Living Sacrifices
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Living Sacrifices

Romans 12:1–2  (ID: 1627)

To be a “living sacrifice” is not as radical as it may sound. The apostle Paul didn’t extend this call to a special class of believers; he issued it to one and all. Alistair Begg explains that while Paul could have made this appeal on the basis of duty, he instead urged his readers to respond “in view of God’s mercy.” Giving all of ourselves over to God is an acknowledgement that He gave all for our salvation.


A Living Sacrifice

1I appeal to you therefore, brothers,1 by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.2 2Do not be conformed to this world,3 but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.4

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Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.