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Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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.
A lot of churches should heed and take note of these verses, if they have the guts to face the honesty. Many are more like the world than what Jesus intended. A thorough and intense housecleaning is needed.
Romans 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
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.
He (Jesus) is removing my worldly conformance, daily. Great verses. I think many don't realize that to love the world is to be aligned against Christ.
What do you think it means to be like the world? I think of it as ego such as How am I doing especially in relation to other people? I don't think there is anyway to be more like "the world" than to try and be better than it. Consider the Pharisee of Luke 18: 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ To say that you are like Jesus and not like the world means you are "the world" in that scripture. "Who me, oh no...I'm no part of the world. Those people are vile and wicked. I strive to follow Jesus." Yeah, stop doing that.
Being conformed to this world, in my opinion, is to not having power over it. In other words....being "free" from it.
Being born into this world, innocent as ADAM, (Baby) and then becoming independent ... "as one of us"...via ..."the tree of knowledge of good and evil"... the world became our master under the burden of the law.
To be non-conformed to it prior to Christs coming was unattainable and no victory.
Only with the re-introduction of another tree..."the tree of life"...does mankind have hope and victory.
..."be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind"... is in the spiritual sense. The renewal of ones spirit. A rebirth that is of Jesus' Spirit can we be free from the burden of merit and into a work of love. Love proving things that are good, acceptable and in Gods perfect will.
In my younger years I tried being the most perfect person I could be, only to find out that I was lifting myself up so high, that I looked down on my neighbor to condemn them.
As a matter of fact I was further from the truth than I realized. In my zeal, to be a non-conformist godly person, I was actually condemning myself. Self-righteous.
I really wasn't free as I thought I was. I did learn from the school of hard knocks, as many religious people sometimes do, that love is the only perfect ingredient that sets us free.
It is Christ's Love that sets us free not ours. If free, than there is absolutely nothing in this world that can in-slave you again.
So, if your looking to be, via good works, a religious non-conformist, take it from me.....you won't make it.
But, if you learn just what Gods love is all about and understand it, your mind will be transformed to become free of any condemnation of others.
The love of God is beyond human imagination for many who cannot see God not condemning someone we think He should.
Being conformed to this world, in my opinion, is to not having power over it. In other words....being "free" from it.
Being born into this world, innocent as ADAM, (Baby) and then becoming independent ... "as one of us"...via ..."the tree of knowledge of good and evil"... the world became our master under the burden of the law.
To be non-conformed to it prior to Christs coming was unattainable and no victory.
Only with the re-introduction of another tree..."the tree of life"...does mankind have hope and victory.
..."be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind"... is in the spiritual sense. The renewal of ones spirit. A rebirth that is of Jesus' Spirit can we be free from the burden of merit and into a work of love. Love proving things that are good, acceptable and in Gods perfect will.
In my younger years I tried being the most perfect person I could be, only to find out that I was lifting myself up so high, that I looked down on my neighbor to condemn them.
As a matter of fact I was further from the truth than I realized. In my zeal, to be a non-conformist godly person, I was actually condemning myself. Self-righteous.
I really wasn't free as I thought I was. I did learn from the school of hard knocks, as many religious people sometimes do, that love is the only perfect ingredient that sets us free.
It is Christ's Love that sets us free not ours. If free, than there is absolutely nothing in this world that can in-slave you again.
So, if your looking to be, via good works, a religious non-conformist, take it from me.....you won't make it.
But, if you learn just what Gods love is all about and understand it, your mind will be transformed to become free of any condemnation of others.
The love of God is beyond human imagination for many who cannot see God not condemning someone we think He should.
I think of it as ego such as How am I doing especially in relation to other people? I don't think there is anyway to be more like "the world" than to try and be better than it. [i]
and so you think that maybe Moses or Abraham or king David . even worried about accusing people of that? how many times did it even cross their mind to worry about ego or worry about what others thought about ego's.. .. maybe someone needs to drop you on the back side of some deserts someplace so you can find out just how often you worry about your ego or accusing anyone of it.
my guess is it only ever occurred maybe in Sodom just before it rained brimstone on them.
What do you think it means to be like the world? I think of it as ego such as How am I doing especially in relation to other people? I don't think there is anyway to be more like "the world" than to try and be better than it. Consider the Pharisee of Luke 18: 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ To say that you are like Jesus and not like the world means you are "the world" in that scripture. "Who me, oh no...I'm no part of the world. Those people are vile and wicked. I strive to follow Jesus." Yeah, stop doing that.
How does one become great in the world? How does one become great in the kingdom of God?
World - people serve you.... God - you serve others
World - accumulate more.... God - give more
World - function by sight.... God - function by faith
World - seek popularity .... God - seek your heavenly Father in secret
It's a totally different operating system.
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