“Living Sacrifice vs. Worldly Passion” by Neville Buchanan


Outside in the car was the girlfriend. While in the house the despicable husband was pathetically attempting to explain. Such sad events are all too common.

It might surprise you to know just how many souls are in a life and death struggle with sin. Just like the cheating husband, when a spouse is consumed with a habitual sin, he/she is choosing that transgression over the sacred marriage vows. That addiction could be fornication (all sexual sins), gambling, alcohol, or drugs.

Friend, do you present your body as a living sacrifice, or do you present yourself to a worldly passion?

Romans 6:12 (ESV) — 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.

Romans 12:1–2 (ESV) — 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.