Webster tells us that sacrifice is "an intentional loss of one thing to gain another". My husband has reminded me many times that words mean something and unless we determine what a writer means by his use of words, we cannot hope to understand the message. When I first read the word sacrifice I think of something really difficult. A very hard thing to do or give up. But in looking at this verse in Romans more carefully, I realize his admonition to us is simply that if we say we truly love Jesus, then it is only reasonable that we will want to present ourselves in such a manner that we reflect the true character of Christ. How do we do that? By giving up ourselves, our desires, our false pretense of happiness.....Jesus told us "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you".
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