Gaining God’s approval requires that a person keep his body acceptable to God. If he were to defile himself with tobacco, betel nut, illicit drugs, or alcohol abuse, that offering would have no value. (2 Cor. 7:1)
Moreover, since he that “practices fornication is sinning against his own body,” immoral conduct of any kind renders his sacrifice offensive to Jehovah. (1 Cor. 6:18)
To please God, a person must ‘become holy in all his conduct.’ (1 Pet. 1:14-16) Another sacrifice that Jehovah delights in has to do with our power of speech.
Those loving Jehovah have always spoken well of him at all times. (Ps. 34:1-3) Read Psalms 148-150, and observe how often these three psalms encourage us to praise Jehovah. Truly, “on the part of the upright ones praise is fitting.” (Ps. 33:1)
And our Exemplar, Jesus Christ, stressed the importance of praising God by preaching the good news.—Luke 4:18, 43, 44. w11 2/15 2:12, 13
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I am in Australia ,I have no idea what UL is on about.
I trust your judgement , don't pay her any attention , any thing to run JW's down.
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11 Paul admonished fellow believers: “Present your bodies a sacrifice living, holy, acceptable to God, a sacred service with your power of reason.” (Rom. 12:1) Those words may have reminded Jewish Christians of the sacrifices that were a feature of their worship before they became followers of Jesus. They would have known that under the Mosaic Law, animals offered on Jehovah’s altar had to be the best available. Anything inferior was unacceptable. (Mal. 1:8, 13) The same is true when we present our bodies ‘a living sacrifice.’ We give Jehovah our best, not merely what is left after we have satisfied all our personal desires. When we dedicate ourselves to God, we unreservedly give him our “souls,” our lives—including our strength, assets, and abilities. (Col. 3:23) What does that mean in a practical way?
My sacrifice keeps crawling off the alter...........>
Your avatar would be great for a troll but it just creeps me the f*ck out knowing it's serious.
No, I'm not three years old. That's childish.