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Ephesians 5:1-2
Excerpted from: The One Thing

Over to Ephesians 5 now. Service and devotion to God always comes first. But we cannot separate it, right? We cannot separate our worship and devotion to God from our required service to man. Service to God, service to man, go hand in hand.

So we are called here to follow, to imitate, Paul says, Christ's example of daily sacrifice and service and devotion to God and devotion to man. These are the sweet-smelling aroma offerings to God.

Ephesians 5:1-2
Excerpted from: The Bond of Perfection: Sacrifice

So sweet-smelling aroma here is a clue; it tells us this is referring back to the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the peace offering.

How do we become imitators of God as dear children? Paul tells us we walk in sacrifice as Christ [sacrificed], as an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. We complete the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the peace offering. That is how, brethren.

Articles
'I'll Never Follow Another Man!'
Is the Christian Required to Do Works? (Part One)  (3)
The Offerings of Leviticus (Part One): Introduction
The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Two): The Burnt Offering  (2)

Essays
Christ's Sacrifice Prefigured

Sermons
Offerings (Part Two)
New Covenant Priesthood (Part 1)
Two Contrary Visions
New Covenant Priesthood (Part 12)
The Tenth Commandment
An Offering, Sanctification and Atonement
Is the United States a Christian Nation? (Part 1)
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 6)
Offerings (Part One)
Forgiving, Giving, and Living
Offerings (Part Five)
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Seven): Repentance
Themes of Ruth (Part Four): Kindness and Faith
Carefully Tending and Keeping God's Extraordinary Blessings
Conforming to This World
Is America a Christian Nation? (Part Four)
Christian Marriage (Part Two)
Love and Works
Be a Lighthouse
Jude and the Glorious Power of God
The Christian Walk: In Love
'But I Say to You' (Part Six): Retaliation
It IS All About Government
The Mystery of the Church
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
Those Who Mourn
Whose Morality Are We Following?
Prepare
Conscience (Part 2)
Sin (Part 2)
Knowing Christ (Part 2)
Knowing Christ (Part 3)
Knowing Christ (Part 4)
The Sacrifices of Leviticus (Part 2)
Why We Tithe (Part 2)

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