Bible Study IV

A Living Sacrifice - According to His Word

Romans 12:1, 2 I "beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God."

Greek & English Definitions:

beseech: (Greek) to call near, invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation); call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, give exhortation, entreat, pray.

mercies: (Greek) to exercise pity on; have compassion on, have mercy on.

God: (Greek) The Supreme God; The Sovereign King of the Heavens & Earth!!! The all ruling God who is absolute and sovereign! The Almighty God who is the absolute foundation of authority & power! Almighty God, who is of unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who possessing unlimited and infinite power! The Almighty God who is all powerful and resistless! The Almighty God who has omnipotent mercy, grace, blessings, power, and love! :

(Supreme meaning the highest in authority; holding the highest place in government or power; Highest, greatest, or most excellent; as supreme love; supreme glory; supreme degree; as, the Supreme Being; the most exalted being, of the heavens, of the universe, of the earth, God!).

(Sovereign meaning one who exercises power; a supreme ruler; the person having the highest authority in a state, as a king, emperor, queen etc.; a monarch; Supreme in power; possessing supreme power; independent of and unlimited by any other; royal; Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; potent; as, the Kingdom of God being a Sovereign state having the administration of its own government, and not dependent on or subject to another power).

(ruling meaning government; rule; Decision; determination; an oral or written order of a presiding judge or referee with regard to a matter of procedure; Predominant; chief; controlling).

(absolute meaning literally, in a general sense, free or independent of anything extraneous; Complete in itself; positive; Unconditional; Existing independent of any other cause; as, God is absolute; Unlimited by extraneous power or control; The independent, unrestricted, and perfect Being; God; generally with the; as, the power of the Absolute; that which is perfect or unrestricted; a condition of perfection).

(Almighty means possessing all power; omnipotent; A slang term for great; terrible; enormous; astonishing).

(authority meaning legal power; or a right to command or to act; as, the authority of the president or a governor; the authority of parents over children; the power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character or office; Testimony; witness; or the person who testifies; as, the Gospels or the evangelists are our authority for the miracles of Jesus Christ; The author of an authoritative statement, or one commanding the respect of others; or a book containing the writings of such an author; as, Almighty God is the author and authority of the Bible; the officers of government; the persons or the body exercising power or command).

(power meaning the latent or inherent property of a being, divine, human, or animal, manifested by endeavor, by reason, of which that being is capable of bringing about moral or physical changes; potency; Ability, material or moral; Capacity; susceptibility; force; strength; momentum; Influence; that which may move the mind; Command; the right of governing or actual government; dominion; rule; sway; ).

(unlimited meaning not limited; having no bounds; boundless; Undefined; indefinite; not bound by proper exceptions; Unconfined; not restrained).

(infinite meaning without limits; unbounded; boundless; not circumscribed, applied to time or space; Indefinitely large; immense; boundless; vast; exceedingly great I excellence, degree, capacity, and the like; Anything infinite; infinity; An infinite or incalculable number; The infinite Being, God ).

(possessing meaning to occupy in a person; to have as an occupant; to have and hold; To become or make oneself master of; to seize; to gain; to obtain the occupation of; To affect strongly; to pervade; to fill or take up entirely; To make acquainted with; to acquaint; to inform; To furnish or fill; to imbue or install into; To put in possession; to possess denotes to have as a possession; to make master or owner of; To have full power or mastery over, as, the Lord God Almighty possessing the total being of a person by and through “Holy Spirit” as that person is washed and cleansed in the precious Blood of His Son Jesus Christ ).

(resistless means that cannot be effectually opposed or withstood; irresistible; That cannot resist; helpless against)

(omnipotent meaning almighty; possessing unlimited power; all powerful; applied to the Deity; Having unlimited power; resistless; omnipotent love; as, the omnipotent God!).

present: (Greek) to stand beside, to exhibit, proffer, recommend, substantiate; or to be at hand or ready, aid; assist, bring before, command, commend, prove, provide:

(Webster’s) Being at hand; being before the face of the speaker, or near; being view; opposed to absent; Now existing, or being at this time; not past or future; being in view or under consideration; Ready at hand; quick in emergency; Favorably attentive; propitious; Directly impending; without delay; instant; as, present attention; present obedience: (proffer meaning to offer for acceptance; to make an offer of; An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another)

bodies: (Greek) the body (as a sound whole); bodily, body, slave.

living: (Greek) to live (literally or figuratively); life time; to be alive, to live, to be lively.

sacrifice: (Greek) the act or the victim, literally or figuratively; to sacrifice by fire; to immolate

(slaughter for any purpose); kill, do sacrifice, slay:

(Webster’s) The offering of anything to God, or to a deity or divinity; consecrated rite; That which is sacrificed, offered, or consecrated to God or to a divinity; an immolated victim or an offering of any kind laid upon an alter, or otherwise presented in he way of thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation; Destruction, surrender, or loss made or incurred for gaining something else; the devotion or giving up of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or a claim considered more pressing; To give up or surrender in favor of a higher or more imperative duty or claim; to destroy, give up, or surrender to be lost for the sake of obtaining something; To offer up a sacrifice or sacrifices; to make offerings to God, or to a divinity or deity, by the slaughter and burning of the victims, or of some part of them, on an alter.

holy: (Greek) meaning (an awful thing); sacred (physical pure, morally blameless, and ceremonially consecrated)’ most holy one, most holy thing; saint:

(awful meaning inspiring with awe; filling with profound reverence; impressive; as, the awful majesty of Jehovah; Struck with awe; evidencing awe (awe meaning fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear; feeling produced by sense of the dreadful and the sublime; To stand in awe of; to reverence deeply; to have great fear, dread, or respect for; having reverence which is having high respect slightly mingled with fear; also having veneration for which is the highest reverence men can pay to God as human beings by and through the Holy Ghost);

(Webster’s) Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use; having a sacred character or association; Free from sin; pure in heart; immaculate in morale character; perfect in moral sense; exhibiting holiness; righteousness; righteous.

acceptable: (Greek) fully agreeable; accepted, well pleasing; well done; fit; things that are pleasing; reason:

(Webster’s) that may be received with pleasure; pleasing to the receiver; gratifying; Agreeable or pleasing in person; as, a man makes himself acceptable by his services or civilities:

(agreeable meaning suitable; conformable; correspondent; consistent with, as the practice of virtue is consistent with the law of god and our own nature; In pursuance of; in conformity with; Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; Willing; ready to agree);

(accepted meaning kindly received; Received with a pledge to pay; Acceptable; Understood: generally received).

(well meaning in a proper or right manner; justly; not ill or wickedly; To or in a sufficient degree; abundantly; adequately; fully; perfectly; thoroughly; sufficiently; abundantly; Favorably; with praise or commendation; Skillfully; Being in health; having a sound body with regular performance of the natural and proper functions of all the organs; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; Being in favor; favored; At rest; free from the cares of the world; happy);

(pleasing meaning the act of gratifying; that which gives pleasure).

(done meaning performed, executed, finished)

reasonable: (Greek) rational (logical); reasonable, of the word; something said (including the thought); a topic (subject if discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; a computation; the Divine Expression; an account, a cause, a communication, a doctrine, a work, a work.

service: (Greek) ministration of God, worship; divine service; (a hired menial); to minister to God, render religious homage; serve, do the service, worship, worshiper.

conformed: (Greek) to fashion alike; conform to the same pattern; form to, fashion self according to; also denoting union; with or together, by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality; completeness.

world: (Greek) an age; perpetuity (also the past); by implication the world, meaning the political, economic, and social affairs, the day to day activities that afford the flesh to be satisfied, the political up evil that is created by man’s greed and lust for ungodly power, that include acts that fulfill the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life.

transformed: (Greek) to transform, literally or figuratively (metamorphose); change, transfigure, transforming;

(Webster's) To change the shape or appearance of; to metamorphose; To change the nature, character, disposition, or heart of:

(metamorphose meaning to change from one form into another; to cause to be different in form and structure; The result of metamorphic action; any change of form, shape, structure, or nature; transformation.).

renewing: (Greek) to renovate; renovation; a renewing.

mind: (Greek) the intellect, the mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication meaning, having purpose; the mind, the understanding:

prove: (Greek) to test (literally or figuratively); by implication to approve; to allow, discern, examine, try:

good: (Greek) benefit; good things: well:

acceptable: (Greek) fully agreeable; accepted, well pleasing; well done; fit; things that are pleasing; reason.

perfect: (Greek) complete (in a variety of applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); completeness: of a full age, man, perfect; (to set out for a definite point or goal); the point aimed at as the limit, the conclusion, of an act or state of (termination of an old habit, result of a change of heart, ultimate or prophetic), purpose; continual, finally, uttermost;

(Webster’s) Brought to a consummation or completion; having received and possessing all its parts; finished; completed; Having all that is requisite to its nature and kind; of the best, highest, or completest type; exact or unexceptionable in every particular; without blemish or defect; consummate; Fully informed; completely skilled; Complete in moral excellence; Quite certain; assured; To finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give (anything) all that is requisite to its nature and kind; as in,

1 John 4:12 “If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us”.

To instruct fully; to make fully skillful; A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent, or of great worth; An inherent or essential attribute of supreme or infinite excellence; The highest degree attainable; Christian perfection, the highest possible attainment consistent with the possession of a human body and a human nature, in distinction from absolute perfection.

will: (Greek) the act of willing; the act of determining a choice or forming a purpose; volition; The determination or choice of one possessing authority; discretionary pleasure; behest; command; decree; Absolute power to control, determine, or depose; arbitrary disposal; To determine by an act of choice; to form a distinct volition of; to ordain; to decree; to decide; To have an intention, purpose, or desire of; to desire or wish; to intend; To convey or express a command or authoritative instructions to; to command; to direct; to order; To make subservient to the will of another; to subject to the strength of the will of another.

of: (Greek) Expressing the relation of source or origin; Expressing partition or reference to whole or aggregate; out of; from among; Expressing possession or ownership; belonging to; Expressing attributes, qualities, or conditions; Expressing the relation of the object to a verbal notion; Expressing motives, reason, or ground; Expressing faculties or power granted; Expressing reference to an agent or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is done; Expressing apposition, identity, or equivalence; used with a name or appellation; Expressing passage or change from one state to another; Expressing reference to time or distance; During; in the course of.

Commentary

In this passage of Scripture as we accept Jesus Christ into our hearts and lives and are Born-Again, the Lord God Almighty by and through the Holy Spirit, in accordance to the “Word of God”, in the name of Jesus, begins to transform us into the image and likeness of Himself and of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Part of this transformation is instant when we confess the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and except Him into our hearts and lives, but this is just that act of salvation. Where the work of the Holy Spirit begins to build us and form us over a process of time, like a potter creating a vessel on a wheel, or as a black smith hammers a sword into a usable weapon with the use of a fiery forge, an anvil, and hammer, or as a gold smith refines the dross out of gold and silver.

Where each process is done over time and if the material that is being molded, hammered, or refined was able to speak would testify that being molded, hammered, or refined in a fiery furnace was not especially a process that was easy or that felt good.

But the end result being the mud turned into a vessel that is usable and/or is displayed on a shelf where those who pass by it often times admire it or desire to have one for themselves. Or the sword after it is taken from the ore of the ground and is processed into a usable weapon that over time and history has been the element that men has changed the course of history and has overthrown nations and kingdoms with. And the gold also taken from the ore of the earth, after it has been refined in the furnace, is one of the most desired an sought after minerals I the entire world, where it has never lost its value or will never rust regardless of what kind of elements it is exposed to, where the gold smith knows that it is refined to it perfection is when he can see his own image in it after he fires it and looks into it.

Where many Born-Again Christians become dismayed and lose their heart to serve God after they are saved because they begin to experience hardship and may even suffer the loss of things and loved ones. But through these experiences and times of hardship is when the Lord is molding, hammering, or refining us into the image and nature of His Son, Jesus Christ.

And when this process this metamorphose is complete to the point that we as usable to the Master of the Universe, to the Lord God Almighty, then His blessing's, His provision's, and His power and might will be made manifest to us and though us, mightily...!!!

Although we will continue to experience obstacles and adversities throughout life, we will come to know that, as He is, so are we in this present world, and as we submit to His perfect will, purpose, and plan that He (God) has for our lives, He will show Himself strong in our behalf, where we by and through the Spirit God will do the works and even the greater works of God, as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ had said.

Therefore, as hard as it is when we are one the potter's wheel, or are being hammered and forged by the black smith, or are being refined in the fiery furnace, look up and give Him great praise and glory for this is only the process that God is bringing us through that we may be used for His eternal purpose and glory. Amen and Amen....!!!

That we may be that living sacrifice, and prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God”, where God our God will be glorified by and through our lives....!

Author:

Na To Ah Wa Pii (Holy Speaker)

Bible Study IV

A Living Sacrifice - According to His Word

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