Romans 12:1-2

Opening Question

Do you prefer to be busy working and helping others, or to be busy learning and debating new things?

Read

The New King James Version Chapter 12

12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Discuss

What is the context for these verses ? Where are they in the book of Romans ? in the New Testament?

What words stick out to you in these verse?

What do you know about sacrifices?

How were sacrifices part of the Jew and Gentile life style at this time?

The Lexham Bible Dictionary Introduction

Sacrificial practices formed an established part of daily life in the Graeco-Roman world.

What is the same about verse 1 and verse 2? What is the different?

What does it look like to “offer your body as a living sacrifice”?

What does it look like to “renew your mind”?

What do these verses say about being busy doing things and being busy learning things?

Apply

What truth from these verses connects to your life today?

How can you encourage other s with these verses?

Pray