History of Consecration
Ex. 28:1
Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests.
Lev. 8:12
He (Moses) poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
TO REPRESENT, TO DEDICATE
Consecrate /Strong’s 6942
Hebrew: “qadash”
To be clean, sanctify, hallow (honor as holy), dedicate, holy prepare
To represent being set apart for the work of God.
Rom. 12:1-2
Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.
TO FILL UP
Consecrated /Strong’s 4390
Hebrew “male”
To fill, fill-up, overflow beyond limits, to arm
To full fill one’s hand, prepare for battle
Ex. 28:41
After you put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests.
} Prayer
Col. 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
1 Thess. 5:17
Pray continually.
Prayer posture - prostrate in prayer
Number 20:6
Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell face down, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them
Matthew 2:11
When they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, they fell to the ground at his feet and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests full of gifts and presented him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Mark 5:22
Just then, a man saw that it was Jesus, so he pushed through the crowd and threw himself down at his feet. His name was Jairus, a Jewish official who was in charge of the synagogue.
} Fasting
Matt 4:1-4
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
Judges 20:26
Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.
} Reading of the WORD
James 1:22
Be doers of the WORD
Heb 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit
Eph 6:17
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
(small sword/knife for personal combat)
TO ABSTAIN
Consecrate /Strong’s 5144
Hebrew “nazar”
To abstain from impurity
Eph 17-24
So with the wisdom given to me from the Lord I say: You should not live like the unbelievers around you who walk in their empty delusions. 18Their corrupted logic has been clouded because their hearts are so far from God—their blinded understanding and deep-seated moral darkness keeps them from the true knowledge of God. 19Because of spiritual apathy, they surrender their lives to lewdness, impurity, and sexual obsession. 20But this is not the way of life that Christ has unfolded within you. 21If you have really experienced the Anointed One, and heard his truth, it will be seen in your life; for we know that the ultimate reality is embodied in Jesus!
22And he has taught you to let go of the lifestyle of the ancient man, the old self-life, which was corrupted by sinful and deceitful desires that spring from delusions. 23Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. 24And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.
Daniel 1:8
'However, Daniel determined in his heart not to contaminate himself with the food and wine from the royal table, so he begged the chief official to exempt him from the royal diet. '
Daniel 3:26
'Then Nebuchadnezzar cautiously approached the opening of the white-hot blazing furnace and shouted , “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Great God, come out here now!” So out of the midst of the fire walked Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego completely unharmed
Daniel 6:23
The king was beside himself with joy! And he gave orders to have Daniel taken up out of the lions’ den. When the servants brought him up from the den, they could find no trace of injury on his body because he had trusted in his God.
TO RENEW
Consecrated /Strong’s 1457
Greek “egkainizo”
To make new, renovate
Hebrews 10:20
For he has dedicated a new, life-giving way for us to approach God. For just as the veil was torn in two, Jesus’ body was torn open to give us free and fresh access to him!
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