- (verse 2) 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
the more I comprehend and understand the depth of God's mercy (Jesus sacrifice) the more empowered i will be to grow in devotion to denying myself to follow him. This will be a larger and larger reality, being constrained to follow him.
- The more we acknowledge God's virtues, the more we grow in affection. This is why it's important for us to study the attributes of God. How can I even talking about having a relationship with God if I don't even know His character???
- What does it matter if i know all the rules but there's no power to obey them, there's no passion and love. These things come from knowing God! Our Church leaders shouldn't offer moralisms or tell bible stories, but rather to exegete God. To labour in scripture, pray and to reveal God!
- Will my future spouse know that I love Jesus more than I love her?
- Does P Matt and Jayne intentionally spend time alone with God? Do Cheil and I give them too much of a workload that they can't be the prayerful leaders they should be? We should be encouraging our leaders to labour in the text, isolate themselves in prayer pursuing God. This goes for all believers, we should NEVER reduce time with God to five minute prayer as a substitute for walking with God.
- We cant say that we embrace God with our heart if we don't embrace Him with our body.
- One of the blessings that come from being a member of Cheil is that I see people who love God and in their living I see my lack of zeal which moves me to repent.
- the word "holy" in hebrew in it's root means "cut", to seperate, remove etc. When God
is holy it means that he is in a category all to himself. We shouldn't aspire to be Holy like God, it will lead us to self disappointment and legalism. What does it mean for me to be holy? When I recognise God's value as God recognises His value and I live my life and do everything for Him. If I think holiness is nothing more than just being sinless then i'm gonna be living life just thinking about rule keeping thus turning myself into a pharisee, it would be legalistic not relational.
-cut out worldliness that's holding me back me and start adding things to my life that influence me toward godliness. Sometimes I think I can love Jesus, the gospel and study reformed doctrine but watches worldly filth for entertainment thinking it is ok and I'm above it, I'm not. Cut out the things that God hates, I'm not going to advance in Godliness by compromise.
-it's amazing the amount of freedom there is when someone makes the commitment to seek first the kingdom and they're actually as a life practice renewing their mind and the will of God. As you cultivate the mind of Christ, as you submit your thinking to scripture, as you learn to think like God thinks then you will understand the will of God, you will know the will of God in most situations in which there will be no need for visions or revelations because you simply know the scriptures.
-we need to understand the difference between morals and ethics because there's a big distinction. Morals are the societal norms in regard to what is right and wrong, that thinking is dangerous! What society says was right 25 years ago is different to today. It doesn't matter what is acceptable to society or to my Christian friends, is it acceptable to God! Can God's word verify it and if God's word can't verify it then it is not appeasing to God.
- the word "holy" in hebrew in it's root means "cut", to seperate, remove etc. When God
is holy it means that he is in a category all to himself. We shouldn't aspire to be Holy like God, it will lead us to self disappointment and legalism. What does it mean for me to be holy? When I recognise God's value as God recognises His value and I live my life and do everything for Him. If I think holiness is nothing more than just being sinless then i'm gonna be living life just thinking about rule keeping thus turning myself into a pharisee, it would be legalistic not relational.
-cut out worldliness that's holding me back me and start adding things to my life that influence me toward godliness. Sometimes I think I can love Jesus, the gospel and study reformed doctrine but watches worldly filth for entertainment thinking it is ok and I'm above it, I'm not. Cut out the things that God hates, I'm not going to advance in Godliness by compromise.
-it's amazing the amount of freedom there is when someone makes the commitment to seek first the kingdom and they're actually as a life practice renewing their mind and the will of God. As you cultivate the mind of Christ, as you submit your thinking to scripture, as you learn to think like God thinks then you will understand the will of God, you will know the will of God in most situations in which there will be no need for visions or revelations because you simply know the scriptures.
-we need to understand the difference between morals and ethics because there's a big distinction. Morals are the societal norms in regard to what is right and wrong, that thinking is dangerous! What society says was right 25 years ago is different to today. It doesn't matter what is acceptable to society or to my Christian friends, is it acceptable to God! Can God's word verify it and if God's word can't verify it then it is not appeasing to God.
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