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1 Kings 8:54-61
Tonight I want to preach about a simple but important subject.
MAKING USE OF THE ALTAR.
In this m, “I beseech ye therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies unto God as a living sacrifice” will look at several Scriptures and then seek to make important application for us.
I. What is an altar
A. Altars Defined
There are three definitions we will give for an altar.
1.
A table or elevated place for sacrifices
A mount; a table or elevated place, on which sacrifices where anciently offered to some deity.
Altars were originally made of turf, afterwards of stone, wood or horn; some were round, others square, others triangular.
They differed also in height, but all faced the east.
The principal altars of the Jews were, the altar of incense, of burnt-offerings, and of shewbread; all of shittim wood, and covered with gold or brass.
2. In churches it is a table or an area for prayer or worship
In churches today it is a table or a In modern churches, the communion table; and, figuratively, a church; a place of worship.
3. It is a place for atonement of sin
In scripture, we realize that Christ is the atoning sacrifice for sin.
He is the place where our sin is atoned for.
So figuratively that makes that altar available anywhere.
B. Various altars in the Bible
1. Crudely constructed altars
Abraham built at least five of these.
Jacob built at least two, Moses built one.
The first altar mentioned in the Bible was such an one, Noah built it.
2. Some were to false gods
There were altar sin the Greek pantheon
3. The altars in the Temple & Tabernacle
a. Altar of incense
b.
Altar of sacrifice
c.
Table of shewbread
d.
The altar before God in heaven
C. Altars were a holy place and to be treated reverently
The Altar was a place where things were sacrificed to God
The Altar was a place where things were dedicated to God
The Altar was a place where great things happened for God
The Altar was a place where God molded hearts and changed lives
II.
APPLICATIONS OF THE ALTAR
A scriptural altar is not necessarily a place of planks and boards at the front of a church.
But:
A. A place of full surrender
Gen. 22:3 “Abraham went unto a place.”
The place he went to was where he was commanded of the Lord to sacrifice his own son.
He went in full surrender to God.
In the New Testament we have
Again, that is full surrender.
Our lives are to be a sacrifice on the altar of God in heaven - the reasonable service and that brings us to the altar is:
B. A place of sacrifice
Genesis 4 “Abel came to such a place.”
In the New Testament, Paul said, “We are crucified with Christ.”
C. A place of death
In Lev.
16 “And the Lamb had to die.”
In the New Testament, Jesus said,
II.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO PLACE ON THE ALTAR?
There is an important truth we need realize, and that is we must continually making sacrifices to our God.
For our lives are full of things that pull us away from the God and away from giving Him ourselves and our sacrifices.
All along the Christian course, there must be set up altars to God on which you sacrifice yourself, or you will never advance a step.
Alexander Maclaren
What are those areas that we need to continually make sacrifices to continue to grow?
A. OURSELVES
We’ve already read Rom.
12:1, “I beseech ye therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies unto God as a living sacrifice”
Romans 6:13 (KJV)
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
We need to present our body, soul and mind unto the Lord.
B. Our homes
Joshua cried, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
A Christian home honors Christ, the Bible, and the church.
Parents make the choices to either honor their God through humbling themselves and their families or doing that for the world.
I’ll tell you this parents - you will offer your family on God’s altar or the altar of the world.
C. Our finances
David cried, in Psa 116:12 “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits?”
Will a man rob God?
Neither yield ye your members
III.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE PLACE ALL ON THE ALTAR?
There are several things that can be happening in this instance.
A. The fire of the Lord comes down
“Then the fire of the Lord fell.”
We all ought to have fire from God burning.
When you are young and you give your all on the altar and it may be flashy and a big flame, when you are old it may just be simmering and deep.
But either way we need a fire.
We build a fire often out at the cabin - and my son’s in law, they like to use lighter fluid to start a fire.
And so it does.
I like to use some paper, twigs, sticks and get it started right.
Sometimes the flashy fires don’t last.
Sometimes mine does’t either.
But the best fires start from the coals from night before and you just add some wood to fuel it, blow into it and it fires from those old hot coals that are buried deep and do not go away.
Those are the best fires.
Fires that remain heating us up from past study, experiences, challenges, and victories.
B. The song of the Lord begins
“And when the burnt offering began the song of the Lord began.”
(II Chron.
29:27) For 16 years there was no song in the house of the Lord but after 16 days of house cleaning (one day for each year of silence) their song was regained.
C. The power of God is bestowed
After Jacob wrestled with the Lord all night, he received power with God and with men.
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