Reasonable Sacrifice By the mercies of God Body

Reasonable Sacrifice • By the mercies of God • Body as living sacrifice • Holy • Acceptable

Stop Switch Spot • Stop conforming to the world • Switch or transform our mind to the mind of Christ • Spot what God’s perfect will for our lives

The 4 Ps of Awareness When Serving God Romans 12: 3

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Price-Awareness

Romans 12: 3 • 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Mercy Grace • 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. • 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

1 Corinthians 6: 20 • 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Pride-Awareness

Romans 12: 3 • 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

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Personal/Self-Awareness

Romans 12: 3 • 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Think Soberly • I am of sound mind, • am sober-minded, • exercise self-control

Think Soberly • Sōphroné – properly, safety-minded; having a sober outlook that reflects true balance.

• For the believer, sōphronéō ("think shrewdly") reflects what God defines is true moderation. • This God-controlled perspective blends the extremities of truth on both sides of a matter.

• The whole word-family (root, sōphro-) comes from two words: • Sōos ("safe") and • phrēn ("what regulates life, " the root of the English term, "diaphram").

Pistis (faith) Awareness

Romans 12: 3 • 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

Faith • Pístis • assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

Peithô (passive) • Persuasion, i. e. Credence; • moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation;

Acts 26: 28 • 28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian. ”

2 Cor 10: 12 -13 • 12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

2 Cor 10: 12 -13 • 13 We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us—a sphere which especially includes you.

Romans 12: 3 • 3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Ephesians 2: 8 -9 • 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Galatians 6: 4 -6 • 4 But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For each one shall bear his own load.

Summary

The 4 Ps of Awareness When Serving God • Price • Pride • Personal/Self • Pistis (Faith)