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Essential practices of Christian life Part 2 . Transformed Life. Romans 12:2. Don’t let the world squeeze you into its mold .”- Message.
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Essential practices of Christian lifePart 2 Transformed Life
Romans 12:2 • Don’t let the world squeeze you into its mold.”- Message. • Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. NLT
Romans 12:2 • And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. NASB
1. Mandate for transformation • Castoffs the Mold • Shaping the Mind
Repent • Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Mathew 3:2 • From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Mathew 4:17 • John 3 :3 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”.
2. Manner of transformation • Remember there is no growth without struggle. “No pain, no gain.” • Three types of people in the church. • 1 Cori.2:14-16 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ. • 1 Cori. 3:1And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.
The process • T + HH + GS = SG • T= Time • HH = Holy Habits • GS = Godly Support • SG = Spiritual Growth
How can you renew your mind? • Exchanged life. Galatians 2:20 • Put off and put on Ephesians 4:22-24 • Posses the mind of Christ 1 Cori 2:16
3. Motive of transformation • Romans 12:2 Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. NLT
God’s will • It is Good • It is pleasant • It is perfect