Jesus gave everything. He laid His life down for our salvation. You have read it all before. You have heard it before. That is not the purpose here.
Romans 12:1 (NASB)
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.
My purpose here is to look at our response to the mercy of God. In response to God's grace we are to present our bodies. The word "present" means to offer and to give. We are to give our bodies as an offering to Jesus. Our minds, hearts, feet, hands, and mouth all presented to Jesus as an offering. A living sacrifice. We give our present our lives as an offering.
No longer do we live under the Old Testament sacrificial system. Jesus gave Himself as the ultimate sacrifice. Now in return we offer our lives to Him as a sacrificial offering. Not just once. We are to do this daily. We are a living sacrifice. Day in and day out. Month after month. Year after year.
This is our spiritual worship. To put that another way it is our reasonable service. It is our ultimate expression of worship. The offering of our lives to a worthy Savior in service to Him. It is our ultimate offering. This is the appropriate and proportional response to God's grace.
Have you ever offered your life to Jesus as a living sacrifice? Have you ever dedicated your life to worshipful service to Your King? That is the ultimate expression of worship. That is our ultimate offering to Jesus.
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