July 9th
Romans, 12
E The Application of the Gospel
(The Service of sons of God)
Personal – Be changed
1: 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. 2: And
be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
God. 3: For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among
you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think
soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4: For
as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of
another. 6: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to
us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7:
Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
8: Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
cheerfulness. 9: Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil;
cleave to that which is good.
Paul now moves from Doctrine to
Practise, from Theory to Application. And he pleads with the brethren (the
christians) to present their bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable
to God. This is our reasonable service. He goes on do not be pressed into the
worlds mould but be transformed by the continual renewing of the mind, so that
we will be able to prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of
God. The will of God when it is discovered and obeyed is always prefect, good
and acceptable to God. We should all have a humility of mind not thinking of
ourselves more highly than we aught to think. We should think clearly of
ourselves understanding the level of faith that we have received. There are
many members in the body of Christ and not all of them have the same function,
yet we are all in the body of Christ together. We all have different gifts
according to what we have been given. Let every man do the gift that he has
received. We are to love one another without putting on a mask and pretending
what we are not. We are to hate things that are evil and stick to what is good.
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