Just To Stop Sinning Is Not Enough
Romans 12:1 Therefore (a) I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to (b) present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, (1)acceptable to God, which is your (2)spiritual service of worship.
A." I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought." (1 Corinthians 1:10, NIV)
" By the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” when away! I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds." (2 Corinthians 10:1-4, NIV)
" As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received." (Ephesians 4:1, NIV)
"Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind." (1 Peter 2:1, NIV)
B. Romans 6:13 (NIV)
13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
Romans 6:16 (NIV)
16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Romans 6:19 (NIV)
19 I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
1 Corinthians 6:20 (NIV)
20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
Hebrews 13:15 (NIV)
15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name.
1 Peter 2:5 (NIV)
5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1. Or well-pleasing
2. 2 Or rational
Romans 12:2 And do not (a) be conformed to (b) this (1) world, but be transformed by the (c) renewing of your mind, so that you may (2,D) prove what the will of God is, that which is good and (3) acceptable and perfect.
A 1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. NIV
B Matthew 13:22 (NIV)
22 The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.
Galatians 1:4 (NIV)
4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
1 John 2:15 (NIV)
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 Or age NASU
C Ephesians 4:23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; NIV
Titus 3:5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, NIV
2 Or approve
D Ephesians 5:10 and find out what pleases the Lord. NIV
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. NIV
Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. NIV
3 Or well-pleasing
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[1] The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Zondervan: Grand Rapids