Life on the highest plane - The consecrated life by Albert Samuel

1. Albert Samuel Milton

2. What does Consecrate mean?
• To Set Apart for God to serve Him (to Devote,
to Separate)
1) God Consecrates us
2) God told us to Consecrate ourselves

3. God Consecrates Us
• I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that
my Name may be there forever. 2 Chronicles 7:16

4. God Consecrates Us –
You Are The Temple
• Do you not know that your bodies are
temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you,
whom you have received from God? You are
not your own; 1 Corinthians 6:19

5. God Consecrates Us
• I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the
altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons
to serve me as priests. Exodus 29:44

6. God Consecrates Us –
You are the Priest
• But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God's special
possession, that you may declare the praises
of him who called you out of darkness into
his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9

7. God Consecrates Us –
You are the Priest
• The Lord called Jeremiah when he was a
young man (Jeremiah 1:5, 6) and said to him,
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew
you. Before you were born I consecrated you
and appointed you a prophet to the nations."

8. Only Cleaned Vessel Can be used –
God created us and cleansed us

9. Consecrate Yourselves
• Joshua told the people, "Consecrate
yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do
amazing things among you.” Joshua 3:5
• Turn your hearts to God, Trust Him, put your
faith in Him, put away sin, be committed.

10. Consecrate Yourselves
• It does not take great men to do great things;
it only takes consecrated men – Phillips
Brooks

11. Consecrate Yourselves
• Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves
now and consecrate the temple of the LORD,
the God of your ancestors. Remove all
defilement from the sanctuary.
2 Chronicles 29:5

12. What is the basis of Consecration?
LOVE

13. Love is the basis of Consecration
• For the love of Christ constrains us; 2
Corinthians 5:14

14. Love is the basis of Consecration
• Constrained means “pressed on from all
sides,” tightly confined on all sides. Christ’s
love binds us. Wrapped in His love.

15. Love is the basis of Consecration

16. Love is the basis of Consecration
• He who loves Jesus consecrates to Him all
that he has, and feels it a delight that he may
lay anything at the feet of Him who laid
down his life for us – Charles Spurgoen

17. Love is the basis of Consecration
• When one touches the Lord’s love,
consecration spontaneously follows.”
(Watchman Nee)

18. Love is the basis of Consecration
• For the love of Christ constrains us; 2
Corinthians 5:14

19. Good Works –
Like Good Tree with Deep Root (Love)

20. Dead Works –
Like Good Tree with NO Deep Root (Love)

21. Consecrated SELF
• Jessie Penn-Lewis was a woman whose
writings have helped many people
understand the way of the cross.
• About ten years after her conversion, when
seeking to be filled with the Holy Spirit, she
tells of how she got a terrible revelation. She
saw a hand holding up a bundle of filthy rags
and a gentle voice saying, “This is the
outcome of all your past service for God”.

22. Consecrated SELF
• She protested that she had been consecrated
to the Lord for years. But the Lord told her
that all her service had been merely
consecrated SELF – the outcome of her own
energy and her own plans. And then she
heard one word spoken to her, “Crucified”.

24. What does Consecrate mean?
• Consecration is putting Jesus absolutely first
in our life, above all else, be ready, be
prepared to serve him and do what He asks.
Because we are in love relationship with our
Lord! Jesus asks us to take up our cross daily.
Luke 9:23 “Then he said to them all: Whoever
wants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross daily and
follow me.”

25. What does Consecrate mean?
• Consecration means that we say, “Lord, You
have given me the opportunity and the right
to come before You and to serve You.” It is
saying, “Lord, I am Yours. My ears were
purchased by the blood; they belong to You.
My hands were purchased by the blood; they
belong to You. My feet were purchased by
the blood; they belong to You. From now on I
can no longer use them for myself.”
(Watchman Nee)

26. Love is the basis of Consecration

28. Oil (Holy Spirit) Needed

29. Love Poured Out by Holy Spirit

30. Consecrated by Love

31. How can we Consecrate ourselves?
1. Seek First His Kingdom and His
Righteousness. Keep God first in your life.
2. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Abide in love.
3. Examine your life, ask God to reveal you.
4. Be willing and available to be used by God.
5. Grow Spiritually, meditate God’s Word by
reading bible, pray and abide in Him.