-Paul here lays down the principle from which all the parts of holiness flow. This is that we are redeemed by the Lord for the purpose of consecrating ourselves and all our members to Him.- So writes John Calvin as he begins to expound this twelfth chapter of Romans. Knowing you do not have any entitlement to God's mercy, but have in Christ received mercy, is the driving power for pursuing a life of consecrated service to God. We come now to consider living for God and His Son Jesus the Christ.