Leftovers for the Lord

How would you feel if you had bought something that was supposed to be new and to find out that it was used and almost worn out? Or to buy an animal, thinking that it was healthy, later finding out it was diseased and sickly? I doubt if any of us would be pleased with such an arrangement.

    One thing I do know—God is not pleased with such. Listen to His words in Malachi 1:18: “And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably? Says the LORD of hosts.”

    Will the Lord today accept a “blemished” offering? If we deliberately defile our bodies with the poisons of tobacco, alcohol and drugs, will He accept such without genuine repentance on the part of the user? Will the Lord accept a “blemished” religion, one concocted in the councils of men? Will He accept “blemished” worship? Are we offering to Him a pure body, a pure doctrine and pure worship authorized by Him?