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THE ONLY LOGICAL
THING TO DO
Romans 12:1-2
Page 965 in Pew Bibles
Romans 12:1-2
Page 965 in Pew Bibles
1. Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge
you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual
worship.
2. Do not be conformed to this age, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, so
that you may discern what is the good, pleasing,
and perfect will of God.
THE ONLY LOGICAL
THING TO DO
6 MARKS OF CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT
Romans 12:1-2
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Kent Hughes
“[This bold call to commitment] is applies equally to
all… We must put away the medieval thinking that
makes a distinction between clergy and laity – the
idea that ministers and missionaries should have 100
percent commitment, but the laity is permitted 75
percent, or 30, or… The truth is all believers are called
to be totally committed to Christ.”
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The Logic of
Commitment
• Vs. 1, NKJV “…which is your reasonable service.”
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The Logic of
Commitment
• Vs. 1, NKJV “…which is your reasonable service.”
Some translations, “Spiritual”
Word where we get logical
Fits the context
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The Logic of
Commitment
• Vs. 1 “Therefore…”
• First 11 chapters are theological and tell us what
God has done for us in Christ
• 11:36 “For from Him and through Him and to Him
are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.”
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The Logic of
Commitment
• Vs. 1 “Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of
God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living
sacrifice…”
• Vs. 1 in NLT ends: “…When you think of what he
has done for you, is this too much to ask?”
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The Level of
Commitment
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Vs. 1 “I urge you to present your bodies as a
living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God”
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Living Sacrifice
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[John Alexander Clark]
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James Montgomery Boice
“Sacrifice is an utterly unpleasant word in our day!
No one wants to be a sacrifice. In fact, people do not
want to sacrifice a single little thing. We want to
acquire things instead. Nevertheless, this is where
the Christian life starts. It is God’s instruction and
desire for us, and it is ‘good, pleasing and perfect’
even if it does not seem to be.”
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Holy
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Set apart from all else for God
Sam Shoemaker: “To be a Christian means to
give as much of myself as I can to as much of
Jesus Christ as I know.”
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Pleasing to God
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Ray Stedman: “Here common philosophy, ‘My
life is my own to live as I please,’ meets
headlong with the philosophy, ‘My life is God’s
to do with as He wills.’”
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The Decisiveness of
Commitment
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Vs. 1, Wuest “Make a decisive dedication of your
bodies”
Amplified: “I therefore beg of you, please,
brethren… by a once-for-all presentation to place
your bodies at the disposal of God”
[Crisis or Process?]
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What Commitment
Rejects
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Vs. 2 “Do not be conformed to this age”
Phillips: “Don't let the world around you squeeze
you into its own mould…”
[Band member out of step]
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What Commitment
Rejects
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Vs. 2, Wuest: “And stop assuming an outward
expression that does not come from within you and
is not representative of what you are in your inner
being but is patterned after this age…”
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What Commitment
Embraces
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Vs. 2 “…but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind”
[Barber supply company]
Amplified: “…but be transformed (changed) by the
[entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and
its new attitude]…”
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The Discovery of
Commitment
• Vs. 2 “…so that you may discern what is the good,
pleasing, and perfect will of God.”
• Weymouth: “…so that you may learn by
experience what God’s will is—that will which is
good and beautiful and perfect.”
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The Discovery of
Commitment
• [Stephen Olford and young lady]
• [Ray Stedman and football player on bus]
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[Embrace the Cross]
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