Romans 12:1-2
1 . I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
2 . And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
A sacrifice is an offering or total surrender of a gift to a person or deity. A living sacrifice means the sacrifice has life in it. The sacrifice mentioned in this scripture doesn't refer to killing oneself to shed blood, because of the blood of Jesus that was shed for us. God’s word tells us to present ourselves as a living sacrifice because, in order to please God, we must surrender totally unto Him so that, He will help us to live lives pleasing unto Him.
The way we can present our bodies as a living sacrifice is obeying the greatest commandments in, Matthew 22:37-40 which says,
37 . Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 . This is the first and great commandment.
39 . And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 . On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Now how do I prove my...