Message Title: What Does Consecration Mean? – Week 1 of the Set Apart Series

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Scriptures: Exodus 28:1-4 (NKJV); Luke 10:25-27 (NKJV)

Exodus 28:1-4 (NKJV)

¹“Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

³So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.

⁴And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

Luke 10:25-27 (NKJV)

²⁵And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”

²⁷So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

Definitions:

Consecration is defined as devoting or setting apart anything to the worship or service of God.

• Devote means to give all or a large part of one’s time or resources to (a person, activity, or cause). Luke 10:25-27
• Set apart means to separate something and keep it for a special purpose.

Power Points:

To “love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind” means that every area of a person’s life should be focused on God. Nothing must be held back. The word for love is agapao, referring to totally unselfish love, a love of which human beings are capable only with the help of the Holy Spirit. God’s Spirit helps us love Him as we ought.

• The heart (kardia) is the center of emotions, desires, and affections.
• The soul (psuche) is a person’s “being” and uniqueness.
• The strength (ischus) refers to the drive or will.
• The mind (dianoia) is the center of the intellect.

These words are not used to divide up the human personality, but to show that love must be complete—the whole person must do the loving. To love God in this way is to fulfill completely all the commandments regarding one’s “vertical” relationship.

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