TJ Buckingham
January 08, 2023
In a world that is actively seeking to conform everyone to its ways. God Says NO we are to Be different. Romans 12 shows us how to BE DIFFERENT!!!
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Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
· What we believe helps to determine how we behave.
· To be different: We must honor God through our bodies
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
· We Sacrifice Self to Live for Him
· True worship has little to do with what comes out of our mouth-
· True worship is all about what comes out of our lives.
Romans 12:2a Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Romans 12:9 (AMP) Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good.
· To be different: Allow God’s power to renew our mind
Matthew 17:2 As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light
· D.L. Moody: “The Scriptures were not given for our information, but for our Transformation”
1 John 2:17 (NLT) And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
Romans 12:2b Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
· To be different: We must make God’s will our will
Acts 2:42 (NLT) All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper[a]), and to prayer.
· Call or text YES to 321.574.6970 if you have chosen to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.