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side, the court shall have hangings of fine twine linen, 100 cubits long for one side. Its 20 pillars and their 20 bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings 100 cubits long, its pillars 20, and their bases 20 of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And for the breath of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for 50 cubits with 10 pillars and 10 bases. The breath of the court on the front to the east shall be 50 cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be 15 cubits with their three pillars and three bases. On the other side the hanging shall be 15 cubits with their three pillars and three bases. For the gate of the court there shall be a screen 20 cubits long of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twine linen embroidered with needle work. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver and their bases of bronze. The length of the court shall be 100 cubits, the breadth 50, and the height five cubits with hangings of fine twine linen and bases of bronze. All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court shall be of bronze. You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light that a lamp may be regularly set up to burn in the tent of meeting outside the veil that is before the testimony. Aaron and his son shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statue forever to be observed throughout the generations by the people of Israel. New Testament Reading: Romans 12:1-2 Our New Testament reading is Romans 12:es 1 and two. Romans 12 1 and two. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. The Most Important Thing About a Christian What is the most important thing about you as a Christian? Well, it could be that your sins are forgiven. Of course, that is a wonderful thing, but that’s not the most important thing about you as a Christian. It’s thought that you are going to go to heaven when you die. That too is a great thing, great reality. But that is not the most important thing about you as a Christian. The thi

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