Worship thoughts part II

Anyhow, in the NT we have this new definition in Rom 12. It is basically saying:

Start with this revelation of God’s mercy and generosity. This whole request from Paul starts here. Have a revelation (a “view”), of God’s pity. This is not Grace, but Mercy. In response to this Divine Mercy (and subsequently VIA His Mercy) do this….

Make an offering of yourselves, your life, even your physicality. But this time, instead of giving it once, give it as a living, pro-active, constant sacrifice. Over to death, all the time. But over to death, just like the OT version. Be a constantly dying offering, giving yourself over to the burning. Sacrifice used here means the breathing out, the burning up of something. So a living dying. But it is something you elect to do, and put yourself in, not God. If God does it, it is discipline and sanctification. If you do it, it is worship. More on that later.

This is your spiritual act (a living constant act). It is also a logical, rational response (look at the Greek behind those words). In fact, the word for God here is theos, and the word reasonable derives itself from logos. Trippy in the fact it references a relationship to logos and theos, similar to John 1……

Rom 12:2 seems to be a different, but related thought, Kind of an “add-on”. Paul seems to be saying “Do this worship thing, and as well change your thinking so you can be confident about what God wants and is directing you to do about it”.