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Romans 12:1-2
Excerpted from: Our High Priest

It is teaching us something here: that any offering that is presented with unclean hands automatically becomes unclean and unacceptable to God. His standards are high. We all know that. It is not a far leap in thought to see it includes a life we live before God. Romans 12:1-2 defines us as a living sacrifice to remain holy and acceptable to Him and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world. Certainly, we must always strive to present ourselves clean before God in our actions and in our words. A drifting vessel or a drifting person has none or very little protection over what they may drift into. With Satan running around and Babylon as filthy as it is, it is a target rich environment, one we must be vigilant about at all times.

Romans 12:1-2
Excerpted from: The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 23)

We see here in a place like Micah "Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself down?" "What should I bring to God?" Then he mentions sacrifice. It can lead the unwary to thinking that God does not want sacrifice. No, no, no. That is not true at all! The day of sacrifice is not over, as Romans 12:1-2 very clearly shows.

We are going to put this together now with the lesson of Colossians. Sacrifice, asceticism, giving things up, giving time up, or whatever it might happen to be—sacrifice without the right motivation, sacrifice without truth, is of no value. It may profit the body for a little while. But in terms of relationship with God, it does not help at all.

Romans 12:1-2
Excerpted from: The Bond of Perfection: Sacrifice

I beg you, Paul is saying here. That is the meaning behind that word beseech. I beg! He is yelling, I beg you, brethren!

Paul is telling us how we are transformed by the renewing of our mind, and it is through our daily sacrifices in the service to God and service to fellow man. And then for the remainder of this chapter, actually starting in verse 9 through 21, Paul expounds on the daily sacrifices that will help transform us to be like God. And I am going to pull out just a few of these. You can kind of follow along here as I go through these, starting in verse 10 all the way to the end of the chapter.

Romans 12:1-2
Excerpted from: The Sentinels

Here we see Paul giving the church their marching orders, so to speak. It is our sacred duty to offer ourselves as living sacrifices. That is, our bodies, our minds, our actions so they will align with God's purposes. This requires that we submit our desires, our plans, and even our fears. We are to live a life set apart from this world that we may be pleasing to God, to be transformed and shaped into His character. Like I said, there is no doubt, maybe whoever wrote this read Romans 12.

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A Priceless Gift
An Unpayable Debt and Obligation
Be There Next Year
Choosing the New Man (Part One)  (2)
Desire Earnestly to Prophesy
Do Angels Live Forever?
Is the Christian Required to Do Works? (Part One)
Leadership and Covenants (Part Three)
Living Stones in God's House
Pentecost Revisited (Part Two): Joshua 5
Pillars Stand for Something!
Preparing for the Feast
Stephen and the New Deal
The Awesome Cost of Love  (2)
The Beast and Babylon (Part Seven): How Can Israel Be the Great Whore?
The Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control
The New Moons
The Offerings of Leviticus (Part One): Introduction
The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Six): The Sin Offering
The Offerings of Leviticus (Part Two): The Burnt Offering
Unity and Division: The Blessing and the Curse (Part Three)
Why Hebrews Was Written (Part Five)
Y2K: You-2-the-Kingdom

Bible Studies
Basic Doctrines: Repentance
Love
Parables of Counting the Cost
Self-Control

Essays
Do You Have Enough Oil? (Part Three)
Put Forth the Effort
The Unique Greatness of Our God (Part Six)
Ubiquitous Government
What Is Real Conversion? (Part Five)

Sermons
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Psalm 51 (Part Four): Psalm 51:13-19
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Matthew 5:13: 'What is the Salt of the Earth?'
Think Soberly (Part Two)
Think Soberly (Part Two)
Think Soberly (Part One)
Think Soberly (Part One)
Firstfruits to God
A Misunderstood Characteristic of God
The Unleavened Vanguard with Christ
Foundations of Sand
Ask, Seek, Knock
Worry and Seeking the Kingdom
Burn the Ships
God Expects a Return on His Investment (Part Seven)
'But I Say to You' (Part Two)
Called to Change
Prosperity's Consequences
God Expects a Return on His Investment (Part Three)
God's Stare Decisis
Titus (Part Seven): Maintaining Good Works
Titus (Part Four): Traits of a Healthy Church
Stewardship of God's Temple (Part Two)
Patriotism, the Summer Soldier, and Our Times (Part Two)
Submitting (Part 1)
Don't Stand Still!
Remembering Your Vows
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 19)
Elements of Motivation (Part 1)
Remembering God's Gifts, Promises, and Rewards
Knowing Christ (Part 2)
Knowing Christ (Part 4)
The Ministry
The Christian and the World (Part Two)
Real Conversion
Examine and Come Out
Why We Tithe (Part 2)
God's Sense of Justice
The Consequences of Affluence
Sanctification and Holiness (Part 5)
New Covenant Priesthood (Part 1)
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 1)
Philippians (Part Two)
Knowing God: Formality and Customs (Part 6)
Where Is the Beast? (Part 7)
Christian Service
Words Versus Images
Re-education (Part 2)
Thou Shall Not Covet
Jesus on the Holy Spirit
Debt and Obligation
A Priceless Gift
Principled Living (Part 4): Giving of Ourselves
Consider the Butterfly
John (Part 20)
Qualifications of a Godly Judge
The Three Angels
Modesty (Part 2): Put On Righteousness
Matthew (Part Twelve)
Against All Odds
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part 7)
According to His Pleasure
What is Acceptable to the Lord
Do You See God in Deuteronomy?
Approaching God Through Christ (Part 2)
The Reality of the Feast
The Faithfulness of God (Part 2)
Foundations
Are You Alive to God?
Wilderness Wandering (Part 2)
Wilderness Wandering (Part 3)
Seeking God's Will (Part Four): Sacrifice
Taking Your Priestly Responsibilities Seriously!
Human Nature: Good or Evil?
Profanity (Part One)
Our Trusted Source of Truth (Part Two)
Before the World Began
Offerings (Part One)
Offerings (Part Two)
Assurance (Part One): Self Examination
Conforming to This World
Remaining Unleavened
Leadership and Covenants (Part Twenty-Two)
The W's and H's of Meditation (Part Two)
The Sabbath: Redemption
Themes of Ruth (Part Four): Kindness and Faith
Human Will
Our Part in the Sanctification Process (Part One)
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Five): Thyatira
'Done Away' Is Incorrect
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Eleven): Laodicea
Colossian Law-Keeping
Deuteronomy and Holiness
Church Unity Despite the Spirit of the World
The Ultimate Gift
Teaching Us to Think (Part One)
Teaching Us to Think (Part Two)

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