“Our passage this morning still falls under the main heading of Romans
12:1-2.  We are still exploring what it means “to present your bodies as a
living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual
worship,” and this will require that we are not “conformed to this world,”
but instead are “transformed by the renewal of your mind,” so that we will
be able to discern the good and acceptable will of God…We are also still
exploring the subheadings of Romans 12:9 and 21, and what it looks like to
live out The Love Genuine by “overcom[ing] evil with good.”  Giving
ourselves wholly to God, and being transformed in our thinking, is
expressed in how we relate to all of the various earthly authorities in our
lives. God’s instructions regarding how to relate to our government are
part of “the obedience of faith” to which we are called, part of what it
looks like when the gospel transforms our lives, and part of how we ensure
that our worship to God is holy and acceptable…”

Ver todos los episodios