Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Living holy lives is a very important part of our walk with God.
Many may think that because we live under God’s grace, there is no need for holy, righteous living. This could not be further from the truth.
Others may even say that because Jesus was so loving and kind, and because He spent time hanging out with sinners, we don’t need to worry about holy living.
Again, this is not truth.
Take note than when Jesus spent time with sinners, He spoke truth to them, encouraging them to get their hearts right with God.
In John 8:11, when He spoke with the woman caught in adultery, He told here to “go and sin no more”.
Some of the original texts actually said, “go, and from now on, sin no more”.
And if we compare various translations, many of them indicate that Jesus was inferring that she needed to leave her life of sin.
So, He made it clear to her that she needed to leave her sin behind and do what is right in God’s eyes.
And this applies to us as well.
Paul used the word, beseech. That’s a very strong word, meaning to plead, to implore, to ask urgently, or to beg.
Based on that, it’s evident that Paul wanted badly for the Roman Christians to leave their lives of sin behind.
Paul was referring here mainly to sexual sins, since Rome was well-known for this. But we need to apply this to every aspect of our lives.
And I like what Paul said about our lives; presenting them as living sacrifices. In other words, we need to give our bodies to God. Dedicate them to Him.
Doing this will cause us to take the choices we make much more seriously, since we are now living as though we do not belong to ourselves, but to Him.
1 Corinthians 6:20 (NKJV) 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
We have been bought. We are not our own. Let’s be careful to live like we are His.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
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