Session 4.28: July 24, 2026
Study session scripture: Romans 12:1-8
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
Study session topics:
Marks of the Christian Community, Part 1
Living sacrifice
Therefore-the biggest one yet
The strangeness of the phrase “living sacrifice”
How to offer ourselves as living sacrifices:
Resist the pressures of the world around us
Accept and cooperate with the sanctifying work of God
Spiritual gifts
Another warning against pride
The Body of Christ—one of Paul’s most famous illustrations
The purpose and application of spiritual gifts
Unity in Christ—Paul’s underlying point
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