Remember, there are no partial sacrifices. It either is...or it isn’t.
Which reminds me of a story. There was a chicken and a pig walking past a church one day, and they noticed posted on the outside bulletin board, "Helping the Poor." This is a true story by the way. So they walked away when the chicken suddenly suggested, "Brother pig, why don’t we give all those poor people a nice breakfast of ham and eggs?" The pig thought a moment and said, "Hey, that’s all right for you to say because for you it is only a contribution, but for me, it’s total commitment!"
Again, in verse 1, where it says to “… present your bodies” or some versions say “...you offer your bodies.”
If we just look at the words Paul is saying, what can we take away from it? …show more content…
No one's going to do it for you, and since you are presenting or offering yourself, it must be voluntary, it’s not going to be forced on you.
The 2nd thing to take away from this is: Even though he’s saying you or your, he’s not speaking to a specific person in his letter. What he means is, all of you, present yourselves to God.” The “YOU” here that Paul is using, even though it looks singular, it’s actually plural. Meaning that he’s speaking to all of us.
So, according to Paul, what exactly does God want from me?
∙ Well...What God wants from me... is apparently
Which reminds me of a story. There was a chicken and a pig walking past a church one day, and they noticed posted on the outside bulletin board, "Helping the Poor." This is a true story by the way. So they walked away when the chicken suddenly suggested, "Brother pig, why don’t we give all those poor people a nice breakfast of ham and eggs?" The pig thought a moment and said, "Hey, that’s all right for you to say because for you it is only a contribution, but for me, it’s total commitment!"
Again, in verse 1, where it says to “… present your bodies” or some versions say “...you offer your bodies.”
If we just look at the words Paul is saying, what can we take away from it? …show more content…
No one's going to do it for you, and since you are presenting or offering yourself, it must be voluntary, it’s not going to be forced on you.
The 2nd thing to take away from this is: Even though he’s saying you or your, he’s not speaking to a specific person in his letter. What he means is, all of you, present yourselves to God.” The “YOU” here that Paul is using, even though it looks singular, it’s actually plural. Meaning that he’s speaking to all of us.
So, according to Paul, what exactly does God want from me?
∙ Well...What God wants from me... is apparently