We've climbed this mountain of Romans up to Chapter 12 and the it feels like we might just slide down the slope and coast for a bit. Except that Paul didn't bring us to this crossroads of material (idolatry>true worship; tablets of stone>tablets of flesh; ethnic divisions>unity; weakness of the flesh>power of the body; and in Adam>in Christ) so that we could miss the understanding that we need to live into the world that God is making for us.
So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy. [1 Peter 1:13-16]