February 26 | Daily Devotion |Not Tithing! But Offering Your Body As A Living Sacrifice! |Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenFebruary 25, 20249mWatch on YouTube

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Summary

The central message urges believers to respond to God's salvation not with mere financial tithing, but by presenting their entire bodies as a living sacrifice, as commanded in Romans 12:1. The speaker emphasizes that this sacrifice requires self-denial—cutting up one's eyes, tongue, and hands—to dedicate them to God's will rather than worldly desires. True spiritual worship is demonstrated by how one lives throughout the entire week, not just during Sunday services.

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What is our true response to God's mercies?In view of God's wonderful salvation and mercies explained in Romans, our proper response is not just paying a tithe, but presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice.Romans 12:1

Old Testament sacrifices were costlySin in the Old Testament was expensive because people had to bring costly sacrifices like goats, whereas people today think freedom from sin is cheap.

Cutting up the burnt offeringAccording to Leviticus chapter 1, a burnt offering required cutting the bullock into pieces before burning it, picturing how we must completely surrender our physical members in the New Testament.

Surrendering eyes, tongue, and handsWe must cut up our offering by yielding specific parts of our body to the Lord, committing our eyes, tongue, and hands to holiness.

Is it easier to pay 10 percent?Giving 10 percent of income is much easier than surrendering our eyes, tongue, and hands, which is why many use tithing as a deception to avoid true sacrifice.

The great deception in ChristianityPaying a tithe while keeping personal control over the body is one of the greatest deceptions practiced in Christianity today because people do not know the scriptures.

What is a Living Sacrifice?A living sacrifice means denying yourself when tempted to get angry or lust, because dead men do not sin.

What is spiritual worship?Spiritual worship according to Romans 12:1 is offering your body to God through a life of daily self-denial.

God listens to your week, not just your songGod is not listening to how loud or beautifully you sing on Sunday morning if you spent the previous six days yelling at your spouse or using your eyes to lust.

Worship versus entertainmentMany modern Sunday services resemble rock concerts where people focus on whether they had a good time rather than offering true worship to God.

Acceptable worship from a sacrificial lifeIf you live a self-denying life Monday through Saturday, God is delighted with your worship on Sunday even if you are completely out of tune.Romans 12:1

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