Romans 12 - The Surrendered Life
Dave Riddle - 09/15/19
Key Passage: Romans 12:1-2
“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you:” - Romans 12:1 (Message)
An Impassioned Plea
I urge you (Romans 12:1)
parakaleō (Greek: παρακαλέω) - to admonish, exhort. to beg, entreat, beseech...
To whom? All the family of God.
Romans 12:1 - “therefore brothers and sisters...”
On what grounds? God’s mercies.
Mercies plural
Not because of anything we’ve done, but because the mercy he shows us again and again.
This call has two facets
A Living Sacrifice (12:1)
Our bodies
A shocking statement for Paul’s Roman audience who saw the body as a grave.
Our worship
Our body is not a tomb, but a tool to worship God in everything we do!
Our physical bodies become a spiritual act of worship.
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. (12:2)
Don’t just be like everyone else. (Conformity)
Allow yourself to be transformed.
Daily and continually, not a one time event.
metamorphoō (Greek: μεταμορφόω) - to change into another form, to transform, to transfigure.
The world’s standards and God’s will are so far apart that you cannot just take a little bit of each.