Living Sacrifice (12:1-2) 

INTRODUCTION 

1. In Ro 12:1-2, Paul makes the following plea regarding transforming

   our lives:

2. As we consider this text, several questions come to mind...

   a. What does it mean to be transformed?

   b. What is the goal of transformation?

   c. What should motivate us to undergo transformation?

   d. What does one do in order to experience transformation?

I. THE DEFINITION OF TRANSFORMATION 

   A. THE WORD DEFINTION.. 

   B. THE CONCEPT...   

II. THE GOAL OF TRANSFORMATION 

   A. TO BECOME LIKE CHRIST...

   B. TO LIVE LIKE CHRIST...

      
III. THE MOTIVATION FOR TRANSFORMATION

   A. THE MERCIES OF GOD...

   B. THE LOVE OF CHRIST...

   C. THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE...

  IV. THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION 

   A. IN THE BEGINNING...

   B. RENEWING THE MIND...

   C. WHAT HINDERS MANY CHRISTIANS...

CONCLUSION 

1. We have been called to be "transformed" into the image of Christ...

2. God wants to give us a complete "make over"...

In light of God's wonderful grace, this is our "reasonable" service.

Shall we not prove to the world that God's will is "good, acceptable,

and perfect"...?