Al

tar
sandSacr
if
ices-RBSM

Topi
c:

ALTARSANDSACRI
FICES

Bi
bleText
:Genesi
s35:
1-2

Speaker
:Nsi
ri
m Chi
bueze

Pr
ayer

Fatheri
nt hemightynameofJESUSwegat hertogetheri
nthishousef oryourword,I
praythatyoumayt eachusmi str
yaboutyouf at
her,mayy ouimpartourpr eacheror
teachwithdeepr evelat
orymessagethatwilltr
ansform ustoday,Ipraythaty ouare
goingtoteachusandwear egoingtobeupli
ftedbyy ourword,
Heavenlyfatherbewith
usnowasweal lopenourearstohearyourwordtonightinJESUSMI GHTYnameIpr ay
Amen

St
udy

Wel
comeev
ery
one,
wet
hankGodf
orhi
sgr
acet
obeher
eatt
hismomenti
nti
me.

DEFI
NITI
ONS:

Accor
dingt
otheMer r
iam WebstarDi
cti
onar
y,anALTARisusual
l
yarai
sedst
ruct
ureor
pl
aceonwhichsacr
if
icesareoff
eredori
ncensei
sburnedi
nWORSHIP.

I
tal
sodef
inesSACRI
FICEast
hef
oll
owi
ng:

A.AsaNoun:

I
.somet
hingof
fer
edi
nsacr
if
ice

I
I.dest
ruct
ionorsur
renderofsomet
hingf
ort
hesakeofsomet
hingel
se

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B.Asav
erb:

I
.toof
ferasasacr
if
ice

I
I.Toki
l
l(aper
sonorani
mal
)inar
eli
giouscer
emonyasanof
fer
ingt
opl
easeaGod.

I
II
.Anactofof
fer
ingt
oadei
tysomet
hingpr
eci
ous.

PROLOUGE:

Alt
arsar emadef orsacri
fi
cest obeof f
eredont hem,butwi t
houtasacr i
fi
cet heal t
ar
doesnothav euse,becausei t'
spur poseissolelytobearsacr i
fices.Weneedt oal so
notet hatalt
arsareusuallyrai
sedf orapurpose.Ev er
yaltarmusthav eapur poseitwas
rai
sedt oachi eve.(Genesi
s35: 1-2)Inturn,sacri
fi
cesaremeantt obeof f
eredonal t
ars
i
n or dert o countorhav e potency.Hence,bot h al
tarsand sacr i
fi
cesar et otall
y
dependentoneachot herforrel
ev ance.RIGHTALTARS( BibleExamples)Foranal tarto
beclassifiedas" r
ight"i
tspurposehast ober i
ght.Onl
yar ightalt
arcanbeef fect
iveand
potentinGod' ssight.

EXAMPLE1:

TheProphetsofbaalrai
sedanalt
artothei
rgod,whi
leEl
ij
ahr
epai
redthealtarofGod
whichhadbeent orndown.I
tgoeswi t
houtsayi
ngthatt
heri
ghtal
tarcausedGodt o
answerEl
ij
ahbyfire.1Ki
ngs18:
30,32

[
30]
ThenElij
ahsaidtot
hepeopl
e,“
Comeclosertome,”andtheyal
lgat
her
edr
oundhi
m.
Hesetaboutrepai
ri
ngt
heal
taroft
heLor
dwhi chhadbeentorndown.

[
32]
Wit
ht hesestonesherebui
l
tthealt
arfort
hewor shi
poftheLor
d.Hedugat
rench
r
oundi
t,l
argeenoughtoholdal
mostfourt
eenl
it
resofwater
.

EXAMPLE2:

Balaam askedBalaktobui
ldalt
arsforthepur
poseofcursi
ngtheIsr
ael
i
tesbutsi
ncet
he
al
tarswerenotrightal
tar
s,theeff
ortsofbal
akresul
tedi
nfuti
l
ity
.

Number
s23:
2,4-
5

[
2]Bal
akdi
dashewast
old,
andheandBal
aam of
fer
edabul
landar
am oneachal
tar
.

[
4]andGodmethim.Bal
aam sai
dtohi
m,“
Ihav
ebui
l
tthesev
enal
tar
sandof
fer
edabul
l
andaram oneach.
”

[
5]TheLordt
oldBal
aam whatt
osayandsenthi
m backt
oBal
akt
ogi
vehi
m hi
s
message.

Number
s24:
10

[
10]
Bal
akcl
enchedhi
sfi
stsi
nangerandsai
dtoBal
aam,“
Ical
l
edy
out
ocur
semy

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if
ices-RBSM

enemi
es,
butt
hreet
imesnowy
ouhav
ebl
essedt
hem i
nst
ead

EXAMPLE3:

Jacobknew t
hati
nordert
obui
l
dar
ightal
tar
,heandhi
sfami
l
yhadt
obesepar
ated
fr
om al
lfor
msofsin.

Genesi
s35:
1-2,
7

[
1]Godsai
dtoJacob,“
GotoBethelatonce,andli
vet
her
e.Bui
ldanalt
arther
etome,
the
Godwhoappear
edt oyouwhenyouwerer unni
ngawayf
rom y
ourbrot
herEsau.
”

[
2]SoJacobsaidtohi
sfami
lyandtoal
lwhowerewithhi
m,“
Getr
idoft
hef
orei
gngods
t
hatyouhave;pur
if
yyour
sel
vesandputoncl
eancl
othes.

[
7]Hebui
l
tanaltart
hereandnamedt
hepl
aceaftert
heGodofBethel
,becauseGodhad
r
eveal
edhimsel
ftohimther
ewhenhewasrunni
ngawayfr
om hi
sbrother
.

RAI
SINGRI
GHTALTARS

Asweknow,al tarsareusef
ulinfaci
l
itat
ingWORSHIPindi
ff
erentr
eli
gions.I
nsome
cases,
alt
arsar
ef oundi
ntempleswhereri
tual
sandWORSHI
Ptakespl
ace.

OLDTESTAMENTVI
EW

I
ntheOldTestament
,Godgav
especi
fi
ci nst
ruct
ionsf
ort
heconst
ruct
ionofal
lthings
t
hatwereusedinWORSHI Pt
ohim,e.g.Themeasurement
sfortheark,t
abernacle,
t
empleandal
sothealt
ar.

Exodus27:
1

[
1]“
Makeanalt
aroutofacaciawood.I
tist
obesquar
e,2.
2met
resl
ongand2.
2met
res
wi
de,andi
tist
obe1.3met r
eshigh.

NEW TESTAMENTVI
EW

I
ntheNewTestamentweseeJesust
alkaboutapl
aceofWORSHI
Pandt
hei
mpor
tance
oft
hepowerofGod'
sspi
ri
tinWORSHIP.

John4:
20-
24

[
20]
“MySamarit
anancest
orsWORSHI
PPEDGodonthi
smount
ain,buty
ouJewssay
t
hatJer
usal
em i
sthepl
acewher
eweshoul
dWORSHI
PGod.
”

[
21]
Jesussai
dtoher,“Bel
i
eveme,woman,theti
mewi llcomewhenpeopl
ewi
l
lnot
WORSHIPt
heFat
hereit
heront
hismount
ainori
nJerusal
em.

[
22]
YouSamari
tansdonotr
eal
lyknowwhom youWORSHIP;butweJewsknowwhom
weWORSHIP,
becausei
tisf
rom t
heJewst
hatsal
vat
ioncomes.

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[
23]
Butt
het
imei
scomingandi
salr
eadyher
e,whenbyt
hepowerofGod'
sSpir
itpeopl
e
wi
ll
WORSHI
PtheFat
herasher
eal
l
yis,of
fer
inghi
mthet
rueWORSHIPthathewants.

[
24]
GodisSpi
ri
t,andonl
ybyt
hepowerofhi
sSpi
ri
tcanpeopl
eWORSHI
Phi
m ashe
r
eal
l
yis.
”

THEBODYI
STHETEMPLE

Hence,f
rom whatJesussai
d,WORSHIPhadt
ranscendedphy
sicall
ocat
ionsandt
he
hol
yspir
itpl
ayedabi
grolei
nachi
evi
ngTRUEWORSHIP.

TRUEWORSHI
Pwasbey
ondt
hephy
sical
templ
enoral
tar
sinsi
det
het
empl
e.

Thi
sspir
it
ualtr
uthwasbut
tressedbyApost
lePaul
,whenhest
atedt
hatt
hehumanbody
i
sthetempleoftheHol
ySpi
r i
t.

1Cor
int
hians6:
19

[
19]
Don'
tyouknowthaty
ourbodyist
hetempleoft
heHolySpir
it
,wholiv
esi
nyouand
whowasgi
ventoyoubyGod?Youdonotbel
ongtoyour
sel
vesbuttoGod;

Atthi
spoi
nt,
Iwantust
ocel
ebr
ateGodf
ort
hepr
ivi
l
egehehasgi
venusv
iahi
sspi
ri
tto
of
ferTRUEWORSHIP

Shoutanot
herr
esoundi
ngHal
l
eluj
ah!t
ohi
sgl
ory

ACCEPTABLESACRI
FICES

I
tiswort
hyofnotethatasacri
fi
cemustnotal
way
sbeofani
mal
s,i
tcoul
dal
sobeof
t
ime,r
esour
ces,
physical
ener
gyandef
fort
.

I
nourgenerat
ion,undert
henewcovenant,i
tismor
eli
kel
ytoseebel
i
ever
sof
ferot
her
f
ormsofsacri
fi
cesbutanimal
sacr
if
ices.

Forasacr
if
icet
obeef
fect
ive,
ithast
obeaccept
abl
e.

OLDTESTAMENTVI
EW

I
nt heOldTest
ament,Godgavespecif
icinst
ruct
ionsonaccept
abl
esacri
fi
cest
obe
of
feredi
naccor
dancewit
hspeci
fi
crequi
rementsofthel
awandceremoni
es.

NEW TESTAMENTVI
EW

Also i
nt he New Testament
,Jesus Chr
istmade us under
stand t
hataccept
abl
e
sacri
fi
ceswerest
il
lrel
evant
.

Mat
thew5:
23-
24

[
23]
Soifyouareaboutt
ooff
eryourgif
ttoGodatt
heal
tarandt
her
eyour
emembert
hat
y
ourbr
otherhassomethi
ngagai
nstyou,

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if
ices-RBSM

[
24]l
eaveyourgif
tther
einfrontofthealt
ar,goatonceandmakepeacewi
thy
our
br
other
,andthencomebackandoff
eryourgi
fttoGod.

ACCEPTABLEANDUNACCEPTABLESACRI
FICES(
Bibl
eExampl
es)

EXAMPLE1:
Abel
andCai
n

Genesi
s4:
4-5

[
4]ThenAbelbroughtthefi
rstl
ambborntooneofhi
ssheep,ki
l
ledi
t,andgav
ethebest
part
sofitasanoffer
ing.TheLordwaspl
easedwi
thAbelandhi
soff
ering,

[
5]buther
eject
edCai
nandhi
sof
fer
ing.Cai
nbecamef
uri
ous,
andhescowl
edi
nanger
.

EXAMPLE2:
Samuel
andSaul

1Samuel
13:
8-9,
13

[8]
Hewaitedsev
endaysf
orSamuel,asSamuelhadinst
ruct
edhi
mtodo,butSamuel
sti
ll
hadnotcometoGi
l
gal
.Thepeoplebegant
odeser
tSaul,

[
9]sohesaidtot hem,“Br
ingmet
hebur
ntsacr
if
icesandt
hef
ell
owshi
psacr
if
ices.
”He
of
feredaburntsacri
fi
ce,

[13]
“Thatwasaf ool
ishthi
ngt odo,”Samuelanswer
ed.“Youhavenotobeyedt
he
commandt heLordyourGodgav eyou.Ify
ouhadobeyed,hewoul
dhavelety
ouand
yourdescendant
sruleoverI
srael
forever
.

FACTORSTHATCOMPROMI
SEPOTENCYOFSACRI
FICES

Di
FACTOR1: sobedi
ence
1Samuel
15:
22-
23

[
22]
Samuelsai
d,“
Whi
chdoest
heLordpr
efer
:obedienceorof
fer
ingsandsacr
if
ices?I
t
i
sbett
ert
oobeyhimt
hant
osacri
fi
cet
hebestsheeptohim.

[
23]Rebel
l
ionagainsthimisasbadaswitchcr
aft
,andar
rogancei
sassinf
ulasi
dol
atr
y.
Becauseyour
ejectedtheLor
d'scommand,hehasrej
ect
edyouasking.
”

I
FACTOR2:nconsi
stency
Hosea6:
4,6

[
4]ButtheLor
dsays,“IsraelandJudah,whatam Igoingtodowithyou?Yourl
ovefor
medisappear
sasquicklyasmor ni
ngmi st
;iti
sli
kedew,thatv
ani
shesear
lyi
ntheday
.

[6]
Iwanty
ourconst
antlove,noty
ourani
malsacr
if
ices.Iwoul
drat
herhav
emypeopl
e
knowmethanburnoff
eri
ngst ome.

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SACRI
FICI
ALATTI
TUDE

JesusChr
istshowcasedsacr
if
ici
alsur
rendertoGod'
swi
l
lbyy
iel
dinghi
msel
ftobet
he
ul
timat
esacri
fi
ceforther
edemptionofmankind.

John12:
23-
24

[
23]Jesusanswer
edt
hem,
“Thehourhasnowcomef
ort
heSonofMant
orecei
vegr
eat
gl
ory.

[
24]Iam tel
l
ingyouthetr
uth:agrai
nofwheatr emai
nsnomor ethanasingl
egrain
unl
essiti
sdroppedi
ntot
hegroundanddi
es.I
fitdoesdi
e,t
heni
tproducesmanygr
ains.

The scri
ptur
e bel
ow shows t
he at
ti
tude Jesus had t
owar
ds maki
ng t
he ul
ti
mat
e
sacr
if
ice.

John10:
18

[
18]
Noonetakesmyli
feawayfr
om me.Igiveitupofmyownfreewil
l
.Ihavet
heri
ght
t
ogivei
tup,
andIhav
etheri
ghttot
akeitback.Thi
siswhatmyFat
herhascommanded
metodo.
”

THECHRI
STI
ANWALKI
SALLABOUTSACRI
FICE

JesusChri
stof
tentaughtaboutt
hesacr
if
icesinv
olv
edinf
oll
owinghi
m ashi
sfol
lowers.
AsChr i
sti
ans(chr
ist
-l
ike)
,weoughtt ofoll
ow JesusChri
st'
sexampleinabsol
utely
every
thi
ng.

John12:
25-
26

[
25]
Thosewholov
et heirownl
i
fewi
l
llosei
t;t
hosewhohat
ethei
rownl
i
fei
nthi
swor
ld
wi
ll
keepitf
orl
i
feeternal.

[
26]Whoeverwant
stoser
vememustf ol
low me,sot
hatmyser
vantwi
l
lbewi
thme
whereIam.AndmyFat
herwi
l
lhonouranyonewhoserv
esme.

SACRI
FICI
ALLI
VINGTAKESEFFORT

Luke9:
23ThenHesai
dtothem al
l,“
Ifanyonedesi
rest
ocomeaf
terMe,l
ethi
m deny
hi
mself
,andt
akeuphi
scr
ossDAILY,andfoll
owMe.

-
Cruci
fyi
ngthefl
eshbyt
aki
ngupthecr
ossi
skey
,Deny
ingt
hef
leshi
sasacr
if
ice.Not
e
t
hatthi
sshoul
dbedoneDAILY.

Mat
thew24:
13

13Buthewhoendur
est
otheendshal
lbesav
ed.

-
Endur
ingi
snoteasy
,itmaynotbepl
easantandi
tdef
ini
tel
ytakesef
for
ttobui
l
dupt
he

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st
rengt
htoendur
eti
l
ltheendi
nor
dert
ogai
nthecr
ownofgl
ory
.

SACRI
FICETAKESEFFORT (
Bibl
eExampl
es)

EXAMPLE1:

WEDDI
NGFEAST

-
Manyar
ecal
l
ed,
butf
ewar
echosenbasedonext
raef
for
tputi
ntoappear
ance.

Mat
thew22:
12,
14

[
12]
‘
Fri
end,howdidyougeti
nher
ewi
thoutweddi
ngcl
othes?
’theki
ngaskedhi
m.But
t
hemansaidnot
hing.

[
14]
AndJesusconcl
uded,
“Manyar
einv
ited,
butf
ewar
echosen.
”

EXAMPLE2:

FI
VEWI
SEANDFI
VEFOOLI
SHVI
RGI
NS

-
Maki
ngef
for
tinconsci
ousl
ytaki
ngext
raoi
l
.

Mat
thew25:
3-4

[
3]Thef
ool
i
shonest
ookt
hei
rlampsbutdi
dnott
akeanyext
raoi
lwi
tht
hem,

[
4]whi
l
ethewi
seonest
ookcont
ainer
sful
lofoi
lfort
hei
rlamps.

EXAMPLE3:

PARABLEOFTHEMI
NAS

-
Hewhohas,
becausehemadeef
for
ttober
esour
cef
ul,
wil
lgetmor
eaddedt
ohi
m.

Luke19:
24-
26

[
24]“
Thenhesaidtothosewhowerest
andi
ngt
her
e,‘
Taket
hegol
dcoi
nawayf
rom hi
m
andgiv
eitt
otheserv
antwhohastencoi
ns.
’

[
25]
Butt
heysai
dtohi
m,‘
Sir
,heal
readyhast
encoi
ns!
’

[
26]‘
Itel
lyou,
’her
epl
i
ed,‘
thatt
oal
lthosewhohavesomet
hing,evenmorewil
lbegiv
en;
butt
hosewhohavenothi
ng,ev
ent
helit
tl
ethatt
heyhav
ewil
l betakenawayf
rom t
hem.

GODMAKESSACRI
FICEFRUI
TFUL

WhenGodgi v
esyouatask,hegener
ousl
yai
dsy
ouper
for
mit
,becausehei
sjustt
hat
good.Hei
sloveper
soni
fi
ed(1John4:
8).

-
We can notbeart
he f
rui
ts needed f
ora sacr
if
ici
alChr
ist
ian l
i
fe wi
thoutbei
ng

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connect
edt
oChr
istwhoai
dsusbeart
hem.

John15:
5

[
5]“Iam t
hevi
ne,andyouar
ethebranches.Thosewhor
emai
ninme,
andIi
nthem,
wil
l
bearmuchfr
uit
;fory
oucandonothi
ngwi t
houtme.

-
Noteonceagai
nthati
fyoumaket
heef
for
ttobearf
rui
t,Godpr
unesy
out
obearmor
e
f
rui
t.
Wow!

John15:
2

[
2]Hebreaksoffeverybr
anchinmet hatdoesnotbearf
rui
t,andhepr unesev er
ybranch
thatdoesbearfrui
t,sothatitwil
lbecleanandbearmor ef r
uit Goodnews,Godi s
probabl
ytheonlyonewhowi llsetanexaminat
ionforyouandst i
l
lgener ouslyof
ferto
aidyou,sot
hatyouinfly
ingcolor
s.

GODMAKESSACRI
FICEFRUI
TFUL(
Rel
evantScr
ipt
ure)

Ephesians2:10Godhasmadeuswhatwear e,andi
nourunionwit
hChristJesushe
hascreatedusforal
i
feofgooddeeds,
whi
chhehasal
readypr
epar
edforustodo.

Phi
l
ippi
ans4:
13Ihav
ethest
rengt
htof
aceal
lcondi
ti
onsbyt
hepowert
hatChr
istgi
ves
me.

Matthew19:26ButJesusl
ookedatthem andsai
dtot
hem,
“Wi
thment
hisi
simpossi
ble,
butwithGodall
thi
ngsarepossi
ble.
”

Mark9:23Jesussai
dtohi
m,“
Ify
oucanbel
i
eve,al
lthi
ngsar
epossi
blet
ohi
m who
bel
i
eves.”

Ephesi
ans3:20Nowt oHi
m whoi
sablet
odoexceedi
ngl
yabundant
lyabov
eal
lthatwe
askorthi
nk,
accordi
ngtot
hepowert
hatwor
ksi
nus.

2Pet er1:3asHi sdivi

nepowerhasgi v
ent ousal lthi
ngst hat pert
aint olifeand
godli
ness,t
hroughtheknowl edgeofHim whocal l
edusbygl oryand vir
tue,4bywhi ch
havebeengi ventousexceedingl
ygreatandpreciouspromises,t
hatthrought heseyou
maybepar takersoft
hedivinenatur
e,havingescapedthecorrupti
onthatisinthewor l
d
thr
oughlust.

CONCLUSI
ON

Alt
arsandsacr
if
icesar
eimpor
tantf
orworshi
ppi
ngGod,
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