Included or excluded?

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Do not be conformed to this world

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Included or excluded?

Romans 12:2 (ESV)
2 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.
PRINCIPLE OF THE WORLD
An accepted or professed rule or system that every must follow .
Profess = to make open and free declaration of .
PRESSURE OF THE WORLD
1. To act in accord with the prevailing = Dominating
Standards = a rule or principle that is used as a basis for judgment.
what is a nice way to dress? to speak? do things?
Attitudes = manner, disposition, feeling, position with regard to a person.
Practices = habitual or customary performance; operation.
In accordance or harmony = in accordance with the rules. A consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of the world.
2. The world is forcing us to submit, Comply to its.
Wishes = desire
Requests = to ask for, especially politely or formally.
Requirements = required as a matter of obligation; mandatory.
conditions = a particular mode of being of a person or thing.
DO NOT BE CONFORMED
John 17:16 (ESV)
16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Do not correspond in
Form = Your appearance
nature = your sexual orientation
Character = moral or ethical quality good judgment
Similar = having a likeness or resemblance.
Do not
give over to the power of the world
give over to the authority of the world
submit
ACCEPT THE TRANSFORMATION
Transmute = To change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another.
Accept the Shift from physical influence to the spiritual one.
Must accept Transformation = a Qualitative change = a change for better
To become changed in outward appearance or expression as manifesting a change in nature or essence
YOU MAY DISCERN
What is the will of God,
What is good =
What is acceptable = What pleases God
What is perfect.
Leviticus 22:21 (ESV)
21 And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.
2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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