In Romans 12 Paul gives what might be the first altar call.
Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Paul is asking for a surrender.
Todays Point: we’re not just surrendering up something, we are not just surrendering to something, we are surrendering to gain something: JESUS!
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Trust precedes his action to make the path straight.
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
When you surrender up your life to Jesus Christ this is what you can count on.
If God is for me…
John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
If God is for us…
Isaiah 46:9 for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
10 declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
11…I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.
That God is for you. That God is the one we call Father.
Because we’re not just surrendering up something, we are not just surrendering to something, we are surrendering to gain something: JESUS!
If God is for us.
If God is for us…