1. Don't offer yourselves to demons (1-9)

God's people must worship God alone. We must give him our best. Fat represents the best of one's material possessions. God does not want his people to give their bodies or their possessions to the devil. We must offer ourselves and what we have to God. And we must worship God in God's way.

2. Life is in the blood (10-17)

In Genesis 9:4,5 eating blood was forbidden because blood represents life. Blood was set aside to offer as an atoning sacrifice to God. It was treated as precious to add meaning to the sacrifice of atonement. Sin is a life and death matter. 'The wages of sin is death' (Ro 6:23a). Blood sacrifice is the way of atonement God provided. The animal sacrifices of the Old Testament look forward to and find their meaning in the atoning death of Christ on the cross for the sins of the world (Isa 53:5; Jn 1:29).

Application: Lord, thank you for Jesus' atoning death and for his blood that cleanses all of my dirty sins. I want to offer myself and all I have to you alone.
One Word: He gave his life for me