Research Paper On Romans Personal Sacrifice

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Romans Personal Sacrifice

"God uses people to be living sacrifices of His Good Works to help others understand truth, love commitment, honesty, integrity, longsuffering, and wisdom, as we all give and take, reap and sow, come and go; Dead people don't bury themselves!" ~ Jon Barnes

Honor Your Parents

People should honor their parents because life was given to them and it seems obvious to be thankful for being alive, nurtured, and cared for as a child. Respectfully, we should honor God in this manner for Fathering humanity providing for our needs. What I don't understand is how can people sacrifice themselves to evil ways, intentionally hurting their parents and themselves. Why commit to nonsense? It makes no sense. Stop lying to yourself

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