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Romans 12:1 · BSB
12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
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…a living and holy sacrifice to God. Surrender is not just a one-time decision, it's an ongoing one, ongoing decision. But here's the problem withRomans 12:1when we read a living sacrifice. If you're a living sacrifice, you can crawl off the altar at any time. And that's where we catch ourselves. So…
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…he said we're not of this world, right? But it's according to the kingdom, not this world. Let's go to uh one of my favorite scriptures inRomans chapter 12, verse 1 through 2. And this is in the message Bible. I love what this says. It says, so here's what I want you to do, God helping you. You don't even have to do it…
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…Amen? So because I believe in Jesus Christ, because I believe in what he did for me, and because I accepted him into my heart, I should then,Romans 12, verse 1, I should present myself wholly and acceptable unto God, which is my reasonable service. So now I've accepted him. My desire is that he always…
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…it to God. And a lot of that in our Westlean heritage is uh intentionally presenting ourselves as a sacrifice to God. Uh Paul writes about this inRomans 12, verse 1. He says, in the view of God's mercy to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing God, then he says, This is your true and say it,…
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…a memory builder, you're not only reflecting on the past, but you're shaping the future. The passage that we're gonna look at this morning isRomans chapter 12, verses 1and 2. Two verses that you have probably heard a hundred times. And the title of our message this morning is that worship depends on the past and…
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…that says, Oh, Christ be magnified from the altar of my life. That we are crawling up on the altar, the place of sacrifice, where Paul, like inRomans chapter 12, verses 1and 2, would say, We present our bodies as living sacrifices. And this is our spiritual act of worship. Everything that we are put on the altar as…
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…their team's songs. It's not either or, but it's both and. That we are crawling up on the altar, the place of sacrifice, where Paul, like inRomans chapter 12, verses 1and 2, would say, We present our bodies as living sacrifices. And this is our spiritual act of worship. Everything that we are put on the altar as…
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…vessels and to protect them. These vessels were meant to glorify God. Does that sound familiar to you at all? It should. Look what Paul says inRomans 12:1, starting in verse 1. I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable…
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…needed. Christ was the sacrificial lamb of God. And yet as Christians, we are called to make our lives as spiritual sacrifice unto the Lord. InRomans 12, verse 1, Paul commanded, Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice acceptable to God, which…
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…he is sovereign, he is greater than anyone and any nation. God is amazing. Nothing can compare to him. And so therefore, because he is that way,Romans 12, verses 1and 2, I appeal to you. Now the Greek there is, I'm begging you, I'm pleading with you, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies as a…
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…same path that you've been on, that gospel is not going to change and transform your everyday life. But following the path, I'm reminded back toRomans 12, verse 1, which is that's our reasonable service. That's what's expected of us because of what Christ has done for us. And so here's the question that I…
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…if you think about it, one of the major reasons why we should serve is, is the gratitude of what God has done for us. When we say, lord, rememberRomans chapter 12, verse 1and 2. It's our reasonable service. It's only natural, it's only logical that we would serve others and serve the Lord because of what he has done…
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…the fruit of our lips, speak it, proclaim it, sing it. It's an offering, and it's not always easy. Our lives, like I said before, are an offering.Romans 12:1. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. This is…
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…does the exact same thing. It makes God into what it is not. It gives the place of the creator. When our trust shifts, our worship shifts as well.Romans 12:1says, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice. This is your true and proper worship. Sunday worship helps to align our hearts back to God. But we…
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…way of freeing us from our sin. But now he says, okay, because of what you have learned about God, this is how you are supposed to live. And so InRomans chapter 12, verses 1and 2, we're called to be a sacrifice for God through our service. And so we all know that we're supposed to serve God, but oftentimes we don't…
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…majority of life that we see around us. It's about pleasing ourselves, living for ourselves. But as we looked at recently in our communion weekend,Romans 12 verse 1and 2, we are to offer our lives as a living sacrifice. And that is part of what our walking in the Spirit is. Giving ourselves over to God. It's…
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…two, and walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. John talked about this last week inRomans chapter 12, verse 1. Therefore, because of the mercies of God, live your lives as what? Living sacrifices that are holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual…
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…the things of this world so that we more freely offer up to him those spiritual sacrifices and offerings which are so abundantly pleasing to him.Romans chapter 12 verse 1says this. For those of you who might think that God would never require that of me. God would never require that He give me a life, that I give…
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…is to present our bodies as a living sacrifice. that's worthy and acceptable and that's our reasonable service in the kingdom. That's whatRomans chapter 12 verse 1speaks to us about. Paul begs the Roman Christians to present their bodies as living sacrifices for the Lord. The truth is this, no man has any…
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…for you. I'm going to fight to know you, to bless you, and love you. You've given everything for me. Lord, help me to give everything to you. InRomans 12, verse 1, it says that being a living sacrifice is our spiritual worship. And it's a very confusing translation. What it literally means is our rational…
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