14/05/2020
Romans 12:1-2
A Living Sacrifice
12 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. 2 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.
Lessons;
1. Jesus Christ says is the Life, to present your body as a living sacrifice, therefore, necessitates that you have allowed his life in you & through him, we get to God. Holiness resides in Jesus & there if you are in him alone then you can be holy & pleasing in God's sight. Make it a point to daily present yourself to God through Jesus Christ; for without him you can barely do nothing.
2. Once you have your indwelling in Jesus Christ, the requirement is that you are willing to conform to the heavenly kingdom patterns NOT the world. Scripture says that who is in Jesus Christ is a new creation, the old has gone & the new has come, & therefore we have to daily commit to the new thing & embrace the transforming power of Jesus Christ to renew our mind. The mind has the ability to bring to remembrance the old things, but God gives us the ability to overcome such forces & cause us to only think of the new things.
3. After doing the above, Then you & I will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will. The test comes with availability of someone to be tested. God is, therefore, willing to avail himself to be tested of his good, pleasing & perfect will.
Are you a living sacrifice?
What is the new thing you have embrace today?
God bless you!