{"id":36827,"date":"2022-09-13T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-does-the-bible-means-by-romans-121-2-and-who-demands-this-paul-or-the-holy-spirit\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:12:24","slug":"what-does-the-bible-means-by-romans-121-2-and-who-demands-this-paul-or-the-holy-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-does-the-bible-means-by-romans-121-2-and-who-demands-this-paul-or-the-holy-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the Bible means by Romans 12:1-2? and who demands this, Paul or the Holy Spirit?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This text begins: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice<\/strong>, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…”<\/p>\n

This verse is not a demand<\/strong>, but it does implore (or strongly urge) Christians to sacrifice their wills to do God’s will<\/strong>. By denying self and obeying God, we become living sacrifices and will be transformed into Christ’s image. Who is urging us? God is. Remember, “All Scripture is<\/em> given by inspiration of God<\/strong>, and is<\/em> profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” 2 Timothy 3:16. Therefore, all verses in the Bible are from God and purposed for our instruction and development.<\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul was moved by the Holy Spirit and recognized God’s wonderful  invitation to follow in Jesus’ footsteps. Jesus, Himself, told His disciples, “ If any man<\/em> will come after me, let him deny<\/strong> himself<\/strong>, and take up his cross<\/strong>, and follow<\/strong> <\/strong>me<\/strong>.” (Matthew 16:24). It’s very hard to practice God’s will in this present evil world. Therefore, faithful Christians are promised an incredibly gracious reward: <\/strong>the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Paul greatly valued this opportunity to suffer with Christ in order to reign with Him (2 Timothy 2:12). In Romans 12:1, 2, Paul is fervently encouraging brethren to continue in the walk of self-sacrifice.<\/p>\n

The basic requirements of God for all mankind are found in Micah 6:8 (NKJV), “what does the L<\/strong>ORD<\/strong> require<\/strong> of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God<\/strong>.” Presently, we do not see this happening, because “the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers,” (2 Corinthians 4:4, NIV).<\/p>\n

All mankind will eventually benefit from Jesus’ sacrifice.  When Jesus and His church reign in the resurrection (John 5:29), then Israel and everyone will have God’s “laws in their minds” and written “on their hearts<\/strong>. (Then) I will be their God.” (Hebrews 8:10). <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This text begins: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…” This verse is not a demand, but it … Continue reading “What does the Bible means by Romans 12:1-2? and who demands this, Paul or the Holy Spirit?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}