Consecration2

Consecration: God’s System for Transformation.

Romans 12:1-3 NIV

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

2 Corinthians 5:17

King James Version

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Timothy 2:19-22

New International Version

19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”

20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. 21 Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.

22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2 Timothy 2:19-22

New King James Version

19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of [a]Christ depart from iniquity.”

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, [b]sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2 Timothy 2:19-26

The Message

19 Meanwhile, God’s firm foundation is as firm as ever, these sentences engraved on the stones:

god knows who belongs to him. spurn evil, all you who name god as god.

20-21 In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets—some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.

22-26 Run away from infantile indulgence. Run after mature righteousness—faith, love, peace—joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get involved in inane discussions; they always end up in fights. God’s servant must not be argumentative, but a gentle listener and a teacher who keeps cool, working firmly but patiently with those who refuse to obey. You never know how or when God might sober them up with a change of heart and a turning to the truth, enabling them to escape the Devil’s trap, where they are caught and held captive, forced to run his errands.

Infantile indulgence:

Run after mature righteousness: faith love and peace.

1 Peter 2:5–8 NKJV

5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,” 8 and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

Exodus 19:5 NKJV

5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.

Consecration is the requirement of a holy God

Leviticus 20:7–8 NKJV

7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. 8 And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

See also Le 11:44; Le 22:32

The consecration of people

The importance of personal consecration

Romans 6:13 NKJV

13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Inward consecration to God is symbolised by outward cleansing

Ro 12:1; 2 Co 5:14–15; 1 Pe 2:24; Ex 19:10; Ex 19:14; 1 Sa 16:5; 2 Ch 30:17; 2 Ch 35:6; Ps 50:5; Ro 12:1

The consecration of all firstborn males

Ex 13:2; Lk 2:22–23

See also Ex 13:12–13; Nu 3:11–13; Nu 8:17–18 The Levites served in place of the firstborn males in Israel.

The consecration of priests

Exodus 29:1 NKJV

1 “And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

See also Ex 19:22; 1 Ki 13:33; 2 Ch 30:3; 2 Ch 30:24

The consecration of the Aaronic priesthood

Exodus 30:30 NKJV

30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

See also Ex 28:41; Le 8:30; 1 Ch 23:13

The consecration of the Levitical priesthood

1 Ch 15:12; 2 Ch 23:6; 2 Ch 29:5; 2 Ch 35:3

Special consecration is marked by a vow

Nu 6:8; Nu 6:11 the Nazirite vow

The consecration of things

Altars

Exodus 29:36–37 NKJV

36 And you shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it. 37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

See also Ex 30:29

The use of oil in consecration:

Ex 40:9–11; Le 8:11–12

Offerings

Ex 28:38; Ex 29:27; Le 22:2; 2 Ch 30:17

Garments

Ex 28:3; Ex 29:21; Ex 40:13; Nu 15:39–40

Bread

1 Sa 21:4; 1 Sa 21:6; Mt 12:4

Meat

Hag 2:12 The state of consecration could be transmitted; Je 11:15 True consecration should involve a right spirit.

Certain places are consecrated

Ex 19:23 Mount Sinai; Ex 29:43–44 the Tent of Meeting

The tabernacle:

Le 8:10; Nu 7:1

The temple:

1 Ki 8:64; 1 Ki 9:3; 2 Ch 29:17–19

Certain times are specially consecrated

Le 25:10 the Year of Jubilee

The Sabbath:

Ge 2:3; Ex 20:8; Ex 20:11; Dt 5:12

The consecration of daily life

1 Ti 4:4–5 The reference may be to grace before eating.

See also Zec 14:20–21

Consecration as preparation for work and worship

Nu 11:18; Jos 3:5; Jos 7:13

Consecration to other gods incurs God’s displeasure

Isaiah 66:17 NKJV

17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together,” says the Lord.

See also Jdg 17:3; 2 Ch 13:9; 2 Ch 26:18; 2 Ch 30:17; 2 Ch 36:14; Ho 9:10

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Romans 12:1-2 - 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.   (Read More...) 1 Peter 2:9 - But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 1 Corinthians 6:20 - For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. Romans 12:1 - 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 6:13 - 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. Romans 6:19 - I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 2 Timothy 2:20-21 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.   (Read More...) Psalms 51:17 - The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 2 Corinthians 8:5 - And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 1 John 2:1-29 - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:   (Read More...) Romans 6:16 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Isaiah 44:3 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: Exodus 20:25 - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 1 Samuel 1:24-28 - And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child [was] young.   (Read More...)