Introduction
And one of them, an expert in The Law, asked a question to test Him: ‘Teacher,
which command in The Law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘Love The LORD your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the
greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor
as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.’
Matthew 22:35-40
I had someone ask me just the other day, why do I preach about love more than I do about sin?
The answer is simple. All sin is rooted in a love problem. Please allow me to explain. Every time we sin
against God, or our fellow man, it shows that we love ourselves more than we love them. All sin is rooted
in self love. When a child of God gets his love in the right proportion, he will get his sin under control.
In the book of Romans, Paul tells us that we are to become a “living sacrifice”. This means that
rather than operate according to our own senses (sensuality), we should respond to everything according
to the Spirit of God (spirituality). In short, we sacrifice our own personal agendas for the sake of serving
Christ and His Church. This is what it means to be a living sacrifice.