...flesh " That includes our "old man " and that's where the newness kicks in. Paul begs us, in Romans I2, "by the mercies of God, " to present our bodies "a living sacrifice. " Consider his plea. Everything that has happened to you in this life — good or bad — Paul asks...

...weight, and the sin which so easily beset us" (Hebrews 12:1). Paul beseeches us in Romans 12:1,".. .by the mercies of God, to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service." This is our service to Him in response...

...graces are not condemned by any law, but " perfect and complete in all the will of God." Once more, i we are besought, "by the mercies of God, to present our bodies" — ourselves, our souls and bodies — " a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is...