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We have to present ourselves each day before the Lord

Dr. Roberto Miranda

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: To live a life that pleases God and corresponds to His plan of salvation, we must present our bodies as a holy sacrifice. The word "present" used by Paul in the original Greek means to take something in your hands and carry it to put in front of someone, in this case, God. We must deliberately and intentionally present ourselves before the Lord every day, recognizing our struggles, contradictions, and sinful tendencies, and surrendering them to God for Him to transform and make us new in Christ Jesus. This surrender and commitment are necessary for us to live a holy life. We must say to the Holy Spirit, "today, Lord, deal with me and do what you want from me. I present my life to you and ask you to continue working on it, perfecting, and purifying me."

Devotionals based on Romans 12

In this series, Dr. Miranda delves deeply into Paul's exhortation in Romans 12:1-2 to "renew our minds" and "not be conformed to the world."

1 Such a beautiful and complete plan of salvation

2 The danger of taking lightly the call to holiness

3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?

4 We have to present ourselves each day before the Lord

5 Sin will have no dominion over us

6 We have to identify the areas of our life that are not addressed by God

7 Freed from sin to serve justice

8 Our old nature is crucified together with Christ

9 Our true life of worshiping the Lord is our conduct

10 Don't adapt to this world

11 Do not love the world or the things that are in the world

12 Let's aim for a transformed life

13 The gradual process of our transformation

14 In perpetual search for a higher level of holiness

15 A radical change

Due to the mercies of God, we must present our bodies as a holy sacrifice, pleasing to God. It is a very specific and very graphic way of making that call that the Bible makes over and over again to Christians to the life of holiness.

If we want to please God, if we want to live a life that corresponds to the great and the plan of salvation and to the holy character of God, what do we have to do, how can we ensure that kind of behavior? well Paul says here: presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God. This idea of presenting our bodies is loaded with meaning and we are going to unpack it a little bit.

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