A Transformed Life 4 - Romans 12:1-2 (notes)

A Transformed Life 4 - Romans 12:1-2

Contrasts

• God transforms us.

• The enemy condemns us.

• God changes our personality.

• The enemy forms strongholds in minds.

• God uses the Word to renew our minds.

• The enemy attacks our minds.

• God takes truth and changes our world view.

• The enemy uses lies to cause us to continue to think in a way that causes us to live defeated lives.

The Glory of The Lord

2 Corinthians 3:18 And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror 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 this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.

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Keys That Transform

• We see God’s Glory in His Word.
• The Glory of God in the Word transforms us into the image of Jesus.
• We are transfigured into His very Own image in ever increasing splendor from one degree of glory to another.

When We Are

• Born again and start to study the Word of God transformation starts.
• The Baptism in the Spirit is the second step of our transformation.

The Baptism In The Spirit

Was predicted by John the Baptist Matthew 3:11.


I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

The Baptism

• Was predicted by Jesus Christ
• Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.

The Baptism In The Spirit Is Fulfilled On The Day Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1 AND WHEN the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all assembled together in one place 2 When suddenly there came a sound from heaven like the rushing of a violent tempest blast, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words].

In Every Move of God the baptism in the Spirit always becomes one of the main characteristics of that move of God.

Jesus Said

• That we would be given power after the Holy Spirit came upon us.
• The Holy Spirit comes upon the believer and transforms us into the image of Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit

• Pours into the church the love of God. Jesus said the world would we are his disciples by our love for each other. We need the Spirit’s love so we can love each other and love the lost.
• Deposits gifts to the church.

The Mind Gifts

1. The Word of Knowledge: This is divinely given information about a person, a situation, a sickness or problem that only God could know.
2. The Word of Wisdom: This is divine wisdom on how to deal with a situation, a person or problem.
3. Discernment of Spirit: This is the divine ability to know when it is a demonic influence or not in a person’s life.

The Power Gifts

1. Faith: The supernatural ability to believe.
2. Healing: Supernatural ability to heal a sickness, illness or physical ailment.
3. Miracles: a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency

The Speaking Gifts

1. Tongues: Speaking in a spiritual language unknown to the speaker.
2. Interpretation of Tongues: The supernatural ability to interpret the tongue.
3. Prophecy: Speaking a message that encourages, comforts and strengthens the listener.

Without The Spirit

• We don’t have access to these powerful gifts that are designed to help us minister to the world, the lost and the church.
• The Glory of God something we see throughout the history of man, in the O.T. it was seen on places like a burning bush, the mountain of God, a pillar of fire at night, a cloud in the day, on the tabernacle, on the temple, etc.

In The New Covenant

• The glory is one people, Jesus, the disciples on the Day of Pentecost. Paul said your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
• In church history the glory of God has appeared as a cloud inside buildings and at night as a ball of fire on top of buildings.
• This is why we must value the presence of God in our lives. It comes by the Word. We see the glory of God in the Word of God.

A Transformed Life 4 - Romans 12:1-2

A Transformed Life 4 - Romans 12:1-2 this message was given on 10-16-11

A Transformed Life 3 - Romans 12:1-2 (notes)

A Transformed Life 3 - Romans 12:1-2

On The Transfiguration on the Mount Jesus was transfigured in front of His disciples. Theologians have debated on why Jesus was transfigured. I believe it was a prophetic act. Jesus was demonstrating the transfiguration of the believer in the future.

The Answer To All The Problems In The World…

• Is the church of Jesus Christ because we have the mind of Christ. We have the thoughts of God. All the creativity of Heaven is for the church to change the world.
• If the world is in a mess we can clean it up. If our life is in trouble Jesus is the answer. If our family has a problem we have the solution.

Transformation Takes Time

1. But it does not have to take a long time, it just takes dedication, presenting our passions, desires, and ambitions to God.
2. It takes a new attitude.
3. It takes a new mind set or way of thinking.
4. The Word of God gives us a new attitude, new though patterns and new passions.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror 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 this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.

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How Transformation Happens

1. We behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord with unveiled face.
2. Are constantly being transfigured into His very own image.
3. How? In ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another.

Explanation

• The glory of God comes upon us through the Word of God. The glory of God is the presence of God.
• In the O.T. the glory of God came as a result of obedience to the Word of The Lord. It is still the same today.

The Glory of God is manifested as smoke, a pillar of fire, a cloud, mist, fog, or crystals that look like floating jewels. When Moses first saw the glory of God it made a desert bush glow and God told him to take his shoes off because the place was made holy by the presence of God.

The Glory of God

• Was seen as a pillar of fire at night and a cloud in the day.
• Was seen by Israel on the face of Moses when he came down from Mount Sinai.
• Is the presence of God. In past revivals around the world people have seen the glory of God upon buildings, in the Azusa Street revival, in the Indonesian Revival and other revivals. People actually saw the fire of God and the cloud.

The Word of God

• Says those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the Holy Spirit.
• Talks about the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death. But the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. (Romans 8:5-8)

Romans 8:7 [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God's Law; indeed it cannot. 8 So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.

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Thoughts is where victories are won, where strongholds are formed or demolished.

1. What we think affects our life
2. Strongholds are formed or demolished in our minds
3. A victorious Christian has his mind under the control of the Holy Spirit not the flesh.

A Transformed Life 3 - Romans 12:1-2

A Transformed Life 3 - Romans 12:1-2 this message was given on 10-9-11

A Transformed Life 2 - Romans 12:1-2 (notes)

A Transformed Life 2 - Romans 12:1-2

There Is A Process in Transformation

• It starts with presenting our physical body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. A holy life is a dedicated life to the Lord. The first step in this process is dedication.
• Part two is not being conformed to the pattern of this world.
• Part three is the renewing of our minds.

Why Do We Need Our minds renewed?

1. Because we live in a fallen world.
2. Because the carnal mind is hostile to God & does not submit to God’s Word.
3. The manner in which people are trained is to think like the world.

Two Types of Wisdom

• The wisdom of the world has big sounding words.
• The wisdom of the world is man’s wisdom.
• Man dies & his wisdom dies with him.

• God’s wisdom goes from generation to generation.
• God’s wisdom is given by the Holy Spirit.
• God’s wisdom is based on faith in Jesus.
• God’s wisdom was planned before man was created.

Two Types of Wisdom

1. The wisdom of God is a secret wisdom, not known to just anyone.
2. Satan and the forces of evil do not understand the wisdom of God.

Biblical Standards

Romans 8:7-8

I John 2:15-17

II Cor. 10:3-5

I Cor. 3:6-8

Sometimes It takes a generation or so for the church to accept a new way of thinking. This happens through the revelation of the Word of God by the Holy Spirit. In some cases it is too late and the church misses something amazing and looses a generation.

We Can Not Allow ourselves to end up in the situation where we miss the next move of God so we must always allow the Word of God to renew our minds.

A Steady Diet Of God’s Word will renew our minds. This is when we allow the spirit of wisdom and revelation to see more clearly what God has in store for us.

The Word of God:

• Is alive and full of power, it is penetrating and sharper than any two edge sword.
• Goes into our thought patterns and changes them to His thought patterns. This is how our minds are renewed.
• Will not return empty but will accomplish that which God desires in our lives.

God Desires

• That we live an abundant life full of the Word of God.
• We can have a life that is meaningful and transformational as we allow the Word of God to do its work in us.
• We can look like Jesus as we allow this process to work in every area of our life.

What Does Transformation Look Like?

The Greek Word gives us the meaning of the process that a cocoon goes through to become a butterfly. It is something that envelops or surrounds in a protective or comforting way. The Word of God must envelop us as we are transformed into the image of Jesus.

II Corinthians 3:18

A Transformed Life 2 - Romans 12:1-2

A Transformed Life 2 - Romans 12:1-2 this message was given on 10-2-11

A Transformed Life - Romans 12:1-2 (notes)

A Transformed Life - Romans 12:1-2

There Is A Process In Transformation

• It starts with presenting our physical body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. A holy life is a dedicated life to the Lord. The first step in this process is dedication.
• Part two is not being conformed to the pattern of this world.
• Part three is the renewing of our minds.

What Renews The Mind:

1. A new mind set or a new world view.
2. A new set of values.
3. The Word of God.

The World has a set of values, a way at looking at the world. The church has a world view, even in the church there are different views such as miracles don’t happen anymore. If you study church history there has been miracles in every generation of the church.

In Every Revival God opens up new ways of thinking for the church, sometimes it is radically different than the current thinking in the church at other times minor adjustments are made. The general thought though is that the church has a hard time accepting new ways of thinking.

Sometimes it takes a generation or so for the church to accept a new way of thinking. This happens through the revelation of the Word of God by the Holy Spirit. In some cases it is too late and the church misses something amazing and looses a generation.

We Can Not allow ourselves to end up in the situation where we miss the next move of God so we must always allow the Word of God to renew our minds.

A Steady Diet Of God’s Word Will Renew Our Minds

This is when we allow the spirit of wisdom and revelation to help us see more clearly what God has in store for us.

The Word of God

• Is alive and full of power, it is penetrating and sharper than any two edge sword.
• Goes into our thought patterns and changes them to His thought patterns. This is how our minds are renewed.
• Will not return empty but will accomplish that which God desires in our lives.

God Desires

• That we live an abundant life full of the Word of God.
• We can have a life that is meaningful and transformational as we allow the Word of God to do its work in us.
• We can look like Jesus as we allow this process to work in every area of our life.

What Does Transformation Look Like?

The Greek word is were we get the word metamorphosis - the process that a cocoon goes through to become a butterfly. Something that envelops or surrounds in a protective or comforting way. The Word of God must envelop us as we are transformed into the image of Jesus.

II Corinthians 3:18