The Renewing of Your Mind
Rom.12:2
If you ever want to find God’s perfect will, you must renew your mind. Change your thinking. When you got saved you were given the mind of Christ [1 Cor.2:16], are you using it, or are you still using your old man’s mind? The world will tell you “you can do anything you put your mind to”, wrong but your mind is the first thing that needs to change. Paul says that we should not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of our mind.
First step – Conformed (Made to resemble, reduced to a likeness of, made agreeable to)
The world wants to control your mind or thinking!
Your hope in not conforming to this world is in the renewing of your mind.
Second Step – Transformed (Changed in form or external appearance)
If you are transformed, something external should appear, fruit!
Not a one step process but a step by step process
When you take the step to renew your mind you open up the method for God to direct you.
Final Step – Preformed – The proof (three wills of God)
Good – [Luke 17:10] Minimum, no rewards, only what was your duty to do
Acceptable – [1Tim.2:1-4] [1Pet.2:20] good and acceptable, live right and do some of what God says to do. Do what is convenient, done on your terms, Judges 13, Samson.
Perfect – Find out what God wants and do it.
Noah – [Gen.6:11-14] do it, [Gen.6:22] did it
Renew your mind and be transformed!