As we worship God,
we give Him ourselves. Romans 12:1 says, "I
beseech you therefore, brethern, by the mercies of God, that you present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God which is
your reasonable service." Under the Old Testament some of the
Jews were not offering their best and were condemned for it. In
Malachi 1:8 we read, "And when you offer the blind as
a sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick,
is it not evil?" Is it not just as evil today when we
do not give God our best?
Under the New
Testament we do not offer animal sacrifices as the Jews did under the Old
Testament; but we give Him our lives in service to Him as a living
sacrifice. In doing this we must give Him our all. Anything we
do for God must be our very best. Jesus tells us in Matthew 22:37,
"You shall love the Lord your God with
all your
heart, and all your soul, and all your
mind." All our heart, soul, and mind, or in other words,
our total being must be in our worship.
How do we show our
love to God? Our Lord says in John 14:21, "He who has
my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me." We
show our love to God when we keep His commandments. We do not show
our love to God if we only keep the commandments we want to keep or if we
add some of our own commandments.
In Matthew 28:18,
before Christ ascended into heaven, He was giving His apostles some last
minute instructions concerning those they would baptize. Jesus said,
"Teaching them to observe all things that I
have commanded you." Everything the Lord has commanded us is
to be observed. We are to do all that God says and in the way He says to
do it. Jesus says in Luke 6:46, "But why do you
call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"
In worship we must
do all God has commanded and we must not do anything He has not
authorized. Our worship must be from the heart with all reverence
and sincerity. We must give Him our very best. Then and only
then will we be worshipping God "in spirit and in truth". The
purpose and holiness of true worship to God is a precious privilege
available only to those who are obedient to the will of God.
Questions Lesson 7
We Must Give Our Best To God (click
on the button of the answer of your choice)
1) (Romans 12:1) We are to give our bodies to
God
After we die as a dead sacrifice.
Now as a living sacrifice.
As we please.
2)
As we present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God, they
must be holy
and acceptable to God.
3) (Malachi 1:8) When we do not give God our
best
It is evil.
It is good.
God will accept what we give Him.
4)
God is well pleased even when we give less than our best
to
Him.
5) (Matthew 22:37) How must we love God?
When we feel like it.
Only partially.
With all of our heart, all of our mind, and all of our
soul.
6)
We must love God with our total being.
7) (John 14:21) We show our love for Christ
by
Keeping His commandments.
Not keeping His commandments.
Keeping the commandments we want to keep.
8)
Those who do not keep Christ’s commandments still love
Him.
9) (Matthew 28:18) Those who are baptized are to be
taught
The church’s creed.
Nothing else.
To observe all things Christ has commanded.
10)
Everything Christ has commanded is to be observed.