The apostle Paul wrote “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Let talk about what that looks like.
Outline
- We Have Received Great Mercy
- By Faith in Christ We Have Been
- Reconciled to God
- Delivered from death
- Liberated from sin
- Declared righteous by God
- Become part of new creation
- All This Has Come About by Grace
- By Faith in Christ We Have Been
- How Should We Respond to God’s Mercy?
- By Coming to God to Receive These Gifts
- With Love and Praise and Thanksgiving
- By Works of Service
- Present Yourself for God’s Service
- Present Yourself as a Living Sacrifice
- There are two kind of sacrifices: thanksgiving and atonement
- Christ offered the only atoning sacrifice that is acceptable to God
- Samuel was offered to God as a living sacrifice of thanksgiving.
- Paul urges us to offer ourselves to God as Similar Living Thank Offerings
- To do this our thinking and our methods need to change
- Work for New Goals and Using New Methods
- Don’t be conformed to the world
- You have died to this world with Christ
- You are part of new creation that will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ.
- Become Like Jesus in Your Thinking
- Live by Faith
- What We Are Called to Do Varies with Our Gifts and Calling
- We are one body with many differing members
- We grow together in Christ Jesus
- We keep the body healthy
- As a body we work together
- God Is Pleased When We Serve Him in Faith
- Our Sacrifice Is Reasonable and Spiritual Because It Is Grounded in and Directed by the Word of God.
- Our Sacrifice Is Holy Because We Have Been Made Holy by Baptism and Faith in Christ.
- Our Sacrifice Is Pleasing to God on Account of Christ