Dying, We Live
Romans 12:1-2
Theme: Sacrifice.
This week’s lessons remind us that the path to eternal life begins with the cross.
Lesson
Paul's words in Romans 12:1-2 are an urgent appeal to us to do something, to offer ourselves as living sacrifices to God. This is not done for us. It is something we must do. May I put it in other terms? It is the "obedience that comes from faith," which Paul wrote about early in the letter, saying, "Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith" (Rom. 1:5). So you see, again we are back to one of the great doctrinal teachings offered earlier.