Transformation

The renewing of our mind will transform us…

Do you want to be transformed?

Do you need to be transformed?

Rom 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

We are being given instructions - these are Spirit inspired, God given, Christ approved instructions for US.

We MUST choose NOT TO BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD.

We MUST choose TO BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF OUR MINDS.

Mat_22:37  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

LOVE GOD - with ALL OUR MIND.

Mar_12:30  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

LOVING GOD - with all our MIND- the FIRST COMMANDMENT.

Act_17:11  These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

READINESS OF MIND- SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY.

Act_20:19  Serving the Lord with all humility of mind

HUMILITY OF MIND.

Rom_7:25  I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

With our MIND - SERVE THE LAW OF GOD.

Rom_8:7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be

We cannot have a CARNAL mind- a MIND focused on the flesh nature.

Rom_12:16  Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

The SAME MIND TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

MIND NOT HIGH THINGS.

BE NOT WISE in our OWN CONCEITS.

Rom_15:6  That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

BE ONE MIND - GLORIFY GOD.

1Co_2:16  For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST!

2Co 8:12  For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

A WILLING MIND.

2Co_13:11  Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

BE OF ONE MIND.

Eph_4:17  This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind

WE MUST NOT WALK IN THE VANITY OF OUR MINDS.

Eph 4:22  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Eph 4:23  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind

PUT OFF THE OLD CORRUPT MAN FILLED WITH DECEITFUL LUSTS- BE RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR MINDS!

Php_1:27  Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel

ONE MIND STRIVING TOGETHER FOR THE FAITH OF THE GOSPEL.

Php_2:2  Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

THE SAME LOVE- ONE ACCORD- ONE MIND.

Php_3:19  Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

WE MUST NOT MIND EARTHLY THINGS.

Col_1:21  And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

WE ARE ALIENATED AND ENEMIES IN OUR MINDS BY WICKED WORKS.

2Ti_1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

A SOUND MIND FROM GOD.

Heb_8:10  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people

GOD'S LAWS IN OUR MINDS!

1Pe_1:13  Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ

WE MUST GIRD UP OUR MINDS- BE SOBER, HOPE TO THE END.

1Pe_3:8  Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous

ONE MIND- COMPASSIONATE-LOVE-PITYING-COURTEOUS

1Pe_4:1  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin

SAME MIND AS CHRIST.

As you can tell, our minds are talked about quite a bit. We can't ignore the transforming of our minds, we can't without turning a blind eye to truth. 

Satan has talked about brainwashing and cults until people are fearful of any mind transformation, any non-conformity with the world. We are called rebels and troublemakers when we dare to not-conform. We are called crazy and lunatics when we speak about mind transformation. Satan has done his job well.

The truth is we really do have to have a mind transformation. We really do have to NOT conform to the world.

So let me ask you- do you stick out like a sore thumb in our world? Or do you fit right in with the world? Is it a comfortable fit? Put yourself in a group of a hundred strangers, do you fit it? You have to ask yourself these things.  What about fifty people? Twenty? Ten?  We try to fit in, we go to great lengths to fit in, to belong, to feel at home and comfortable with others.  We laugh at jokes that inwardly a small voice is telling us we shouldn't be laughing at. We catch ourselves saying things a minute too late and then keeping on saying things because we can't seem to shut up. The remorse fills us and the need to confess, to repent grows and we feel an awful sense of guilt and despair.  We are caught up in a huge trap of Satan's devising and he knows how to use it so well.

More tomorrow, all by the GRACE and MERCY of our GOD!

All in the love of our SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!

AMEN!