Supernatural faith requires the attitude of sacrifice because of its spiritual nature. Isn’t it what happens with emotional faith that rejects any kind of sacrifice because its human nature is selfish? If the topic is supernatural faith, so the actions also have to be supernatural.
Abraham, Jephthah, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are some extraordinary examples of faith. The quality of their sacrificial offerings, showed the quality of faith that pleases God.
Besides meaning total dependency of the faithful to the Most High, it is also the most convincing – to the eyes of evil - to prove that the giver decided to devote his life to God one hundred percent.
Through a sacrifice you can see the life of the one sacrificing. If the sacrifice is imperfect as was Cain’s, it means that trust in God is also not complete. Cain offered a sacrificial offering, but it lacked the most important element of sacrifice, which is blood.
The life of the offering is seen through the blood. It is a sign of partnership with God. When lacking it the offering has no representation. In other words there is no representative for the life of the one offering. Hence Cain's sacrifice was not accepted.
We are not referring literally to blood, but the attitudes of sacrifice in relation to true faith. They are like prayers, praises, songs and offerings dedicated to God in the usual way, but without spirit.
June 20th at 10pm we will have the night vigil of the white garments
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