Romans 12:2

CENTRAL EMPHASIS: A Redeemed Mind Is Designed To Be Able To Exercise Discernment That Which God Approves In Every Circumstance.

O.T PERSPECTIVE SACRIFICE:

Leviticus 1:1-4- The Lord called Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.
“If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish. He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. 4 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

• How can we transform our mind?
  • Recall to mind
    • (Understand the original cause and Design)
      When you understand that you are God’s creation and are created in the image of Him, you will know that belong to Him in the first place.
      This is then that we separate ourselves from the ways of the world. God has given us His spirit and the mind of Christ to be able to recall the original purpose and what God wants to accomplish in our lives- to carry out His mission.
      …Do not be conformed to this world
  • Restructure your mind
    • Reshape through the:
      wisdom of His words – Prov. 2:6,
      with dependence on the Holy Spirit- Gal. 5:16,
      and with understanding of your future- 2 Cor. 4:18; I Cor.2:9; Titus 2:13)
      …But be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is..
      • The Effect of God’s peace
        But with respect to the peace which Christ gives, reason is its great friend: the more that faculty is exercised, the more it is established; the more they consider and view things with truth and exactness, the firmer is their comfort and the higher their joy. How vast a difference is this, between (a Christian and a worldling) How miserable are they who can’t enjoy peace any otherwise than by hiding their eyes from the light and confining themselves to darkness, whose peace is properly stupidity; as the ease which a man has that has taken a dose of stupefying poison, and the ease and pleasure that a drunken man may have in an house on fire over his head, or the joy of a distracted man in thinking that he is a king, though a miserable wretch confined in Bedlam. Whereas, the peace that Christ gives to His true disciples is the light of life; something of tranquility of heaven, the peace of the celestial paradise that has the glory of God to lighten it. - Jonathan Edwards
  • Reinforce your mind

    • 2 Timothy 2:15 ESV- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
      Philippians 4:7- And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

      …that which is good and acceptable and perfect..