奉献的结果
我们将自己奉献给主，第一个结果，就是叫我们实际的作基督所买的奴仆，凡事都顺服祂的主权（林前七22-23）。
我们将自己奉献给主的另一结果，就是主得到我们的同意，在我们身上随意甄陶（弗二10），如同陶器在窑匠手中，被神甄陶。
我们将自己连同我们的肢体献给主，还有一个结果，就是叫我们的肢体，成为义的兵器，义的奴仆，使我们得以脱离罪，不再受罪的辖制，而成为圣（罗六13-14，19）。
旧约献燔祭的结果，乃是叫燔祭在人面前成为灰，在神面前成为馨香。今天我们把自己当作活的燔祭献给主，若我们真是忠诚向主，结果也必是在人面前成为灰一般，而得以在神面前成为祂心悦的馨香（利一 9）。
我们将自己奉献给主的终极目的，乃是荣耀神，就是让神从我们里面活出来，彰显出来，显为祂的荣耀（林前六20）。
祭坛上的火不可熄灭
所有生命的经历，都不是一次经历就达到极峰的，乃要一再的有追求，才能逐渐加多，逐渐丰满，而达到成熟的地步。我们初奉献的经历，在我们里面不过像母腹中未成形的胚胎，耳、目、口、鼻，都不清楚。等到我们生命逐渐长进，这奉献经历的五点，也就逐渐成形在我们身上了。到那时候，我们就实在感觉说，我们是神所买的，我们的主权全数在神的手里。我们就真被神的爱摸透了，作了祂爱的俘虏。我们也就真是一个祭，摆在祭坛上让神享受，叫神满足。到那时候，我们也就被神作透，而能为神作了。我们的前途，也就真成了一堆灰，只有神是我们的出路。到那时候，我们奉献的经历才真是成熟了。愿我们靠着主恩，在此一同往前追求。
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Consecration – 2 Cor. 5:14-15
The Result Of Consecration
The first result of our consecration to the Lord is that practically we become slaves bought by the Lord, submitting to His authority in all things. (1 Cor. 7:22-23)
Another result of our consecration to the Lord is that the Lord has our consent to freely mold us (Eph. 2:10), just as the clay vessel is molded in the hands of the potter (cf. Isa. 64:8).
When we present ourselves and our members to the Lord, there is still another result; that is, our members become weapons of and slaves to righteousness that we may be freed from sin, no longer being lorded over by sin, unto sanctification. (Rom. 6:13-14, 19)
The result of offering a burnt sacrifice in the Old Testament was that the burnt offering became ashes before men and a sweet savor to God. If we present ourselves as a living burnt offering to the Lord, and if we are truly faithful to Him, we will be like ashes before men and a delightful savor to God. (Lev. 1:9)
The consummate purpose of our consecration to the Lord is to glorify God, that is, to allow God to be lived out from us and expressed through us as a manifestation of His glory. (1 Cor. 6:20) (Life Lessons, lsn. 18)
The Fire On The Altar Shall Be Kept Burning
It is not possible to hit the climax of any experience of life by experiencing it just once. We need to pursue continuously, so that our experience will increase gradually and become fuller, until it reaches the stage of maturity.
When we first consecrate ourselves, our experience is similar to an embryo in the mother’s womb—one cannot distinguish the ear, the eye, the mouth, and the nose. As we grow in life, however, these five points related to the experience of consecration gradually become formed in us. Then we really have a feeling that we have been bought by God and that all our rights are in His hand. We become a prisoner of His love because His love has pierced our hearts. We become a sacrifice indeed, laid on the altar for God’s enjoyment and satisfaction. We will be those who have been thoroughly worked over by God and are then able to work for Him. Our future will truly be as a handful of ashes. All our ways of escape outside of God’s will shall have been cut off; God only will be our future and our way. At that time the experience of our consecration will indeed have become matured. May we all, by the grace of the Lord, pursue and go on together.