23/02/2021
Yesterday's Sermon
TRUE AND PROPER WORSHIP
TEXT: Romans 12:1-2
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
INTRODUCTION :
This passage contains all the elements of true worship.
There are many motivations to worship God because of what He did for us. He has given us what we don’t deserve:
Eternal love, eternal grace, the Holy Spirit, everlasting peace, eternal joy, saving faith, comfort, strength, wisdom, hope, patience, kindness, honor, glory, righteousness, security, eternal life, forgiveness, reconciliation, justification, sanctification, freedom, intercession and much more.
The knowledge and understanding of these incredible gifts motivate us to pour forth praise and thanksgiving—in other words, worship!
This is all God's Part because of His Mercy.
But in our part, How can we trully and properly worship God?
TWO PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES :
I. TO OFFER OUR BODY TO GOD (v.1)
HOW TO OFFER OUR BODY TO GOD?
THREE CONSIDERATIONS:
A. AS A LIVING SACRIFICE
13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. (Romans 6:13)
•Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness
•Offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life
•Offer every part of yourself as an instrument of righteousness
Are we willing to set aside our own desires for God?
Ephesians 2:10 says, “We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
TRUTHS TO PONDER:
Simply attending a service, singing songs, listening to sermons, and giving offerings is not what God desires. He deserves the best, and He wants us, not just our stuff.
B. AS HOLY
To be holy means to be set apart or separate from sin and evil.
1st Step to live a Holy life is to accept Jesus as Savior
1 Corinthians 1:2
2nd Step is to be filled with the Holy Spirit filling us His Holiness
•Offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. ( Romans 6:19)
•Flee from Immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
C. AS PLEASING
•IN FAITH
must seek God by faith, walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh
Romans 8:8
Hebrews 11:6
•IN OBEDIENCE
must walk worthy of our calling in obedience and submission to the will of God
•IN LOVE
must live with love to God and to other's
John 14:15
Truths to Ponder:
Pleasing God is a matter of living according to His precepts, commandments, and doing so in love.
APPLICATION:
We should stop continuing in sin but honor God with purity and holiness
Be a living sacrifice
Be Holy and Pleasing to God.
Ephesians 1:4
1 Peter 1:16
II. TO BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE GOD'S WILL(v.2)
THREE NATURES OF GOD'S WILL:
1st. GOOD
2nd. PLEASING
3rd. PERFECT
HOW TO BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPRIVE GOD'S WILL ?
TWO CONSIDERATIONS:
A. NOT CONFORMING
To the pattern of this world
•Selfishness
1 John 2:15-16
•Corruption
Ephesians 2:1–3
TRUTHS TO PONDER:
1 John 2:17
B. BENG TRANSFORMED
By the renewing of mind
•Through the word of God
John 17:17
Hear
Read
Study
Memorize
Meditate
Truths to Ponder:
There is no other formula to renew our mind, it is only through the Word of God.
APPLICATION:
Ephesians 5: 15-17
CONCLUSION:
Do we have a True and Proper Worship To God?