Subject: “Present your bodies a living sacrifice” Romans 12:1
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:1-2
THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION
1. “Justification” was the main focus of Paul’s epistle to the Romans
a) For the Jews
b) For the Gentiles
2. Features to be remembered:
a) Justification by faith (Romans 5:1)
b) Justified by the blood of the Lord Jesus (Romans 5:9)
c) The gift of God’s grace (Romans 5:15)
CALLING FOR AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE
1. Personal plea
2. Remembering the mercy of God
3. Presenting self to the Lord
a) The body
b) As a living sacrifice
c) Holy and acceptable to God
d) This is but “our reasonable service”
BE MINDFUL OF THE WORLD AND ITS INFLUENCE
1. The world
a) The secular world
b) The world system
c) Do not be caught up with the world
d) Do not be conformed to the world
2. The influence of the world
a) Subtle
b) Sinful
c) Deadly
THE MIND
1. The mind of the Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:5-11)
2. The mind
a) It must be “transformed”
b) It must be “renewed”
THE WILL OF GOD
1. The Lord Jesus declared:
a) He had come to do God’s will
b) His focus was to finish the work God had given to him