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Post by Theophilus on Jul 11, 2023 6:30:31 GMT -8
We realize it's not real clear "How to Reply to a post" As the space where your reply until it's very hard to see. The next post I will add Screenshots to help.
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Post by Theophilus on Jul 11, 2023 6:33:28 GMT -8
We realize it's not real clear "How to Reply to a post" As the space where your reply until it's very hard to see. The next post I will add Screenshots to help. Because my Above Post Was So small You have this large area it's easy to see. Your reply will go here. On my next post I will fill this area in with text and you'll be able to see the area for you to click in for your reply is very small and hard to see. |
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Post by Theophilus on Jul 11, 2023 6:35:30 GMT -8
We realize it's not real clear "How to Reply to a post" As the space where your reply until it's very hard to see. The next post I will add Screenshots to help. Because my Above Post Was So small You have this large area it's easy to see. Your reply will go here. On my next post I will fill this area in with text and you'll be able to see the area for you to click in for your reply is very small and hard to see. Okay so this area is where I will fill it in with text and show you what I'm talking about. "In Romans 12:1, Paul says, “I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.”
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Paul’s admonition to the believers in Rome was to sacrifice themselves to God, not as a sacrifice on the altar, as the Mosaic Law required the sacrifice of animals, but as a living sacrifice. The dictionary defines sacrifice as “anything consecrated and offered to God.” As believers, how do we consecrate and offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice?
Under the Old Covenant, God accepted the sacrifices of animals. But these were just a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. Because of His ultimate, once-for-all-time sacrifice on the cross, the Old Testament sacrifices became obsolete and are no longer of any effect (Hebrews 9:11-12).
For those who are in Christ by virtue of saving faith, the only acceptable worship is to offer ourselves completely to the Lord. Under God’s control, the believer’s yet-unredeemed body can and must be yielded to Him as an instrument of righteousness (Romans 6:12-13; 8:11-13). In view of the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus for us, this is only “reasonable.”
What does a living sacrifice look like in the practical sense? The following verse (Romans 12:2) helps us to understand. We are a living sacrifice for God by not being conformed to this world. 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. All that the world has to offer can be reduced to these three things.
The lust of the flesh includes everything that appeals to our appetites and involves excessive desires for food, drink, sex, and anything else that satisfies physical needs. Lust of the eyes mostly involves materialism, coveting whatever we see that we don’t have and envying those who have what we want. The pride of life is defined by any ambition for that which puffs us up and puts us on the throne of our own lives.
How can believers NOT be conformed to the world? By being “transformed by the renewing of our minds.” We do this primarily through the power of God’s Word to transform us. We need to hear (Romans 10:17), read (Revelation 1:3), study (Acts 17:11), memorize (Psalm 119:9-11), and meditate on (Psalm 1:2-3) Scripture.
The Word of God, ministered in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, is the only power on earth that can transform us from worldliness to true spirituality. In fact, it is all we need to be made “complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16, NKJV). The result is that we will be “able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2b).
It is the will of God for every believer to be a living sacrifice for Jesus Christ." |
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Post by Theophilus on Jul 11, 2023 6:37:57 GMT -8
Because my Above Post Was So small You have this large area it's easy to see. Your reply will go here. On my next post I will fill this area in with text and you'll be able to see the area for you to click in for your reply is very small and hard to see. Okay so this area is where I will fill it in with text and show you what I'm talking about. "In Romans 12:1, Paul says, “I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.”
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Paul’s admonition to the believers in Rome was to sacrifice themselves to God, not as a sacrifice on the altar, as the Mosaic Law required the sacrifice of animals, but as a living sacrifice. The dictionary defines sacrifice as “anything consecrated and offered to God.” As believers, how do we consecrate and offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice?
Under the Old Covenant, God accepted the sacrifices of animals. But these were just a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. Because of His ultimate, once-for-all-time sacrifice on the cross, the Old Testament sacrifices became obsolete and are no longer of any effect (Hebrews 9:11-12).
For those who are in Christ by virtue of saving faith, the only acceptable worship is to offer ourselves completely to the Lord. Under God’s control, the believer’s yet-unredeemed body can and must be yielded to Him as an instrument of righteousness (Romans 6:12-13; 8:11-13). In view of the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus for us, this is only “reasonable.”
What does a living sacrifice look like in the practical sense? The following verse (Romans 12:2) helps us to understand. We are a living sacrifice for God by not being conformed to this world. 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. All that the world has to offer can be reduced to these three things.
The lust of the flesh includes everything that appeals to our appetites and involves excessive desires for food, drink, sex, and anything else that satisfies physical needs. Lust of the eyes mostly involves materialism, coveting whatever we see that we don’t have and envying those who have what we want. The pride of life is defined by any ambition for that which puffs us up and puts us on the throne of our own lives.
How can believers NOT be conformed to the world? By being “transformed by the renewing of our minds.” We do this primarily through the power of God’s Word to transform us. We need to hear (Romans 10:17), read (Revelation 1:3), study (Acts 17:11), memorize (Psalm 119:9-11), and meditate on (Psalm 1:2-3) Scripture.
The Word of God, ministered in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, is the only power on earth that can transform us from worldliness to true spirituality. In fact, it is all we need to be made “complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16, NKJV). The result is that we will be “able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2b).
It is the will of God for every believer to be a living sacrifice for Jesus Christ."here is Where is your reply will go. And as you can see from the photo it has gotten much smaller. On a very long post it becomes so small That if you didn't know it was there you would not see it. |
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Post by Theophilus on Jul 11, 2023 6:41:32 GMT -8
Okay so this area is where I will fill it in with text and show you what I'm talking about. "In Romans 12:1, Paul says, “I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.”
nnnn
Paul’s admonition to the believers in Rome was to sacrifice themselves to God, not as a sacrifice on the altar, as the Mosaic Law required the sacrifice of animals, but as a living sacrifice. The dictionary defines sacrifice as “anything consecrated and offered to God.” As believers, how do we consecrate and offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice?
Under the Old Covenant, God accepted the sacrifices of animals. But these were just a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. Because of His ultimate, once-for-all-time sacrifice on the cross, the Old Testament sacrifices became obsolete and are no longer of any effect (Hebrews 9:11-12).
For those who are in Christ by virtue of saving faith, the only acceptable worship is to offer ourselves completely to the Lord. Under God’s control, the believer’s yet-unredeemed body can and must be yielded to Him as an instrument of righteousness (Romans 6:12-13; 8:11-13). In view of the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus for us, this is only “reasonable.”
What does a living sacrifice look like in the practical sense? The following verse (Romans 12:2) helps us to understand. We are a living sacrifice for God by not being conformed to this world. 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. All that the world has to offer can be reduced to these three things.
The lust of the flesh includes everything that appeals to our appetites and involves excessive desires for food, drink, sex, and anything else that satisfies physical needs. Lust of the eyes mostly involves materialism, coveting whatever we see that we don’t have and envying those who have what we want. The pride of life is defined by any ambition for that which puffs us up and puts us on the throne of our own lives.
How can believers NOT be conformed to the world? By being “transformed by the renewing of our minds.” We do this primarily through the power of God’s Word to transform us. We need to hear (Romans 10:17), read (Revelation 1:3), study (Acts 17:11), memorize (Psalm 119:9-11), and meditate on (Psalm 1:2-3) Scripture.
The Word of God, ministered in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, is the only power on earth that can transform us from worldliness to true spirituality. In fact, it is all we need to be made “complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16, NKJV). The result is that we will be “able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2b).
It is the will of God for every believer to be a living sacrifice for Jesus Christ."here is Where is your reply will go. And as you can see from the photo it has gotten much smaller. On a very long post it becomes so small That if you didn't know it was there you would not see it. |
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Post by Theophilus on Jul 11, 2023 6:52:55 GMT -8
here is Where is your reply will go. And as you can see from the photo it has gotten much smaller. On a very long post it becomes so small That if you didn't know it was there you would not see it. Click Quote In the upper right hand corner then If you look right above the lower left hand corner Where it says Preview BBCode this Is where your reply will go see photo. Like I mentioned above sometimes this area is so small you can't hardly see it. ![]()  |
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Post by civic on Jul 11, 2023 6:54:37 GMT -8
If you look right above the lower left hand corner Where it says preview BBCode Is where your reply will go see photo like I mentioned above sometimes this area is so small you can't hardly see it. ![]() View Attachment did you see the above picture ? |
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Post by arial on Jul 11, 2023 7:01:42 GMT -8
If you look right above the lower left hand corner Where it says preview BBCode Is where your reply will go see photo like I mentioned above sometimes this area is so small you can't hardly see it. ![]() View Attachment did you see the above picture ? OK. I have tried that before as that makes sense, but was unable to type in that space. So I tried following all the instructions given on the site and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. And if it sort of worked it posted my photo twice. But I will keep wrestling with it. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 11, 2023 7:14:24 GMT -8
arial did you see the above picture ? OK. I have tried that before as that makes sense, but was unable to type in that space. So I tried following all the instructions given on the site and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. And if it sort of worked it posted my photo twice. But I will keep wrestling with it. We will have a new Forum soon. One that works right. So please hang in there. And sorry for the Inconvenience. We appreciate you being here. |
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