To Multiply By Sacrifice

Apostle Grace Lubega

Genesis 22:2(KJV); And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Sacrifice does not kill your seed, it multiplies it.

Abraham was asked by God to take his beloved son Isaac and sacrifice him. It was a hard decision, anyone could have questioned his sanity but because God had spoken, our father of faith obeyed.

The result? Multitudes for sons and daughters.

The Christ in the garden of Gethsemane was faced with the hardest choice in His earthly life. His life was to be given up as a sacrifice for a fallen world. In the agony of His decision, He sweated blood. For the first and last time ever recorded in scripture, He bemoaned the will of His father and cried that peradventure the cup be taken away from Him. Nevertheless, He endured (Luke 22:42).

The result? Many sons brought to glory (Hebrews 2:10).

The Church of Christ has multiplied at the altar of sacrifice. Whole villages of aggressive Red Indians were brought to salvation by the sacrifice of missionary Christians. In the age of Catholic Christianity (70AD to 312AD), as Christian blood flowed at the stakes, on the cliffs of Rome and at the mouths of lions, Christianity advanced across the borders of Roman civilisation. This was the seed of the Christian faith multiplying by sacrifice.

The Apostle Paul worded his life of sacrifice in this simple statement, “I will gladly spend and be spent for you.”(2 Corinthians 12:15).

The result? At the end of his life, he was so full to overflowing that he was “being poured out like a drink offering” (2 Timothy 4:6).

We should not downplay the power of sacrifice in the advancement of the gospel.

Let us make the choice to give our all and hold nothing back.

Let us lay our lives down for the sake of men for IN GIVING ALL, WE GAIN ALL.

To the glory of His name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY: Mark 8:36, Matthew 16:25

GOLDEN NUGGET:

We should not downplay the power of sacrifice in the advancement of the gospel. Let us make the choice to give our all and hold nothing back. Let us lay our lives down for the sake of men for IN GIVING ALL, WE GAIN ALL.

PRAYER: Loving father, I thank you for this great Word. I embrace this wisdom and walk in it. You have taught me that when I lose my life, I gain it. Lord, I choose to spend and be spent for the sake of the gospel; to spare nothing; to give of my time; my gold and silver; my intellect and heart. In Jesus’ name. Amen.