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Our sacrifice is to keep offering praise to God in the name of Jesus. Douay-Rheims Bible By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name.
Hebrews 13:15. King James Version. 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Read full chapter.
Jan 4, 2022 · It flows continually from a worshiping heart in good times and bad ( Acts 16:23-25 ). The "sacrifice of praise" comes from a humble heart that has been purified by fire. It rises from a spirit that has chosen to honor God in spite of the pain that life is causing.
God calls us in this verse to offer a sacrifice of praise which is the "fruit of lips." Fruit is something that grows naturally when the sap is flowing within. Jesus said in Matthew 15:8, "This people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me."
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- The New Worship of The Christian ChurchLet's look today at the new worship—the "sacrifice ofpraise." Verse 15: "Through him [i.e., through Christ] then let uscontinually offer up a sacri...
- A Closing Word of Encouragement and InvitationLet me close with word of encouragement and invitation. Noticethe words at the beginning of verse 15: "THROUGH HIM [Jesus] let uscontinually offer...
- A Sacrifice of Praise Is Christ-Centered
- Our Sacrifice of Praise Is Verbal
- Our Sacrifice of Praise Is Normative
- Our Sacrifice of Praise Is Biblically Obedient
The Book of Hebrews includes a lot of references to sacrifices, especially in chapter 13 where we read the phrase in question. The writer was communicating to Jewish Christians in his letter that just like the animals were “burned outside the camp” of God’s people, Jesus “suffered outside the gate” of Jerusalem in order to “sanctify the people thro...
While we do not only praise and worship God in corporate services and congregational environments, those are also certainly some of the most common and most obvious times that we present the “fruit of our lips” to God. We pray out loud, shout affirmations to the preaching of God’s Word, encourage one another, recite Scripture and repeat catechisms,...
The verse states that we are to “continually offer up” our praise. That means that our verbal worship should be commonplace for us and part of our regular practices instead of being reserved for special occasions, just when we feel like it, or even just weekend church services. Our praises to God should be “day and night, night and day” and they sh...
It is unbiblical and irreverent to only worship when and how we feel “comfortable.” Scripture gives us a lot of direction on how our voices, attitudes, and actions can glorify God, and it is often at least a little uncomfortable. This is not just about our physical expressiveness in worship through music or in a church service (such as raised hands...
- Robert Hampshire
Instead, our praise and sacrifice ought to be done out of gratitude, obedience, and worship. The following verse expands this idea to remind believers that doing good for others is a natural, expected part of this joyous perspective.
15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, [ a]giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Read full chapter.
