Life as Worship - Romans 12:1-8

-A common misunderstanding: that worship is something we receive; worship is not what you get, it is what you give

-Romans 1-11 - doctrine of salvation, our depravity, none is righteous, salvation has come to the Jews and Gentile, faith comes by hearing the Word of Christ

-It was important to know right doctrine, teaching in order to know how to worship

Worship is the adoration of a redeemed people, occupied with God himself.

Arthur Walkington Pink

-Therefore - here is how you are to worship

1 Worship is a Gift of God’s Mercy

-appeal = urge, call to one’s side

-brothers

-God redeemed us so that we may glorify Him

1 Peter 2:5 (ESV)

-The only way we can worship God is because of His mercy

Titus 3:5 (ESV)

Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)

-We must not approach worship as though God owes us something, God has been utterly merciful to us. none of us deserves His salvation

Worship is Sacrificial

-present = put at someone’s disposal

-as the redeemed of the Lord, we are priests, this is what we call the priesthood of the believer

-In the OT to come before God you had to bring a sacrifice, there were all kinds, the atoning sacrifice for sins, sacrifice as fellowship offerings

Hebrews 13:15 (ESV)

-So what sacrifices of worship can we offer to our Father?

-Praise

-Prayer

-Songs of Worship

-Service, using our gifts

-The point of this text is that offering our lives as a sacrifice to God is the goal of worship

The whole of my life is to be a worship of God.

Christian Conduct, 57

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

-God desires a living sacrifice, the animal sacrifices have ended, God desires men and women to bring all that is within them to glorify Him

-Even in the OT animal sacrifices were an outward symbol of a persons heart

Isaiah 1:13 (ESV)

-This is the proper response to God’s gift of salvation, it is not God you are to give me more, it is God: Thank you! Worthy are You! Praise Your name! May my every breath exalt the name of Jesus! May my deeds glorify You!

-Now what are we to present? Our bodies, thats not always easy, our bodies contain our humanness, our depravity, our flesh

Romans 6:12-13 (ESV)

1 Corinthians 6:20 (ESV)

-We worship God by continually submitting our body to conform to Christ

-We bring our flesh, our body to the Word of God, we ask God help me to live for your glory, help me to cast out my fleshly desires, help my actions glorify you

-Notice it is a living sacrifice, it is continuous, it is daily

Worship is Mindful

-It is with the mind that we make choices

-transformed, do not think like the world, your mindfulness toward God is to be renewed

Psalm 1:2 (ESV)

Colossians 3:16 (ESV)

Colossians 3:1–2 (ESV)

-We say we love the Lord, we desire to worship Him, but the question is what are you giving Him? Do you truly love God? How are you a living sacrifice to God? Are you more concerned about your comfort? Whether or not we have coffee this morning? If its too cold or too hot? Is the desire of your heart: God I desire to give my all to honor you

To God thou owest thyself, and all thou hast—yield thyself as a living sacrifice, it is but thy reasonable service.

Charles Spurgeon