In response to all of God‘s mercies described in the first 11 chapters, we are to present our bodies and be renewed in our minds.
The Jerusalem Council kept the door of salvation open to all Jews and non-Jews who repent and believe in Jesus Christ.
To be ready for Jesus’ coming, we need to be doing what he has already told us to do.
Through a series of mistakes by the disciples, Jesus taught them and us what following him is not.