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Attributes of God’s Love – 5

Sacrifice - The Service of Love

 

1 John 4:7 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone

that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 

Romans 12:1 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye

present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is

your reasonable service.

The word used for service in Romans 12:1 can also be interpreted worship. It

is reasonable to surrender our self to God for true worship.

We are to be a living sacrifice to God. Jesus put it like this in Luke 9:23 - And

he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and

take up his cross daily, and follow me.

To deny myself is to put self out of the picture and to put Christ in the place

of self. God is teaching us to sacrifice our time, talents, and treasure to Him.

We give of our time because Proverbs 27:1 - …. we know not what a day may

bring forth.

We give of our talents because we recognize James 1:17 - Every good gift and

every perfect gift is from above…….

We give of our treasure because we understand Malachi 3:8 - Will a man rob

God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In

tithes and offerings. 

We show the love of God in our compassion, kindness, grace, mercy, and

sacrifice of love.