Dear Young Christian:
Yesterday we noticed that the Lord Jesus gave Himself for us, body, soul and spirit. As a result we have been brought into eternal blessing, and this should motivate us to give ourselves to Him in the same way.
The Apostle Paul’s prayer for the Christians at Thessalonica was, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). This is a good prayer for all of us. To be preserved in the three parts of our being means that we can give ourselves wholly and without hindrance to the one who gave Himself wholly for us.
The Lord, in death, gave His life in sacrifice for us, and we are, in life, to give ourselves as a sacrifice to Him. “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” (Romans 12:1).
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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