Romans 12 - How Do You Get the Life You've Always Wanted?
Romans 12 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary 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. Romans chapter 12 is one of my favorite chapters in the bible. Romans 12:1-2 is my life verse. It came at time in my life, where I was a Christian but not living my life totally for Christ. It gave me a paradigm for how to live the Jesus-shaped life based on the mercy He had shown me. In chapter 12, Paul transitions from teaching on the future of Israel to how we should live our Christian lives. He begins with " therefore " showing that this is the natural progression from everything he has taught in Romans thus far in chapters 1-11. Note...