"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
Under the influence and guidance of The Holy Spirit of God, the Apostle Paul wrote these words to the believers in Rome to encourage them not to conform to the ways of the world, but to transform themselves by renewing their minds in the ways of God.
We are encouraged to be living sacrifices to The Lord God. We are to behave in a Christ-like manner so as to please God. We are not to behave as the unsaved people of the world behave. We are to transform our walk and our talk by the renewing our mind in the ways of The Lord so that the Light of Christ that is within us, can shine through us, which is God's will for us. The unsaved people of this world are controlled by Satan, (2 Corinthians 4:4), and he does it through the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. (1 John 2:16) Believers are not of this world as Christ was not of this world. (John 8:23 and 18:36) We need to continually renew our minds so that our minds will be like the mind of Christ. (Philippians 2:5)
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Don't Conform But Transform And Renew Your Mind
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, His good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: 'Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.' " Romans 12:1-3 (NIV)
In his letter to the Christians in Rome, the Apostle Paul exhorted them to live as living sacrifices unto The Lord. He encouraged them to change their lives and no longer conform to the sinful patterns of this world, but to transform and renew their minds in order to do God's will. He told them not to think so highly of themselves in their current sinful positions.
The same could be said of us today, we need to change the way that we conduct our lives. We need to live our lives to please God and stop imitating the sinful worldly people that we see in life or on TV. We need to renew and refresh our minds with The Word of God and seek to please The Lord. Most of us think to highly of ourselves. We wrongfully think that the world would be a better place if everybody in it thought and acted just like us. If that were the case, truly a lot of bad things that now happen would no longer happen. However, there are a lot of good things that now happen which would no longer happen because we do not do them. We all need to do a better job of being Christ-like and that begins with transforming our thoughts and actions and renewing our minds with The Word of God.
In his letter to the Christians in Rome, the Apostle Paul exhorted them to live as living sacrifices unto The Lord. He encouraged them to change their lives and no longer conform to the sinful patterns of this world, but to transform and renew their minds in order to do God's will. He told them not to think so highly of themselves in their current sinful positions.
The same could be said of us today, we need to change the way that we conduct our lives. We need to live our lives to please God and stop imitating the sinful worldly people that we see in life or on TV. We need to renew and refresh our minds with The Word of God and seek to please The Lord. Most of us think to highly of ourselves. We wrongfully think that the world would be a better place if everybody in it thought and acted just like us. If that were the case, truly a lot of bad things that now happen would no longer happen. However, there are a lot of good things that now happen which would no longer happen because we do not do them. We all need to do a better job of being Christ-like and that begins with transforming our thoughts and actions and renewing our minds with The Word of God.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
A New Beginning
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
The beginning of a new year is a good time for a new beginning within your life. A change in you to go along with the change in time. There are things, habits, and people in all of our lives that we should let go of. We need to live our lives to please God. We need to stop acting like the unsaved people in the world. We need to change our way of thinking, transform and renew our mind, in order to be more consistent with the will of God.
With the beginning of the new year, let us renew our minds and begin a new beginning, a life dedicated to being more Christ -like.
The beginning of a new year is a good time for a new beginning within your life. A change in you to go along with the change in time. There are things, habits, and people in all of our lives that we should let go of. We need to live our lives to please God. We need to stop acting like the unsaved people in the world. We need to change our way of thinking, transform and renew our mind, in order to be more consistent with the will of God.
With the beginning of the new year, let us renew our minds and begin a new beginning, a life dedicated to being more Christ -like.
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