Malachi 1:6-8
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.
Unworthy Sacrifices
6 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’
7 “You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar.
“Then you ask, ‘How have we defiled the sacrifices?’
“You defile them by saying the altar of the LORD deserves no respect. 8 When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn’t that wrong? And isn’t it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
As New Testament believers we are called to offer our bodies as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1). God calls us to nothing less than the excellence of Christlikeness. That’s an acceptable sacrifice to the Lord. This becomes possible only when we walk in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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