Romans Chapters 12 & 13

In the last chapter Paul has just told us how we were grafted into the Olive Tree of Israel and those who are of the natural blood of Isreal who do not believe in Messiah have been cast off. He reminded us not to boast about this, but to be humble about it. We could very well be broken off and they could be grafted back in in our place.

With that in mind, he tells us our duty. We are to present our bodies as a living and set-apart sacrifice acceptable to Elohim. This is not a new concept (Psalm 116:12-19, 50:13-15, 69:30-31).

Regardless, if we are not obedient to Him, He is not interested in any sacrifice we have to offer (Jer. 6:19-20, Psalm 40:6-10).

The point Paul is obviously making here is that we are to submit our lives to His will and to obedience to His Instructions (Torah).

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