The Power of Transformation
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1 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.
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
Breaking with the norms
Breaking with the norms
Insanity defined
The pursuit of wisdom
++Is not a new thing
++Is the basis of education
++Is commanded by God
5 A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
By the Mercies of God
By the Mercies of God
God’s visible mercy
++Concern
++Compassion
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
God’s mercy compels a response
God’s mercy compels a response
We come to Him differently
++Holy
++Acceptable
35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
Paul Warns and Encourages
Paul Warns and Encourages
The Pattern of the World
++Compelling
++Comfortable
The Will of God
++The Good
++The Acceptable
++The Perfect
We must
++Be transformed
Be Transformed
Be Transformed
13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
We come to God
++As we are
++Broken
++Lost
++Sinful
God comes to us
++As He is
++Full of Love
++Full of Faith
We must
Be transformed
++Be renewed in our mind
Renew Your mind
Renew Your mind
How do we renew our mind?
++Read The Word
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
How do we renew our mind?
Read The Word
++Believe The Word
2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
How do we renew our mind?
Read The Word
Believe The Word
++Respond to The Word
21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Transformation speaks
++Alignment
++Assignment
Alignment
Alignment
6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Alignment is identity
++Person
++Purpose
++Position
Alignment is an agreement
++Teamwork
++Synergy
++Unity
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
Assignment
Assignment
14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Though handpicked by Jesus
++They did not believe
++Their heart was hardened
He did not rebuke them
He did not rebuke them
He rebuke their condition
He rebuke their condition
Jesus rebuked
++Their unbelief
++The hardness of their heart
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Jesus was not
++Overwhelmed by their condition
++Sidetracked by their failure
++Paralyzed by the moment
The moment that we are in does not change the mission we are on.
The moment that we are in does not change the mission we are on.
To make a difference we must be different
To make a difference we must be different
We must
Be transformed
Be renewed in our mind
++Do it differently
It will take Faith
It will take Faith
By Faith
++Noah was warned of God
++Abraham was called of God
++Sarah was strengthened by God
God uses faith to touch the natural world
It would be by faith that man would touch the divine
9 “The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways.
Challenge of the Church
++Purity
++Position
++Power
Man’s wisdom is limited
Man’s wisdom is limited
Man’s wisdom
++Sadducees _Accept the culture_
++Pharisees _Engaged the culture_
++Essenes _Abandoned the culture_
++Zealots _Fought the culture_
The time has changed but our choices is the same.
The time has changed but our choices is the same.
We can
++Accept it
++Join it
++Withdraw from it
++Appose it
15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
Neither of these activities brought lasting change.
Neither of these activities brought lasting change.
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.
4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;