{"id":36032,"date":"2022-09-13T12:38:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/why-are-christians-to-sacrifice-when-we-know-that-jesus-finished-it-all-kenya\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:38:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:38:34","slug":"why-are-christians-to-sacrifice-when-we-know-that-jesus-finished-it-all-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/why-are-christians-to-sacrifice-when-we-know-that-jesus-finished-it-all-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Christians to sacrifice when we know that Jesus finished it all? (Kenya)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yes, Jesus did completely atone for our sins. We can add nothing of merit <\/strong>to His accomplished work. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 NKJV, “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all<\/strong>…”<\/p>\n

However, Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself<\/strong>, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23. Self-denial is sacrifice. The Apostle Paul also wrote, “I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up <\/strong>in my flesh what is lacking<\/em> in the afflictions of Christ,<\/strong> for the sake of His body, which is the church,” Colossians 1:24 NKJV.  <\/p>\n

Why does the body of Christ need to suffer? God wants a divine family. God resurrected Jesus with the divine nature as a reward for sacrificing His own will. But God also wants the saints to share in the divine nature. Our obedience through sacrificing our human wills<\/strong> to do God’s will develops our characters to qualify<\/em> us<\/strong> for the divine resurrection. Psalm 50:5 KJV – “Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice<\/strong>.” <\/p>\n

Even Jesus needed to suffer (deny His own will) to prove His character as a new creature. The New Living Translation of Hebrews 5:8-9 explains this concept well. “Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience<\/strong> from the things he suffered. In this way, God qualified him<\/strong> as a perfect High Priest…”<\/p>\n

The whole Christ, Head (Jesus) and (body, the saints), will be qualified to be sympathetic<\/strong> high priests and kings over mankind during the Millennium. Revelation 5:10 KJV, “And hast made us<\/strong> unto our God kings and priests<\/strong>: and we shall reign<\/strong> on the earth.”<\/p>\n

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For a more thorough study about the calling of the Christian, download the free PDF: "Why Are You a Christian?"<\/p>\n

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Yes, Jesus did completely atone for our sins. We can add nothing of merit to His accomplished work. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 NKJV, “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all…” However, Jesus said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, … Continue reading “Why are Christians to sacrifice when we know that Jesus finished it all? (Kenya)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}