And he are not your own.
God says your body doesn't belong to you.
Your life doesn't belong to you.
He says you are bought with a price.
If you are saved, if you are a believer,
if you are on your way to heaven, the Bible says
you ought to present your body a living sacrifice.
And guess what?
When you present that body a living sacrifice,
God says you're no longer your own.
Why? They're persuaded.
For you are bought with a price.
Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit,
which are God's.
So you gotta understand this.
The Bible says that we are to give ourself to God.
And very back in the church at three years old
is a mature sacrifice.
It is a ready sacrifice.
If you are here today, you say,
well I've never actually given myself over to God.
I'm not talking about, when I say give yourself to God,
I'm not talking about salvation by the way.
A lot of people are saying today,
salvation is giving your life to God.
God doesn't, let me just explain something to you.
God doesn't need your life.
God doesn't need you, you need God.
Salvation is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved.
Salvation is putting your trust on Jesus Christ.
The Bible says that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart
that God has raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved.
There's no, nothing in that verse says
you gotta give your life to Jesus.
Nothing in that verse says you gotta get baptized.
Nothing in that verse says you gotta repent of your sins.
Nothing in that verse says you gotta live a good life.
Now look, there's nothing wrong with living a good life.
Nothing wrong with repenting of your sins.
Nothing wrong with getting baptized good night.
You're in a Baptist church.
We like to baptize.
Let me tell you something, you cannot earn salvation.
Your sins have separated you from God.
You say well I'm gonna do good things
and God's gonna let me into that.
The Bible says for all has stated,
come shore of the glory of God.
You say I'm gonna hit that mark,
I'm gonna hit that, you're gonna fail every time.
Salvation's a gift, but guess what?
Once you're saved,
hey God says I expect you to
resent your body being a living sacrifice.