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“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).
In the Old Testament, any sacrifice that was brought to the Lord was a dead sacrifice, for it was an animal that had been killed. The blood of these animals did not take away sin, but those sacrifices spoke of the death and blood-shedding of Christ, and God accepted them for the time, to cover the peoples’ sins in His sight.
Now that the Lord Jesus has died and put away our sins once and for all, there’s no longer a need for dead sacrifices. However, we are called upon to offer our bodies as “living sacrifices,” which are acceptable unto God. We express ourselves through our bodies, and there is plenty that we can do for the Lord through those bodies, not to get saved, but because we are saved. It is a great privilege to serve the Lord, and to use our energy for Him as living sacrifices.
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