A Living Sacrifice

A study on the purpose and meaning of being a living sacrifice

This study is designed for the serious student of the word; it works through exegesis and
will require your efforts to get through. In order to complete this study, you will need the
following:
(1) Bible
a. At least 2 versions, KJV and a second version of your choice. I
recommend the Amplified or the Message. Using the NKJV or
modern KJV are merely modified KJV. You need a version that is
substantially different
(2) Concordance with Lexicon, Strongs and/or Thayers
(3) A Commentary on the bible, Clarke’s, Matthew Henry’s or JFB
(4) A dictionary/encyclopedia; Brown’s, Hitchcock’s, ISBE
(5) A notebook

One good source of all of this can be found in many computer based programs; my
personal favorite is e-sword because it is free and has many of the tools you will need to
do this study.

I.Romans 12.1-2
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. (2) 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.

1) Words and definitions

For each of the words below, determine the Greek word and definition. If
the definition is plural or a verb (i.e., apples is defined as more than one
apple or destroying is defined as to destroy) then go to the root and
determine its definition.

a. Beseech
b. Mercies
c. Present
d. Living
e. Sacrifice
f. Acceptable
g. Reasonable
h. Service
i. Conformed
j. World
k. Transformed
 l. Renewing
m. Mind
n. Prove
o. Good
p. Acceptable
q. Perfect
r. Will

The two passages of scripture can be broken down in a number of individual

passages.

2) I beseech you therefore, brethren

When every the word “therefore” is encountered; it is indicating the result
of an argument for or against a specific case. What is that case, as found in
chapter 11?

a. Romans 11.32 – read from a version different from KJV

1. Ref: Gal 3.22; Rom 1.19-20

b. What does the word ‘concluded’ mean (KJV)?

c. What does the scripture mean?
d. How does this relate to understanding the will of God?
e. Why is it so important that our understanding be supplied by God?
i. John 1.7
ii. John 12.32
iii. 1 Tim 2.4
iv. Isa 53.11
v. Hab 2.13-14
vi. Prov 3.5-6
f. Research the meaning of ‘depth of the riches’.
i. Psa 107
1. This passage is one that would be sung to the people
and they would respond with verse 8 and subsequent
identical verses. Try praying this psalm to the Lord.
ii. Prov 25.2-3
iii. Eph 3.17-18
iv. Rom 2.4
v. Rom 9.23
vi. Eph 3.8-16
vii. Col 1.27
viii. Col 2.2-3
g. Research ‘unsearchable’
i. Job 5.9
ii. Job 9.23
iii. Job 11.7-9
iv. Job 26.14
v. Job 37.19
 vi. Psa 36.6
vii. Psa 40.5
viii. Ecl 3.11
ix. Dan 4.35
h. The remainder of Rom 11 expounds the greater understanding of
our relationship to this knowledge and our capability to understand
it. What can you now say about the knowledge of God and his
judgments? Do you understand why Paul would use such a strong
word as ‘beseech’?
i.