Matt Morton

Grace Bible Church

“Living Sacrifice”

Romans 12

The mercy of God in Jesus Christ calls us to a lifestyle of worship, not merely with our lips but with our bodies and minds as well.

Romans Outline (so far)

I. Introduction/Theme (1:1-17)

II. All of Humanity Condemned Because of Sin (1:18-3:20)

A. God’s Wrath Revealed (1:18-32)

B. The Moral Man Condemned (2:1-16).

C. The Religious Jew Condemned (2:17-3:8).

D. Everybody is Guilty (3:9-20).

III. Justification: God Gives Us His Righteousness (3:21-5:21)

A. The Work of Jesus In Salvation (3:21-26).

B. Saved Through Faith Alone (3:27-4:25).

C. The Blessings of Justification (5:1-11).

D. Identified With Christ (5:12-21).

IV. Sanctification: Practical Righteousness (6:1-8:39).

A. Dead to Sin, Alive to God (6:1-14).

B. Free From Sin, Servants of God (6:15-23).

C. The Problem of the Flesh (7:1-25).

D. The Power of the Spirit (8:1-13).

E. The Blessings of Adoption (8:14-27).

F. The Security of Salvation (8:28-39).

V. God’s Faithfulness to Israel (9:1-11:36).

VI. Practical Responses to the Gospel (12-15).

I. God’s Mercy Calls Us to a Life of Worship (1-2).

-With Our Bodies

“And how is the body, it may be said, to become a sacrifice? Let the eye look on no evil thing, and it hath become a sacrifice; let thy tongue speak nothing filthy, and it hath become an offering; let thine hand do no lawless deed, and it hath become a whole burnt offering.”

—Chrysostom

-With Our Minds

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

—2 Corinthians 4:16

II. We Worship By Serving the Church (3-8).

III. We Worship By Loving the Saints (9-13, 15-16).

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

—1 John 4:20

IV. We Worship By Loving Our Enemies (14, 17-21).

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

—Romans 5:10

How can you cultivate a lifestyle of worship?