Romans 12:1-2
“Therefore.” This passage is set up by the first 11 chapters of the book of Romans, which provide an understanding of who the believer is, in Christ. “Offer your bodies.” What matters is putting our faith into action. “as living sacrifices.” Christ died so that the Old Testament practice of offering sacrifices would no longer be necessary. But God asks us here to make other kinds of sacrifices – of time, of personal plans, to name a couple. “Spiritual act of worship.” In other translations, this is rendered “spiritual service” or “reasonable service.” Worship is not just sitting through, or even participating in, a church service. Worship is also how we choose to live our lives every day, by sacrificing our own inherently selfish desires to serve others as God directs us. Living our lives in service to others gives glory to God, and should be a natural flow of action from our experience in a worship service.
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