Presenting Our Bodies A Living Sacrifice

Be Renewed in the Spirit of Your Mind" Ephesians 4:20-24; Romans 12:1-3, Luke 22:32

It's not enough just to know the Word of God in your head, it must be applied to your heart. Many of us can quote the Word or embrace the principles, but are we allowing the process of the Cross to be applied to our lives on a daily basis where we put away those sinful acts, lustful desires and works of the flesh. Before Salvation our minds were corrupt and devoid of the Truth. Even after Salvation we must yield our minds over to the Will of God. We must think like Christ in every aspect of life. This mind renewal process must be embraced and we must come to the realization that as a living sacrifice, I no longer live for myself but for the Will of God alone. To be a living sacrifice, I must be dead to self, sin, the world and Satan. Romans 12:2 states "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

The Holy Spirit will bring about this character change only as we exhibit faith in the Cross of Christ on a daily basis.(Romans 8:1-2). Our part is to yield or present ourselves as vessels in allowing the Holy Spirit to eliminate self in order to promote the character of Christ. He must increase as I decrease. It doesn't mean that I cease to exist but that my thoughts and perceptions match that of the Bible or Godhead. This is the process of growth which most of us run from in order to do our will/agendas.