I beseech you – beg, urge, encourage, appeal By the mercies of God – compassion Present your bodies a living sacrifice – as opposed to a sacrifice of death Holy, Acceptable to God – pure, without spot or blemish Your reasonable service – since Christ died for us we should live our lives for him. 2 Corinthians 5:15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

1. A LIVING SACRIFICE

2. Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable to God, which is your
reasonable service. 2 And do not
be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God.

3. A LIVING SACRIFICE
A. I beseech you – beg, urge, encourage,
appeal
B. By the mercies of God – compassion
C. Present your bodies a living sacrifice – as
opposed to a sacrifice of life
D. Holy, Acceptable to God – pure, without
spot or blemish
E. Your reasonable service – since Christ died
for us we should live our lives for him. 2
Corinthians 5:15 and He died for all, that
those who live should live no longer for
themselves, but for Him who died for them
and rose again.

4. 1. THE ENEMY OF A
LIVING SACRIFICE
The World’s Mold,
“Do not be conformed
to this world.”

5. 1. “Do not be conformed to
this world.”
A.Exodus 23:2 You shall not follow a crowd
to do evil; nor shall you testify in a
dispute so as to turn aside after many to
pervert justice.
B.Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice
you, Do not consent.
C.Proverbs 4:14-15 Do not enter the path of
the wicked, And do not walk in the way of
evil. 15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn
away from it and pass on.

6. 1. “Do not be conformed to
this world.”
D.Romans 1:32 who, knowing the righteous
judgment of God, that those who practice
such things are deserving of death, not
only do the same but also approve of
those who practice them.
E. Ephesians 5:11-12 And have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For
it is shameful even to speak of those
things which are done by them in secret.

7. 2. THE ENTRANCE
INTO A LIVING
SACRIFICE
Transformation,
“Be transformed”

8. 2. “Be transformed”
A.Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O
God, And renew a steadfast spirit within
me.
B.Eze 18:31 Cast away from you all the
transgressions which you have
committed, and get yourselves a new
heart and a new spirit. For why should
you die, O house of Israel?
C.Eze 36:26 I will give you a new heart and
put a new spirit within you; I will take the
heart of stone out of your flesh and give
you a heart of flesh.

9. 2. “Be transformed”
D. 2 Cor 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart.
Even though our outward man is perishing,
yet the inward man is being renewed day by
day.
E. 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation; old things have passed
away; behold, all things have become new.
F. Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness
which we have done, but according to His
mercy He saved us, through the washing of
regeneration and renewing of the Holy
Spirit,

10. 3. THE ENHANCEMENT
FOR THE LIVING
SACRIFICE
A different way of thinking
“The renewing of your
mind”

11. 3. “The renewing of your mind”
A. Meaning of repentance - to change one's mind
and purpose, as the result of after knowledge.
Illustrated Bible Dictionary: And Treasury of
Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine,
and Literature.
B. Romans 8:5-9 For those who live according to
the flesh set their minds on the things of the
flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit,
the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally
minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law
of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who
are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are
not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the
Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does
not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

12. 3. “The renewing of your mind”
C. Colossians 3:9-10 Do not lie to one another, since
you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and
have put on the new man who is renewed in
knowledge according to the image of Him who
created him,
D. Eph 4:22-24 that you put off, concerning your former
conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according
to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit
of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man
which was created according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness.
E. Romans 8:5-7 For those who live according to the
flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but
those who live according to the Spirit, the things of
the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to
be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the
carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not
subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

13. 4. THE END RESULT OF A
LIVING SACRIFICE
The Will of God,
“Prove the good,
acceptable & perfect will
of God.”

14. 3. “Prove the good, acceptable
& perfect will of God.”
A. 1 Peter 4:1-2 Therefore, since Christ suffered for
us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same
mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has
ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live
the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of
men, but for the will of God.
B. Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me,
'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
C. Ephesians 5:8-10 For you were once darkness,
but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children
of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all
goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding
out what is acceptable to the Lord.
D. Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be unwise, but
understand what the will of the Lord is.

15. A LIVING SACRIFICE
A. Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect will
of God.
B. Are you presenting your body as a living
sacrifice?
C. Are you conforming to this world?
D. Have you been transformed by renewing your
mind?
E. Are you proving and following the will of God?