So it is with our enlightened understanding, with our tender conscience, and our heavenly affections. It is done wherever you are. Nothing between my soul and the Savior, 7. we won't be conformed to the world. It is ration for the soul, resources of and for the spirit, treasure for the inner man. I don't know a greater place for a woman to meditate than while washing the dishes. For instance, it is Gods will for us to be good citizens as a challenge to those opposed to Christ (1 Peter 2:15), to give God thanks no matter what (1 Thess. It's not how many times you "go through" the Bible, but how much of the Bible "goes through" you! Paul assures us that this is not the great risk so many fear. Conformity to the world is the bane of many professors in this day. But would you have a heaven below as well as a heaven above? "I will meditate on them. As we travel heavenward, lets cooperate with Gods construction of our lives. 8If you have the grace-gift of encouragement,[. Instead, honestly assess your worth by using your God-given faith as the standard of measurement, and then you will see your true value with an appropriate self-esteem. This verb speaks of an outward conforming, that which is external and does not represent what is on the inside. This is truly the way to worship him. For example, are you having trouble loving someone totally unlovable!? Jerome Hines said, "I won't sing if you are going to have this kind of a dance in it." leads to When He warns us in this way, we must stop at once and be renewed in the spirit of our mind to discern Gods will (Ro 12:2 ). Jerome did. Paul would say that left to ourselves we live a life kata sarka, dominated by human nature at its lowest; in Christ we live a life kata Christon or kata pneuma, dominated by Christ or by the Spirit. They are two sides of one process; both arising from the renewing of the mind within. One day he heard a man singing. Heaven is our country, and the Lord is our King. Conversion and sanctification are the renewing of the mind; a change, not of the substance, but of the qualities of the soul. As we follow Jesus, our motives, values, and habits are bound to be different from those who are not Christians. They feel just to think about the event should do something for them. Jon Courson asks "Are you a thermometeradjusting to the temperature of the culture, or are you a thermostatchanging the climate of the culture? It will never be dull. And eagerly welcome people as guests into your home. It is used by the fabulous writers to signify the change or metempsychosis of animals into trees, or of men into the appearance of other animals. There is a deepening sense of our utter sinfulness, failure and blameworthiness, and the daily loathing of ourselves for our hard-heartedness, our base ingratitude, and the ill returns we make to God for His infinite goodness to us. 16Live happily together in a spirit of harmony, and be as mindful of anothers worth as you are your own. It comes to be a solemn question for each of us whether we can say, To-day I am liker Jesus Christ than I was yesterday; to-day the truth which renews the mind has a deeper hold upon me than it ever had before. But this positive commandment is only one side of the transfiguration that is to be effected. So kind are your caresses, I drink them in like the sweetest wine! And first, the all-comprehensive duty. Probably it consisted mainly in opening up the evangelical bearings of Old Testament Scripture; and it was in this department apparently that Apollos showed his power and eloquence ( Acts 18:24 ). . You bet it's tough! great joviality, light conversation, foolish jesting, novel reading, carnal music, unfit the heart for communion with God, and lessen the tone of its spirituality. Don't settle in at the level of transformation you now have. (Col 4:12-note) Remember that this is one of the great elements of spiritual growth--a deeper insight into the will of God concerning you. Avenge not yourselves. 2Cor 7:1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Nothing between, like pride or station: Romans 12:2Amplified Bible. We must not conform to the spirit of the world. (Source Unknown). 4, 5. Wuest: And stop assuming an outward expression that does not come from within you and is not representative of what you are in your inner being but is patterned after this age; but change your outward expression to one that comes from within and is representative of your inner being, by the renewing of your mind, resulting in your putting to the test what is the will of God, the good and well-pleasing and complete will, and having found that it meets specifications, place your approval upon it. There's nothing hid from You; Macleod. Modified from Irving L. Jensen's excellent work Jensen's Survey of the NT, AND DO NOT BE CONFORMED: me sunschematizesthe (2PPPM), Give me Jesus It's the same mindset that's behind the slogan: "If it feels good, do it." God's will is "good," as it demands only what is essentially and unchangeably good ( Romans 7:10 ); it is "well pleasing," in contrast with all that is arbitrary, as demanding only what God has eternal complacency in (compare Micah 6:8 , with Jeremiah 9:24 ); and it is "perfect," as it required nothing else than the perfection of God's reasonable creature, who, in proportion as he attains to it, reflects God's own perfection. Someone urged him to train it, and so he did. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed. But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities. Transformation and non-conformity on the outside must flow out of a new (saved) mind, every day of our life as we continue in waiting eagerly (apekdechomai) (present tense = speaks of the general bent of our life) for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. Its root is morphe, which means the essential unchanging shape or element of anything. SERVICE IS GOD'S WILL FOR US - Ep 6:5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (note) 1Pe 5:2 (note), IV. What does it look like to be transformed? Each peak we climb opens wider and clearer prospects into the untravelled land before us. In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the 'olam hazeh. I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. Oftentimes I can spend an hour or two thinking about these things and the time goes by so fast that I arrive at my destination hardly realizing that an hour or so has gone by. Live in the truths found in Romans and discover the heavenly treasures of faith, grace, righteousness, and power. Paul wrote in Romans 12:2, "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.". Romans 12:2 (NLT) Then you will learn to know Gods will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. This shows that, in general, it is not difficult to discriminate Christians from the world. The root noun schema (also source of English word scheme = a systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect) denotes a pattern of life that does not come from within but is imposed from without, in this case this present evil age (Gal 1:4) or world system which lies in the power of the evil one (1John 5:19, cp Jn 12:31, 14:30, 2Cor 4:4, Ep 2:2, Rev 12:9). And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. June 2018 A free station had made re-runs of the Sopranos available and I had taken the bait. A Good Name, A Good Life. If a Christian can by possibility be saved while he conforms to this world, at any rate it must be so as by fire (cp Jude 1:23). The Passion Translation (TPT) lead translator Brian Simmons, in a promotional video for the 2020 New Testament edition. Verses 9-16 The professed love of Christians to each other should be sincere, free from deceit, and unmeaning and deceitful compliments. The great enemy to this renewal is, conformity to this world. One day Billy and Ruth Graham were driving through a long stretch of road construction. Don't be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can figure out what God's will iswhat is good and pleasing and mature. Theres nothing between. GNB: Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. (Stedman, Ray: Living Day by Day). Dont be a thermometer. I own dozens of translations and hundreds of commentaries to immerse myself in the language and the context of the biblical narrative to see how the Living Word of God impacts culture and the love of God transforms lives. Now, we often get into this worldly conformity, and run the risk of dulling the sword and sullying the shield, by degrees. Thanks for your patience. She commented that those words would be a fitting inscription on her tombstone someday. That is what Paul is talking about by not being conformed to this world -- not going along with its pattern of thinking, not being willing to go in for all that it goes in for in its pursuit of pleasure and happiness. First, among the three thousand converted on the day of Pentecost, there were visitors from Rome (Acts 2:10). Dont live with a lofty mind-set, thinking you are too important to serve others, but be willing to do menial tasks and identify with those who are humble minded. If you have the grace-gift of giving to meet the needs of others, then may you prosper in your generosity without any fanfare. implying that they were already allowing themselves to be poured into the mold of the godless world (Gal 1:4, 1Jn 2:15-note, 1Jn 2:16-note, 1Jn 2:17-note, Jas 4:4-note). You discover that when you have put God in His rightful place and you are willing to do His will, this in itself is the will of God. -Fanny J. Crosby. 2:2; 1 Tim. ESV Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. The world in various instances calls evil good, and good evil. rule your heart, and guide your feet. You can think even while you are working. Beware of the beginning of evil, for many, who bade fair to go right, have turned aside and perished amongst the dark mountains in the wide field of sin. EDUCATION SAYS: Let us INFORM man by knowledge. Be transformed in the renewing of your mind. Why, then, should not our thoughts be there? And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God. For my Lord who ransomed me. Maintaining your character counts for something and you can do it; it's just a decision you have to make.". Prove (1381) (dokimazo [word study]). Romans 12:2 (NKJV) get to know the Bible better! And so because of the mercies of God, believers are in the world but are not to be of the world. We Christians are often in the same predicament. (John Newton's Letters), To be godly and earthly, is a contradiction. The last verse suggests what is not easily understood by the world; that in all strife and contention, those that revenge are conquered, and those that forgive are conquerors. (Middletown Bible), Alexander Maclaren writes this "transformation is no sudden thing, though the revolution which underlies it may be instantaneous. Father in heaven, still and focus my mind, quiet my heart, and fill me with Your thoughts throughout this day. Only a believer indwelt by the Spirit can please God, for those who are in the flesh cannot please God (see Ro 8:8-note). The first questions cannot be "How do I feel?" John Piper describes this approach in his sermon on Romans 12:1-2, the passage that instructs us to "not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.". Romans 12:2 Context. And if you have the gift of showing compassion, is used only here in the New Testament and can be translated cheerful or hilarious.. And you will agree that what he wants is right. I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold, Trust in God and do the right. guard against the world; it is your great bane: watch against conformity to it in your dress, in your mode of living, in the education of your children, in the principles, motives, and policy that govern you. Tho' the whole world against me convene; The Phillips translation reads: Dont let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold. The contours of the worlds mold flow along the lines of: We must not be shaped by these influences. Mind not--"not minding" high things--that is, Cherish not ambitious or aspiring purposes and desires. Ephesians He built his life around that, gave up all other activities, all other pursuits, all other pleasures, to give himself to the necessary work of training to become an opera star. Despise evil and embrace everything that is good and virtuous. . 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. Than to be the king of a vast domain, Mark 9:2 Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. This present evil age is contrasted with the age to come (Mt 12:32). Nahum Many books can inform, Aliens get their cue from God and not the world. This life by feeling will never know the transforming power of God, because it ignores the renewing of the mind. D. When His work in us is complete, we shall be like Him (1 John 3:2), perfectly conformed to our Saviors likeness. Be enthusiastic to serve the Lord, keeping your passion toward him boiling hot! The psalmist wrote, Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You (Psalm 119:11-note). 1 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life - and place it before God as an offering. Give me the four points for this and the seven keys for that.". The world system is driven by money; it feeds on materialism. So Jerome Hines had to give up that role. Wise living is God's will for us - Ep 5:15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (notes), C. Non-conformation, transformation and renewal are God's will for us - Ro 12:1, 2, D. Continual Rejoicing, Ceaseless Prayer and Constant Thanksgiving are God's will for us - 1Th 5:16, 17, 18 (notes), II. Romans 12:2, Educator and best-selling author Tony Wagner is a firm believer in disruptive innovation that changes the way the world thinks and works. Here is the trouble with many Christians. the Lord led me . Paul puts it in words which, if I had time, would require some commenting upon. We must not conform to the world in their amusements and diversions. They had numerous slowdowns, detours, and stops along the way. But in the higher region, the knowledge of good and evil, surely it is a blessed reward, and one of the highest that can be given to a man, that there shall be in him so complete a harmony with God that, like Gods Son, he does always the things that please Him, and that the Father will show him whatsoever things Himself doeth; and that these also will the son do likewise. They know his will is good, but they admit that they are not pleased with it, especially in those areas where the culture they were brought up in has an extremely different view. I have not departed (withdrawn, ceased, removed myself) from the command of His lips; I have treasured (laid up, concealed or hidden = the same Hebrew verb used by the psalmist in Ps 119:11 - See Spurgeon's note) the words of His (God's) mouth more than my necessary food"! God's will is "perfect." Andrew Murray in his classic work "Abide in Christ" calls every believer a "true altar life" and to Be assured that there is still much of your Lord's will that you do not yet understand. Before long, you could see without difficulty. (On the word "experience" 1Thessalonians 5:10 , where the sentiment is the same). Romans 12:2. (World - Trench's Synonyms of the New Testament). Wuest has an enlightening "amplified version" - And stop assuming an outward expression that does not come from within you and is not representative of what you are in your inner being but is patterned after this age; but change your outward expression to one that comes from within and is representative of your inner being, by the renewing of your mind, resulting in your putting to the test what is the will of God, the good and well-pleasing and complete will, and having found that it meets specifications, place your approval upon it. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Study the following NT uses of teleios in context to give you a deeper understanding of this great Greek word: Teleios is an adjective so note especially what it is modifying for added insights Mt 5:48-note, Mt 19:21, 1Cor 2:6, 1Cor 13:10, 1Cor 14:20, Eph 4:13-note, Php 3:15-note, Col 1:28-note, Col 4:12-note, Heb 5:14 [mature]-note, Heb 9:11-note, Jas 1:4 [2x]-note, James 1:17-note, James 1:25-note, James 3:2, 1Jn 4:18. J R Miller (1907) - The impression of a holy and separate life, If we are Christians, we are not of this worldwe belong to the kingdom of heaven. So we tend to copy the people with whom we associate; we borrow thoughts from the books we read and the programs to which we listen, almost without knowing it. But it isn't like that. Dave Branon (Our Daily Bread), To live in the world but not of it "Don't give me your theology. Would that Christians were guiltless in this respect! We must not only do that which is good, but we must cleave to it. It is continuously altering. If you do not have an appetite for God's Word, do a personal inventory with 1Pe 2:1. How can you, under circumstances so trying and distressing as these, acknowledge and submit to God's perfect willand let it reign and rule in your heart without a murmur of resistance to it? If one takes the NASB, KJV renderings, the meaning is that as we continually gaze at the "mirror" of the Word of God, especially the Gospel, (cf, 2Cor 4:4) in which the glory of Christ is seen, the Spirit of Christ is progressively transforming us from one level of Christ likeness to another. This will empower you to discern God's will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes. We live in a dimly lighted world, where sin is the rule and not the exception. 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