PURE ESSENCE

PURE ESSENCE
With Joel  Dabbas

SCRIPTURE: 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.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God | Romans 12:1-2 KJV

When you became born again you became a legal citizen of a supernatural system whose modus of operandi is different from where you use to be. And because of the preciousness of this system, it is of prime necessity to be guarded with all alertness and watchfulness.
Jesus said something intriguing in the parable of the sower in Luke 8:11-12 KJV
"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved." One of the offices of the devil is that of stealing. So it is imperative that you are wise, alert, and don't loose guard. Your defense system must be active to wade the devil away.

I took serious thoughts about conversion and salvation; and i came to the conclusion that:
Firstly, salvation is Gods free gift perfected by His grace. So we can become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. In this we have nothing absolutely to do about it. It was only made available for our taken.

Secondly, although salvation is absolutely and completely free there is a daily work and walk that everyone must engage in. I call it the work and walk of preserving our faith. The work and walk of faith is your practical, deliberate and serious response to preserving the seed God has planted in you at new birth. Ensuring that it grows and blossoms until eternity.
I need you to understand that the portal of the spirit by which we accessed salvation was on the platform of faith in Jesus. Ephesians 2:8 says that "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." So faith was the connector to the limitless, manifold gift of Gods salvation. No faith no salvation.
So our duty is to stand in partnership with the Holy Spirit our magnificient Helper to see us through the darkness of life so that we won't be chocked again by the works of evil.
We do this by daily sacrificing. A believer who don't live a life of wilful sacrifice will certainly satisfy the will of the flesh.
Sacrifice is leaving all that matters to us to satisfy God. It is letting go of what was our gain for His gain. Believers must understand that as citizens of the kingdom of God everything we own, we are and will be all belong to God, the MONARCH of ZION. This is sacrifice.
As you walk with God in all obedience, He teaches you the act of sacrifice one step at a time. He begins to do this with very little and minute things. As He does that, He is teaching you the act of living a life of sacrifice. So in the developmental phase there are times God could tell you don't eat, don't sleep now, don't have sex (if you are married), don't go out today and so forth. It could be simple things like put on this cloth or that colour of cloth; don't take this or that route. As this continues God is raising you gradually to the place of solid sacrifice. If you don't live a life of sacrifice, you can't satisfy God. Let me reiterate it this way, if you don't live a life of sacrifice, you can't lead a life of true absolute submission and surrender unto God.
If there is no submission on your part, you can't be a part of God's mission here on earth. If you are not living your life as a living sacrifice that is holy, you can't be a part of His service.
I have also discovered that a life of utmost consecration is a powerful vehicle of becoming a concrete tool in the hands of God. If you lead a consecrated life, you are relevant to God in every session.
Today, i charge you to come into a life of absolute and true sacrifice; and one of utmost consecration unto God. So that you will fulfill the powerful plea of Apostle Paul in our anchor text.
Shallom!