STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 56

A LIVING SACRIFICE

Romans 12:1 (KJV)

12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 12:1 (CEB)

12 So, brothers and sisters, because of God’s mercies, I encourage you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice that is holy and pleasing to God. This is your appropriate priestly service.

Romans 12:1 (AMP)

12 I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.

1.    BESEECH - Encourage, appeal, ask with earnest emphasis, beg

2.    MERCIES OF GOD - From the beginning of time, God has shown Himself merciful, so in consideration of His attitude toward us, our attitude toward Him should be one of unquestioned service

3.    PRESENT YOUR BODIES – your area of greatest sin performance

4.    LIVING SACRIFICE – as opposed to a dead sacrifice – means continually doing God’s will, not your own AND in holy living which is accepted by God

5.    REASONABLE SERVICE - 1 Corinthians 6:20 (AMP) ²⁰ You were bought with a price [purchased with a ^[a]preciousness and paid for, ^[b]made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.

IT IS REASONABLE TO SERVE GOD AS HE DIRECTS.

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