Consecration

Set-apart for His glory…

Consecration:

·      To be set-apart for the temple of God

·      To be always only God’s possession

·      To be a bearer of His Name, a minister of His sacred work

·      To separate oneself from the flesh

·      To come away from all that is not like God

·      To be at God’s ready command

Fear of the Lord:

·      To know His blazing holiness and yet still desire His presence (though He is holy, blazing in righteousness, we know His love and run to Him)

·      To tremble before His majesty and yet approach Him, bow down, and kiss His precious feet

·      To hear the thunder and lightening of His righteousness and yet beg to climb His holy mountain

·      To understand His fiery dread and yet long to enter into His most holy place.

6 Questions about our life in private:

·      Is there anything in my private life I would hesitate to make known here tonight for the shame it would bring my name?

·      Is there anything in my private life I would hesitate to make known here tonight for the shame it would bring His name?

·      Do I live my private moments carelessly or circumspectly?

·      Do I speak the Gospel in private with my life, actions, and purity?

·      Would the world have anything to hold over me?

·      Is my private life with God different than my public life with God?

We are to be a temple of the holy, holy holy God. In God’s presence there is only light, no darkness. We need to be holy, set apart, pure vessels for His Spirit to reign in us. We are opposite of Him in our natural state. When we see the holiness of God, we will see our desperate need for Him and our sinfulness. If you don’t know your problem, you don’t know your need. We have fallen short of Him (study the 10 commandments), our temples are not worthy of His Spirit. In light of how Jesus reacted when He found money changers defiling the temple, how do you expect Him to react when you defile yours? Yet, with His precious blood shed for us, by His stripes we are healed. He still chooses us to carry His Spirit. When we see our need for Him, and ask His Holy Spirit to take our hearts and purify us, through His grace we can be a partaker in the divine nature. We are new creations in Christ Jesus. Adopted by Him and commissioned by Him. I am no longer a sinner at heart trying pathetically to relate to a holy and immortal God - I am called holy and immortal. God has imprinted me with His nature and has sealed me with His Holy Spirit. I am redeemed; a divinely ordained heir to the throne of God with all resources in heaven and earth made available to me. Build up the temple. Set yourself apart from the world. As a child of God you are no longer of this world; you are from another realm. Our home is heaven. Lift up your heads, oh ancient gates that the King of glory may enter in.

(content from message of www.ellerslie.com)