Dedication

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Dedication
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. Rom. 121
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I. Meaning of Dedication
To devote exclusively to the service or worship
of a divine being. To set apart formally to a
definite particular purpose. Self sacrificing
devotion to a cause.
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O.T. dedicating of altar when the tabernacle was
completed. Number 7

• Judah
• Issachar
• Zebulon
• Reuben
• Simeon
• Gad

• Ephraim
• Mannasseh
• Benjamin
• Dan
• Asher
• Naphtali

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All tribes brought same offering
Silver Charger Bowl Full of fine flour
Meat
Golden Spoon Filled with incense
Incense
One Bullock, One Ram One Lamb
Burnt
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All tribes brought same offering
A kid or A goat
Sin
Two Oxen Five Rams Five He-Goats Five Lambs
Peace
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Dedicated and consecrated to God
And the princes offered for dedicating of the
altar in the day that it was anointed, even the
princes offered their offering before the altar.
Number 710 Number 788 24 bullocks,
60 rams, 60 goats, 60 lambs
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• Offerings cost the people
• Best they had
• Not left-overs

... neither will I offer burnt offerings unto
the LORD my God of that which doth cost me
nothing... 2 Sam. 2424
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Offerings teach something about Dedication
Bullock, Ram, Lamb
Burnt

• It was wholly consumed
• Signifies self-surrender on the part of the
  offerer

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Christ completely surrendered Himself Jn. 434
to do the will of him... Jn. 1018 and Jn.
174 Christians must surrender wholly to the
Lord Matt. 2237 Matt. 624 Matt. 1230
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O.T. dedicating of Temple when it was
completed. 1 Kings Took 7 years to
build 1 Kings 637,38
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Thus all the work that Solomon made for the
house of the LORD was finished and Solomon
brought in all the things that David his father
had dedicated and the silver, and the gold, and
all the instruments, put he among the treasures
of the house of God. 2 Chronicles 51
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And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two
and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and
twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated the house of the
LORD. 1 Kings 863
20,000 Oxen 120,000 Sheep
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Christians are the Temple of God
19.What? know ye not that your body is the temple
of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have
of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are
bought with a price therefore glorify God in
your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 1
Cor. 619-20
We are to be dedicated to His Service
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16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall
God destroy for the temple of God is holy, which
temple ye are. 1 Cor. 316-17
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Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1
Cor. 1031
As the Temple was dedicated To God, So should our
body be dedicated.
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II. Study of Romans 121
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.
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Rom. 121
I Paul had prayed for them Beseech
beg, entreat, implore You brethren
members Therefore connecting link Chapters
1-11 doctrinal Chapter 12 - application in
life
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Rom. 121

• Mercies of God
• Grounds for the beseeching
• Gods love in providing for mans deliverance

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Rom. 121

• To present your bodies a living sacrifice unto
  God
• Present to offer, give, dedicate
• Each person is to present
• Body what is to be presented
• 1 Cor. 619-20

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Rom. 121

• To present your bodies a living sacrifice unto
  God
• Living sacrifice
• Rom. 611 alive unto God
• Unto God

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Rom. 121

• Holy
• saint
• Called Out
• Acceptable unto God
• Well pleasing
• In work and worship

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Rom. 121

• Reasonable Service
• Involves the mind
• Genuine, sincere
• Obligations grow out of blessings
• It is reasonable to give ourselves entirely to
  God

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Dedication

• Goal or way of life
• Attendance
• Living
• Working

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Dedication
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. Rom. 121
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evan
scoc_at_bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org S
unday Evening Jan. 20, 2008