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Monte Wilson reflects on the reasons God commands sacrifice, observing that offering our lives to him is to be a "manifestation of faith and love" (Deuteronomy 6:5-6 and John 4:23-24)
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God did not command sacrifices in order to busy His worshipers with earthly sacrifices. Rather He did so that He might lift their minds higher. This can be clearly discerned from His own nature: for, as it is spiritual, only spiritual worship delights Him. [John 4:23-24] . . . . The external rituals were to be a manifestation of faith and love (Deut. 6:5-6). When used merely as a disguise for a cold and distant heart, they became an abomination. The outward signs were to be manifestations of an inward reality. When they were not, God rejected the sign as having any real worth (1 Sam.15:22; Ps. 51:14-29; Isa. 1:11-18; Jer. 6:20; Mal. 1).
—Monte E. Wilson, “Church-O-Rama or Corporate Worship,” in The Compromised Church: The Present Evangelical Crisis (ed. John H. Armstrong), 72
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Deuteronomy 6:5-6; John 4:23-24
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1 Samuel 15:22; Psalm 51:14-19; Isaiah 1:11-18; Jeremiah 6:20; Malachi 1
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