Our Only Response

(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.  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.

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1. A Response of  

(Romans 12:1) 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

God doesn’t want something you, he wants something you.

(Galatians 5:22-23) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. 

(Romans 12:2b) Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

(Matthew 16:25) For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

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2. A Response of

(Romans 12:1b) … offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, —this is your true and proper worship. 

(Romans 12:1b NKJV) present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

(Romans 1:1) Paul, a bondservant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—

(Matthew 20:28) just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

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3. A Response of  

(Romans 12:2) 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.

We are not living for the — in light of what Christ has done — we are living for

(1 Peter 2:9 ESV) But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

(John 17:15-18 ESV) I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

(Ephesians 4:1) As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

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✓  Surrender your life completely

(Romans 10:9-10) If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

✓  Live a life that reflects your response

(Matthew 5:14-16) “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.