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Renewing your mind

Renewing your mind. Death is closer today. Romans 12:1-2.

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Renewing your mind

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  1. Renewing your mind

  2. Death is closer today.

  3. Romans 12:1-2 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. Do not be conformed, but be transformed Renewing of your minds

  4. Do Not be conformed Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words "to fashion or shape one thing like another," is translated "conformed" in Rom 12:2, AV; RV, "fashioned;" "fashioning" in 1Pe 1:14. This verb has more especial reference to that which is transitory, changeable, unstable;

  5. The world is always changing • Nations • Daniel 5:30-31 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. • Possessions • Proverbs 23:4-5 Do not overwork to be rich;Because of your own understanding, cease!5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not?For riches certainly make themselves wings;They fly away like an eagle toward heaven

  6. The world is always changing • Relationships • Job 2:9, 1 Samuel 16:23, 18:8-9 • Morals • Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. • 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  7. Be transformed Vines Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words “of believers, Rom 12:2, "be ye transformed," the obligation being to undergo a complete change …will find expression in character and conduct;… the present continuous tenses indicate a process”

  8. God doesn’t change • Malachi 3:6a “For I am the Lord, I do not change; • Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. • Character • 1 Peter 1:14-16 • Word • 1 Peter 1:22-25

  9. We must build on the solid foundation of his word Matthew 7:24-27 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

  10. Renewing our minds • By filling it with God’s word. • Colossians 3:9-10 • Philippians 4:8 • Changing our thinking, values and priorities. Mark 8:34-37 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

  11. Renewing our minds • By changing our behavior • Give up sinful habits – Hebrews 12:1 • Different companions – 1 Corinthians 15:33 • Laying aside “weights.” Hebrews 12:1

  12. Ask ourselves: • Are we different now than when we became a Christian? • Is Christ and His kingdom our number 1 priority?

  13. Be Saved today! • Have faith – Hebrews 11:6, John 3:16 • Confess Christ – Romans 10:10 • Repent of sin – Luke 13:3 • Be baptized – Mark 16:16 • Be Faithful – Revelation 2:10

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