Paul’s
message in Romans 12:1 is all about lordship and submission. All Christians know Jesus as their Savior but
that is only half of His commission. “God
has made this Jesus ... both Lord and Christ” (Acts 2:36), “Lord and Savior” (2
Peter 3:18). As Christ, the anointed one, the Messiah, He brings
salvation. But He is also the Lord God
Almighty, and total submission as a bondservant... love slave, to His lordship
is not only mandatory, it is reasonable rational intelligent service... “a
living sacrifice”, as the Apostle Paul states in Romans 12:1. What matters now and in Rome two thousand
years ago is not that we are Christians.
What matters is that we are Christlike.
God’s goal is not a label... God’s goal is a lifestyle, which brings us
to Romans 12:2 where Paul addresses this issue with two commands and a promise:
* Commandment One: Stop living, thinking and acting like the
world.
* Commandment Two: Start living, thinking and acting like
Kingdom people by the renewing of your mind.
*
The Promise: “Then” you will
understand, test, and approve God’s will, His good, well pleasing and complete
will for you.
Do you want to know God’s will? Here is the only
recipe given in scripture: “PRESENT your bodies a living sacrifice.” STOP
living, thinking and acting like the world. START living, thinking and acting
like Kingdom people. THEN you will understand God’s will. It takes a thorough
understanding of God’s word to differentiate between the world’s ways and
Kingdom ways, equipping saints under the Lordship of Jesus to complete the
recipe... setting their minds on things above moment by moment, day by day.
Overcoming life is life lived in the will of God... His good, well-pleasing and
complete will...
GODS’ GOAL IS NOT A LABEL...
GODS’ GOAL IS A LIFESTYLE...
LIVING HIS WILL...
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