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Romans chapter 12, verses 1 and 2.

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.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing

you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

These two verses form a very significant, even transition point in Romans.

As for 11 chapters, Paul has talked about the beauty of the gospel, given one of the most glorious

pictures of the gospel in all the Bible. So then after all of that over 11 chapters,

Paul says, therefore, brothers, I appeal to you in light of the mercies of God in the gospel.

What a picture of mercy he's just painted.

We were enemies of God.

God sent Jesus to pay the price for our sins to endure the judgment we deserve as a

propitiation, a sacrifice for us,

that turns away God's wrath from us, that we might become friends of God, that we might

be reconciled to God through faith, not through work, but through trusting in His grace,

his freely given grace.

We now have new life in Christ.

We're saved from death.

Nothing can separate us from God's love.

His mercy is unfathomable.

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