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NASB | Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. |
Bible Question:
Thanks, prayon! In a way, the poem seems to be describing someone who is silent and non-confrontational in the face of any circumstance. Someone who is passive, rather than active, in life. Someone who would, for example, eat what is served at a restaurant without complaint, even if it were not what was ordered. Or would accept an unfair law, perhaps, without working strenuously for its repeal. Am I just reading it wrong? I can think of several well-known examples where Jesus Himself didn't just meekly accept whatever came His way.... --Cheryl |
Bible Answer: Hi Cheryl, During His life in the flesh, Jesus consistently professed and demonstrated His obedience to the will of God, the Father. He never sought to do His own will, but that of the One who sent Him. Jesus became obedient, even to the extreme of death on a cross. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice. If we worship Jesus Christ, whom we profess as Lord and Savior, we will also want Him to rule and reign in our hearts and minds. When we are thus committed to Jesus' lordship over our lives we will no longer be content to be ruled by our own wants and desires, but by the will of God (as revealed in His word and through a growing relationship with Him). We accept whatever God so wills for us because we know that He loves us and that His plans are to prosper us and not to harm us. God bless you! prazn |
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