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Romans 12:1–2 (NLT)
1 Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ θεοῦ παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν ἁγίαν εὐάρεστον τῷ θεῷ, τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν·
2 καὶ μὴ συσχηματίζεσθε τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, ἀλλὰ μεταμορφοῦσθε τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοός, εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον καὶ τέλειον.
INTRODUCTION:
A- Illustration: “Contributing By Dying” (GCJ pp.
157-158)
B- Impacting your one for Christ necessitates total commitment of your life to Christ.
TS: The Apostle Paul gives us some principles we need to remember as we seek to live out the type of lives that will attract your one to Jesus.
Living to impact your one for Jesus :
I- BEGINS WITH A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO GIVE YOURSELF WHOLELY TO GOD.
(Romans 12:1a)
1 Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ θεοῦ παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν ἁγίαν εὐάρεστον τῷ θεῷ, τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν·
A- What is the principle?
Romans 12:1a (NLT)
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God ...
1- Yield your entire life to Christ.
(Romans 6:18-19)
The physical body
(1 Cor.
6:19-20)
(2 Cor.
5:10)
The eternal soul
(1 Thess.
5:23)
The intellect (mind)
(Mark 12:30)
(2 Cor.
4:4)
(Eph.
4:17-19)
Relationships, etc.
(2 Cor.
6:14)
B- What is the motivation?
(Romans 12:1b)
Romans 12:1b (NLT)
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.
God’s mercy and grace demonstrated at Calvary.
God’s continual mercy and love experienced in life.
Living to impact your one for Jesus:
II- INVOLVES MAKING CHOICES THAT PRODUCE CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE.
(Romans 12:1-2)
1 Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ θεοῦ παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν ἁγίαν εὐάρεστον τῷ θεῷ, τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν·
2 καὶ μὴ συσχηματίζεσθε τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, ἀλλὰ μεταμορφοῦσθε τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοός, εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ εὐάρεστον καὶ τέλειον.
A- Die to sin and live unto holiness.
(Romans 12:1c)
Romans 12:1 (NLT)
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable.
This is truly the way to worship him.
1- The decision to die to following our sinful desires must be a conscious one.
(Romans 6:1-11)
2- Holy living comes from making the choice to live consciously to serve God in every phase of life - separated for His service!
a- This what the Greek work, “ἁγίαν” means - separated.
B- Make Christ’s acceptance your primary goal.
(Romans 12:1d)
Romans 12:1b (NLT)
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.
Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable.
This is truly the way to worship him.
(2 Cor.
5:9)
1- There is a great danger when anything else is substituted!
Listen to God’s warning to Cain!
(Genesis 4:7)
C- Refuse to copy the behavior and attitudes of the World.
(Romans 12:2a)
1- The world will pressure you to become like them.
συσχηματίζεσθε- Present passive imperative with μη, stop being fashioned or do not have the habit of being fashioned, to be conformed to another’s pattern[1].
a- behaviors
b- attitudes
2- The sources of this pressure to mimic the world in attitude and action and its methods :
a- strategies:
ridicule
mistreatment
express displeasure
isolation
b- sources:
Foes
friends
family
nominal Christians
D- Allow God to transform you from the inside-out.
(Romans 12:2b)
Romans 12:2b (NLT)
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
1- This transformation brings about radical change.
a- “μεταμορφοῦσθε” Present passive imperative of μεταμορφοω, to transfigure, to transform as in Matt.
17:2 ; 2 Cor.
3:18 [2]
E- Seek to understand God’s will for you and live it out in everyday life.
(Romans 12:2 c)
1- As we live out the transformed life, we daily, continually discover God’s will for our lives.
2- His will is always good, pleasing and perfect.
a- It is pleasing to God.
b- It is encouraging to other believers.
c- It is persuasive to nonbelievers.
CONCLUSION:
[1] A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1933), Ro 12:2.
[2] A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1933), Ro 12:2.
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