background romans 12:1-2 serve as a transition from the doctrinal first 11 chapters of letter to the...
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Background
Romans 12:1-2 serve as a transition from the doctrinal first 11 chapters of letter to the Romans to the remaining 4 chapters
In these remaining 4 chapters, Paul spelled out ways the doctrines he spoke about should be demonstrated in our Christian daily lives.
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Living Sacrifices
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Living Sacrifices
Roman artwork depicting slaying of animals as worship offerings
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Living Sacrifices
“1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Living Sacrifices
A unique term because dead sacrifices were the norm
To contrast with the dead sacrifices of the ‘old’ Jewish worship
Christ became our dead sacrifice so that we can have new life to become ‘living sacrifices’.
Living Sacrifices
To be living sacrifices means we are to live sacrificial lives that are dedicated to pleasing God.
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
“1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
‘Worship’ in the more general sense – any service done for God.
‘Spiritual act of worship’ – ‘total dedicated worship’ or ‘total dedication in any service we do for God’.
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
Non-Conformity
“2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world …” (Romans 12:2)
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
Non-Conformity
We must have uncompromising non-conformist stand against worldliness …
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
Non-Conformity
We must have uncompromising non-conformist stand against worldliness because it has ideologies that take us away from total dedication towards God.
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
Renewed Minds
“2… but be transformed by the renewing of your mind …”
Our minds are the center of our attitudes and thoughts towards how we should we live our lives
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
Renewed Minds
To have a renewed mind for the Christian means to have the ‘mind of Christ’. (1Corinthians 2)
To have the ‘mind of Christ’ means to have a ‘radical’ mind or mindset …
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
Renewed Minds
To have a renewed mind for the Christian means to have the ‘mind of Christ’. (1Corinthians 2)
To have the ‘mind of Christ’ means to have a ‘radical’ mind or mindset because Jesus was ‘radical’.
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Total Dedicated Worship
Renewed Minds
We need the ‘renewed mind’, the ‘mind of Christ’ to identify clearly what is worldly, and what is godly
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Grasping The Heart Of God’s Will
“2…Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices
Grasping The Heart Of God’s Will
Grasping the heart of God’s Will – appreciate God has a purpose for each one of us in His kingdom, in His church whatever our status.
We Are To Be Living Sacrifices