BEING A LIVING SACRIFICERomans 12
Being a living sacrifice
• Brings belief and practice together
• Applies to the personal and the public
what we believe
how we live
HAS CHRIST AT THE FOCUSBeing a living sacrifice
Christocentric
Romans 12:1412:1813:7
14:17and others
Christocentric belief works itself out in a Christ-like lifestyle
HOW TO WORSHIP AUTHENTICALLYAs living sacrifices we discover
Therefore, 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.
11:33-36 mercies
“Soma sema estin”
= the body is a tomb
The roving altar
Logikos = reasoned
The act of doing it!
How to worship authentically
HELPS ME TO AVOID CHAMELEON TENDENCIES
Being a living sacrifice
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good,
pleasing and perfect will.Romans 12:2
Call to non-conformity Call to holiness
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-- his good,
pleasing and perfect will.Romans 12:2
Call to non-conformity Call to holiness
Call to wholesomethinking
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