The Fashion of Time, Rom 12:2
the fashion of time
the title of sermon it is the fashion of time. Fashion, is it right or wrong? That's the topic today fashion of time following fashion. Is it right or wrong Romans chapter 12 verse 2 Romans chapter 12
Romans chapter 12 verse 2 Yep.
Okay, I'll be praying for the Lord. Thank you for the scriptures. Thank you for the word. We bless you Jesus. We give you all the glory Lord. We prepare our hearts to receive your word Christ in us our lives Lord. Thank you master in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Okay Romans chapter 12 verse 2 That and do not be conformed to the conformed to this world but be but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what that is good. What is that good an acceptable and perfect will of God you been doing the CDs on Romans for the last month and tell chapter 11 was Paul talking about all of the article aspects of of redemption salvation and always coming to the Practical theology by Paul talks about in chapter 12 verse one. We saw a couple of weeks back. We saw I beseech you Brethren by the mercies of God to offer yourself as a Living Sacrifice, holy and acceptable to get accepted to acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. That's how you can be an acceptable. Sacrifice be ready for God being an instrument for God means you reflect God in your situation. You are reflecting God's position in a situation that is being a sacrifice. We saw that last If you are ready to do God's work, but you are a Living Sacrifice next principle which Paul talks about you is that is do not be conformed to this world guitar amplifier do not be conformed to this world this age and brackets fashioned after adopted and adapted to do Stuart external superficial Customs, but be transformed Changed by the entire renewal of your mind by its new ideas and its New Attitudes so that you may prove for yourself. What is a good and acceptable and perfect will of God even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect in his sight for you. Well, that's a long was right lot of exclamation that this was a full of treasures than it actually as we was digging into a lot of Information or things got else in this Palace telling me this and let's see whether is Paul talking about Gucci or is Paul talking about Prada talking about long hairstyle or is Paul talking about short hairstyle half sleeve shirts. What is Paul talking about here when you read this?
What's up, that's in person to get first into the scripture verses the Greek words of it so that he'll understand what exactly is Paul. So confirmed or fashioned. That's what Paul picks up here. This word is translated as confirmed in one of us and not the worse. It says fashioned conformed a fashion do not be conformed. What's fashion by the way.
I know Lord if you're looking to fasten plate. Which is the latest fashion of dress? You know you have this.
The a17 style you have the 80s style. The other day. I was in my group of college students has posted a picture of one of her classmates wedding was late 90s early 90s double space pants size t-shirt pants with pleats in the front different size life and look at it. It's like oversized now. It's more trim and slim men's skin tight and all that stuff different styles. You have to fashion fashion is basically in short if you Google Wikipedia says passionate something but that popularized expression in a certain time and context especially in clothing footwear lifestyle accessories make up a solicitor. Something that is popular in the day, right? What is now is not what is tomorrow and policies do not fashion yourself to this world. That's what it says that it's what I say. Let's go to scripture what the Greek word says the fashion. The Greek word is Sgambati's all schematics, and that's what my baby get the word scheme keymatic. That's where we get home to confirm oneself that is one's mind and character to another pattern to Fashion or shape one thing like another OK as well as most special reference to that which is done this three changeable unstable talks about his mind to another pattern. That's what you're talkin about you. So we all have the latest fashion before the one fashion and that passion becomes outdated after sometime. Right? What is fashion now will not be fashion address for La fashion. Most of his way to be for the fashion fashion because we want to blend with the rest, right? We don't want to be outstanding. If I broke if everybody has long hair people light socket now, we'll have long hair style people try to do that to copy some role model awesome character. You want to blend with a cat with a person all the time or the crowd. That's what people are trying to do. What are the biggest and the best of the quickest fashion people are the fashion animals are the chameleons.
Do you add a pink shirt or an orange repeat shirt and holy communion in the hand on his shoulders the chameleon will automatically change its color to peach or pink. If you have and hold a chameleon, it will change it will change its color to your dress color. That's that's kind of a fashion act fashionable. Sometimes different styles of speaking rock star. If a footballer shaves his head and one style y'all start falling the style fashion.
How many if you really talk to a baby you talk like a baby?
Have you done that? You have a baby in friends? How do you talk to the baby? You talk like a baby. It's good to see parents talking to babies do that till the Hi-Fi. Lo-Fi. Wi-Fi. No man does nothing for babies babies babies style. You have to move you have the do's and you have on you fashion yourself in our character not talking to the different types of people to talk to not be your follower comply with some kind of passion in our lives. Even if you say I'm not a fashion guy, but you are wearing something and that is designed sometime. It was good or it is good. It's really like it or not you are is this what part of
Are we going to follow the Pentecostals fashion or are you going to follow the Catholic fashion, or are you going to fall to the Presbyterian fashion which fast?
What is Paul talking about you have different standards in this world? If you don't know look at standards standards of accounting standards of construction safety standards before building standards lipophilic. For example, a bathroom size door. 80cm main door is bigger than 1 meter make it bathroom. Please do. You may know nothing was coming coming soon as you fall in construction industry inviting us a newspaper. The things we have to follow is good for us. What is this? The standard or the fashion of the requirement was Boris talking about saying do not confirm or do not fashion yourself to this world to be full of that or not. Is it right or wrong? What's up schemes? I said this would come some skin schematic diagrams as ingenious be all study schematic diagrams. So cute diagrams one looping the other Isis. What is a scheme schematic diagrams? But what is this meaning of conforming? What is meaning of fashioning what Paul is talking about you then Sugi watermelons?
It's called Zen Sushi. Watermelon season Japan is one particular area and Japan were the small Islands in Japan once in a year. They harvested there are only two hundred of this produced. I need to watermelon cost 50 KD. Do you want a watermelon 450 Katie and then I'm going to the Cooperative here in bargaining for 10 inch 18 cm square all sides a cube Cube.
It's more of a fan. Motofab is a possession because you paid so much for that. You won't need it before it starts to ripen so that it'll stay longest shelf life is around six months. I know but he eats it because it's but it's harvested before it's ripe. But see how it's grown melon and watermelon starts growing in shape. They put it into a box. They put it into a square box of 18 cm And the closet on all sides restricting the growth of the watermelon to 18 cm x 18 cm on one end to the other corners. And then the Harvesters. This is the density watermelons. I want to Mellon which was restricted or confirmed or fashioned to a square size or cube size. This is the meaning of being conformed meaning fashion. You have been restricted into a box. A lot of times in our lives to be restrict ourselves in the box, Right? How many feet stink of situations have you restrict ourselves in a box? I can do that week off from knowingly or unknowingly restrict ourselves to a box and we become the square 18 cm cubed watermelon. Put up somewhere by the showpiece, but never used to anybody. Why do we do that? Become formosus limit go to a box if you do that. Right, when you come to a certain situation can God help you understand? OK Google. I'm going to watch a movie. You don't know what
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Let alone ourselves we don't do that during the Civil War in US Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln and esteem the parliamentarians the All Metro prayer and the prayer of the parliamentarians told Abraham Lincoln. The gardens are outside. Let's pray that God isn't that right?
Abraham Lincoln heard that he said I think we should not pray. Let God be on our side. We should pray let us be on God's side. I'll be on God's side. What are we on some side and asking God to be on our side?
Let us pray from now on that beat be on God's side. Let's have limited or lesser confirm God to a box, but let us be on God's side is God. Yes, are you with God?
Are you with God on certain things? That's a tough question. I need to think on that thing do not be fashioned Vizio do not be conformed to not be fashioned to this word. What is this word means? What is the word mean? The word means is a Greek word ion, which means forever and I'm Broken Age of Time Eternity the universe. Of time or age in other words. It says if you go back to the weather, please do not be conformed to.
2 time actual meaning of the word do not be fashioned or do not restrict yourself to this time. You don't restrict yourself to this world here means time frame. Do not limit to a. Of time in other words think Beyond Time think Eternal what is not going to say that guys? You should not be proud of
You're thinking of thought process your life should not be restricted to something that's going to pass away or something, which is only for a small. Of time thing Eternal. Don't limit yourself to time think Eternal Eternal outside time. Think Beyond would think about eternity
think about it. Children how much how far do the thing? We need to talk about babies babies. Don't think much when stomach growls they claim they want food. If you go to teenagers, what do you think about that think about holidays weekends when they don't have to shim limits for teenagers. I don't know that limits a certain limits. Don't think Beyond that's going to make them think Beyond bedtime. Now, you're trying to tell kids that have it but they don't they don't think Beyond a certain time as you grow older. They have children. You start thinking about their future, right? But have you ever thought of Eternity Eternal think Beyond The Box? Don't stay within the Box should have an eternal impact.
When you scold your children. You should have an internal impact. It's not be hard that it leaves a mark on the lake. That's how I talk about which means whatever you do to punish me to give should they should carry that with them not in pain. button value you should carry that there's no use of blabbering to them and if I'm not listening and God knows whatever but they don't know why but let value be with the children eternal.
Don't limit the time. Another words another word for skip just basically trying to say don't focus on your Now situation. Don't focus on your Now situation focus on eternal.
How many funerals John Osteen Lakewood Church great man of God his mother Dodie Osteen and she got was it kidney failure cancel, whatever she was sick and diagnosed. Liver failure liver failure and she want me to share this story here before when she was diagnosed with the sickness. She refused to believe that and what she did that she started putting pictures of herself all around in the bathroom in the bedroom of pictures of herself in the right situation healthy situation going horse riding going skiing pictures of herself a different gets up every day when she looks at the middle. She sees herself healthy rather than seeing yourself dying. What is the power of a positive thinker of Thinking Beyond the box of thinking of it rather than thinking of your Now situation?
Pink what is beyond don't think for just today or tomorrow think of internal situation, right? All of us we need to do that. So don't Define yourself with things that will change a page of things that will pass away thing Eternal ink in such a way that they will have them eternally which means the next generation will be impacted. What should impact the Next Generation after generation after You should set the trend that the generations back to you before Lo. Think Eternal don't just think in time do not conform to this world to the stage. But so in short do not restrict our fashion to time but be transformed but be friends forever.
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Okay. So what does sensible mean what does transform mean transform means metamorpho and we all know the metamorphosis go to change it means to change it to another phone to transfer my to transfigure. I Christ appearance was changed and was the Divine brightness on the Mount of transfiguration frogs eat caterpillars change to Butterfly, right? Y'all know that the Metamorphoses the full body the full form changes from a tadpole to a frog from a caterpillar to butterfly Bears. No resemblance on the to see me. We are actually transform from being a similar to being christ-like. To take the image of Christ transformation into hell ones, but now we're transformed transformed of you are made new in the image of Christ. That's what we are transformed Christ. I'm a Transformer of Christ. Come on. Come on. Look at that I said do you see that caterpillar off of the top for this transformation is in the DNA? It's in the DNA for you. And I this transformation is not in the DNA. It's in our position. It's in our wish we need to do. We need to take a position that supposed to transform yourself transform. How do we do that? How do we get Ransom? Let me look at the scriptures. We see that Jesus got transformed right when Jesus met with God in the Mount of transfiguration his body glowed when Moses went to the mountain tonight. Let me tell you if you stay with God you will start going to stay with blood. If you have a colleague of yours come to you and say what's up right about you. What's a great about you? Have you heard the statement? If you haven't heard it, please go back and read the Bible because when you're with Christ your face shines your body showing you speak good words, you speak life into people that is not to mention. Yes. Come on, somebody why somebody transformed okay. So we know of a body. the scripture say is transform your mine's transform you renew or transform be transformed by the renewing of your mind now the scripture in 2nd Corinthians, 4:16 2nd Corinthians 4:16. It says therefore we do not become discouraged that is utterly speechless exhausted and very out to fear. Our outer man is progressively decaying and wasting away yet or inner self is being progressively renewed day after day one day one day of physical bodies will meet death one day, but our Enderman Arena selfies being renewed day by day should be renewed every day by day. You'll be growing younger and younger. Are you?
Are you growing younger day by day or are you just very and burdened with all the fear with all the problems that you have in this world? Letter in a man. Be renewed.
Barbie have a spirit that is not limited to time. I'mma lead our bodies already put a time maybe but 80's 90's hundred twenty years. That's what scripture says maximum but are not limited to time. Our spirits will be with God but we have something else in between this and that is DK and a spirit. That is Holy and I live we have a mind soul realm that is where Paul says you have to renew your mind. You have to renew your mind daily. That's what it says. So tell me to call Ocean chapter 3 verse 10 lotions chapter 3 verse 10 and 1/2 clothes yourself that new spiritual self, which is ever in the process of being renewed and remolded into Fuller and more perfect knowledge upon knowledge after the image and likeness of who created it our bodies. I wish that's all I was just a human being is renewed and remolded upon the knowledge knowledge after the mage of God Is Not Great. We are actually handiwork of God where we are being more becoming more and more like Christ. We have to become more and more like Christ. I know. half of a cold here as parents how many parents have told your children be like the other student? Have you heard that your heart is right? Pakistani like your brother Yes. how to behave like a sister are you telling them to behave and mold them to that but here the scripture says you and I being them getting a knowledge of Christ. You should be more and more like Jesus Christ everyday renewed every day transformed everyday to the image of Christ. That's a process we need to do and how should we be? We should be like Shahrukh Khan No should be like our teachers know should be be like our neighbors know we should try to be like Christ. Christ in us the hope of glory have to be like Minds be transformed to be like Christ. Look at this efficient chapter 4 verse 23 and be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind. Having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude. Look at that having a freshman to be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind. You have to be renewed in the mind. Do you know where the Oculus? The battle is in the mind in the mind.
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that is where the battle is. Don't let your mind be corrupted. This is where the whole problem happens. You have a body that is decaying. You have a spirit. That is Holy and eternal and you have a mind that can follow either the body side or the spirit. Which side are you going to follow our bodies are decaying? Yes, but one day our bodies will be transformed. Our bodies will be changed to new bodies. In the meantime. We have to grow in the image of Christ.
Daily be more like Jesus Christ. Be transformed to be more like Jesus Christ, which side is a mind taking every day with side which side of the body side or are you thinking of the spirit sign?
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Jesus said in Luke chapter 24 verse 45 in the minds of people then he opened up their minds to understand the scriptures where Jesus prayed is after the resurrection of Jesus opened up the minds to understand the scriptures if we need to understand scriptures. We need the Holy Spirit. We need the spirit of God. We need to explain to us what scripture talks about the Holy Spirit he will do it. Let the Mayans understand the scripture. corruptible Romans 1:28 Romans 1:28 and so since they did not see fit to dollars go to approve of him or consider him Boutte the knowing what what the knowing god gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent, but lots of look at that gets corrupted and it's beyond return and God gives up on them. So remind is better at the Battle has his mind is a stronghold but you can give it to God and you can give it to Satan. Which one do you want to? Don't let your mind be corrupted. 1st Timothy Chapter 6 verse 5 chapter 6 verse 5 and protracted wrangling and wedding discussion and Perpetual friction among men who are corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth full match that God in his righteousness is a source of profit a money-making business a means of livelihood from such people who are God's work as a money-making business people who are holding arguing wrangling wearing discussion piece of people of corrupted Minds, this is one argue. They don't have the love of God when you see an outgoing person when you see a person going off the money. They have a corrupted mind. Do we have a corrupted mind? What is your minds becoming more like Christ be more like Christ?
Titus 1:15 To the pure in heart and conscience are things up your butt to the defile incorrupt and and believing. Nothing is pure what do the corrupt nothing is pure is your is your mind cups is a hot clubs. Think about that. Let's go back to Romans 12 verse 2 it says Do not be let's read together again. Do not be conformed to this world. Yeah, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you're my proof. Okay what it means approved here? What's the approval? prove it means examine something to be sure it's genuine and not approve with a view of a proven. Means when your mind is transformed. You can test and prove which is God's Will and which is God's way. How many if you're honest and brave lord Jimmy Overlord show me a real. Which means I'm here you're there.
But that's not what it says. You're here to taste so that you may prove so that you will know you can test and see if you can you will sure be sure about it by proof that this is the will of God. This is what is good and right and perfect if you have ever asked you to not show me will the answer is be like Christ. Lord what is your will be like Christ? Good witch where do I go? With? What do I look at? What word did job do I Take? God says look at Christ. Be like Christ let our minds renew to be like Christ. That is a one one one of the main thing. Let us be like Christ we can prove and show be sure that this is God what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God unless we renew our minds. We will not be able to discern what test to see. What is the will of God.
If you want to know what job to take renew your mind if you want to know which guy to marry renew your mind think of Christ. Things will fall into place. That's very simple. Just renew your mind Daily 3 Verse 18 2nd Corinthians 3 Verse 18 place like this. 2nd Corinthians, 3:18.
I don't know with animal face. The glory of the Lord are constantly being transfigured into his very own image in ever-increasing splendor and from one degree of Glory to another For the Lord is for the Lord the spirit. I'll be transfigured.
To be like Christ ever increasing daily living transfigured. If you when does this happen? The key is when does it happen when you behold the word of God? When you hold the word of God is a mirror. When you look in the scriptures. To deflect to see how you stand in front of the scriptures. You will see the daily you will see that you will be transformed transfigured into a mage in the Splendor of the Lord is the great y'all. Look at The Meadows. Yes. I know. We all spend a lot of time in front of the mirror.
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How do you look in front of the word of God?
If you can look splendorous in the front of the word of God, I'm telling you you're more like image of Christ. You will know the will of God. What is good and perfect in your life. You would know that. when you are transforming today Major price, you don't have to do anything. What are you do what you have to be like Christ daily. Try to be like Christ read the word of God read the word of God to see how much you are. Am I? Am I close to being like rice or what? What is it that I can change? Alliance Alliance the battlefield don't let the devil play in the mind. Light one pot can change your life do know that. One taught continue praying for the person when she heard the news from the doctor that the cancer didn't grow small other too much then become small what happened to her. All her countenance fell and she's going to give it up one word from the doctor has played in the mind of the person. That can transform your life to death, but you can transfer it to live to from glory to glory if you think they made of Christ. If you try to be like Christ by Statute to Speak Life to people you can speak life to people that will transform you will transform the world around you that is image of Christ
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But my determined purpose is that I may know him that I'm a progressively become more deeply and in intimately acquainted with him perceiving and recognizing and then understanding the wonders of his person more strongly and more clearly what this is a lot of things in that same way. Come to know the power overflowing from his resurrection. Which it exerts which it exerts over Believers and that I may so sure his suffering. So as to be continually transformed in spirit into his likeness even to his death in in the hope. Is that great if that's possible that if possible I might into the spiritual and moral restriction that lets me out from among the dead even while in the body.
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That I may know him and then black actress that made that I'm a progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with the queen to the guard. Acquainted but I'm intimately acquainted with him but CV and recognized in understanding the wonders of his person most strongly and more clearly. I want to know Christ more intimately. I want to know I want to I want to know him. I want to be an acquaintance to him. I want a pussy if I want to know what I want to feel God's heartbeat. I want to see what he loves. I want to feel what God feels.
When you see a colleague of yours or when you see a neighbor of yours, can you feel what God feels for them? Play that.
But I'm calligraphy on certain angry neighbor of yours comes to you. Instagram showing your hands and legs are saying the words. Have you ever thought about Christ? What do you feel about this person? It changes a full perspective and then you can minister to them. So do that in this coming week, let's take this as a challenge my mind. I'm going to renew my mind to be more like Christ to be more like Lance. Yes.
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