1.1 A Living Sacrifice

Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God…

I. THE MOTIVE of the sacrifice: "the mercies of God" — the most cogent motive that can possibly influence a Christian soul.

II. THE METHOD. It is to be an act of presentation. "Here am I; send me." Make what use of me Thou canst and wilt.

III. THE SUBJECT. "Our bodies."

IV. THE OBJECT. "Acceptable to God."

(W. Hay Aitken, M.A.)