Sunday October 1 2017

Sermon: “What Is Sacrifice?” 
     Pastor Kim Wenzel
Sacrifice!
The Hebrew word is Zebach - pronounced (zeh bach) 
The Greek word is Thusia
(Shadows of the old testament to Jesus)
Cycle of life - death of something brings life to another.
Sacrifice - Very high cost - Thus the Sacrifice of Jesus, he died so we can have live!
 Our Covenant
Matthew 26:26-29
²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
²⁷ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. ²⁸ This is my blood of the^[b] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ²⁹ I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
 Footnote
b. Some manuscripts the new

The nature of Sacrifice: Give something valuable, and never get it back.
It is not an investment with a return
It is not a simple sharing of extra we have 

Pastor Kim told a very good story about two Christian Believers in a Russian prison that were freezing, what a good example of sacrificing!

The Calling Of Mathew

Matthew 9:9-13 

⁹ As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
¹⁰ While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. ¹¹ When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
¹² On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Footnotes
a. Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6

Romans 3:25
 ²⁵ God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,^[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— ²⁶ he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

Footnotes
i. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Leviticus 16: 15, 16

Romans 12:1-2
1 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. ² 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.

Today's Verse 

Psalm 91:1-2
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."