Romans 12:1-2 1 Kakabsatko , dawatek ngarud kadakayo , a gapu iti naindaklan nga asi ti Dios kadatayo , ipaayyo koma ti bagiyo a kas daton a sibibiag , nasantoan ken makaay-ayo kenkuana . Daytoy ti pudno a panagdaydayaw a rumbeng nga ipaayyo . 2 Saanyo a tultuladen dagiti ugali iti daytoy a lubong ngem palubosanyo a baliwannakayo ti Dios ket pabaroenyo a naan- anay ti panunotyo . Ket maammoanyonto ti pagayatan ti Dios—no ania ti naimbag , makaay-ayo kenkuana ken awan pagkuranganna .
TRUE AND PROPER WORSHIP Romans 12:1-2
As Christians, our supreme calling is to serve God with all our being, first and foremost in worship. “True worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers” (John 4:23).
God gave Himself for us in order that we might give ourselves to Him.
1. OFFER YOUR BODIES AS A LIVING SACRIFICE (v1) 1Kakabsatko, dawatek ngarud kadakayo , a gapu iti naindaklan nga asi ti Dios kadatayo , ipaayyo koma ti bagiyo a kas daton a sibibiag , nasantoan ken makaay-ayo kenkuana . Daytoy ti pudno a panagdaydayaw a rumbeng nga ipaayyo .
Hebreo 9:12 'Idi simrek ni Cristo iti Kasantoan a Disso — naminsan laeng ken para iti agnanayon — saan a dara dagiti kalding ken urbon a baka ti intugotna nga idaton , no di ket ti mismo a darana . Iti kasta , naitrabahona ti agnanayon a pannakaisalakantayo .
“ Because the only acceptable worship under the New Covenant is the offering of oneself to God as living sacrifice.”
By presenting our bodies as living sacrifices, we demonstrate our commitment to God because commitment involves sacrifice.
T he key to spiritual victory and true happiness is not in trying to get all we can from God but in giving all that we are and have to Him. The key to a productive and satisfying Christian life is not in getting more but in giving all.
There is sacrifice when you have a commitment. “… ipaayyo koma ti bagiyo a kas daton a sibibiag , nasantoan ken makaay-ayo kenkuana . Daytoy ti pudno a panagdaydayaw a rumbeng nga ipaayyo .” Romans 12:1
"Am I truly offering myself as a living sacrifice to God, or am I holding back certain areas of my life?" Do I actively seek to discern and align with God's will in all aspects of my life, or do I prioritize my own desires and plans?
Only a living and holy sacrifice is acceptable to God. Only in that way can we give Him our true and proper worship.
2. DO NOT CONFORM TO THE WORLD'S PATTERN 2Saanyo a tultuladen dagiti ugali iti daytoy a lubong … (v2) . " Dimo ipalubos a pilitennaka ti lubong iti aglawlawmo nga agbalin a kas kadakuada ."
The world is defined for us in 1 John 2:15-16 as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.
“T hose who are in the flesh cannot please God ” ( Romans 8:8 ) “Bad company corrupts good morals” (1 Corinthians 15:33)
John 15:19 “if you were of the world, the world will love its own” 19 No addakayo ti lubong , ayatennakayo ti lubong a kas bukodna ; ngem gapu ta saankayo a para iti lubong ken gapu ta pinilikayo manipud ti lubong , daytoy ti rason a guraennakayo ti lubong .
JAMES 4:4 “anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God” 1 JOHN 2:15 "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them."
"Do my words and behaviors reflect the character of Christ, or am I conforming to the patterns of this world?".
Remember, you are called to be different, to be a light in the darkness, to be a living example of God's love and grace.
We must not become victims of the world. We are to stop allowing ourselves to be fashioned after the present evil age in which we live.
3. RENEW YOUR MIND TO DISCERN GOD'S WILL (v2) ‘… ngem palubosanyo a baliwannakayo ti Dios ket pabaroenyo a naan- anay ti panunotyo . Ket maammoanyonto ti pagayatan ti Dios’
“ Hayaan ninyong baguhin ng Diyos ang inyong pag-iisip .” So, you need to be in the “Word” every opportunity you get.
EFESO 4: 22-23 22 Iwaksiyo ngarud ti daan a kinataoyo a nangidalan iti sigud a panagbiagyo — ti daan a panagbiagyo a mangdaddadael idi kadakayo gapu kadagiti tarigagay a nangyaw-awan kadakayo . 23 Masapul a naan- anay ti pannakapabaro ti puso ken isipyo .
Only the mind that is constantly being renewed by God’s Spirit working through God’s Word is pleasing to God. Only such a mind is able to make our lives “a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is our true and proper worship.”
Faith that causes you nothing is not faith at all.