{"id":46944,"date":"2022-10-01T02:38:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/on-the-renewing-of-our-mind-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:38:08","slug":"on-the-renewing-of-our-mind-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/on-the-renewing-of-our-mind-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Renewing Of Our Mind &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inspired penman Paul stated in Romans 12:2 ASV, &#8220;<strong>And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;renewing of our mind&#8221; is a continuous process throughout our Christian life (Romans 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 4:16). Before a child of God can truly make the &#8220;outward&#8221; changes of the body (actions), there must first be the &#8220;inward&#8221; change of the mind (thoughts), for our outward actions start from within (Proverbs 6:18; Proverbs 23:7; Matthew 15:18-20). W.E. Vine gives us the following definition concerning the word &#8220;renewing&#8221; as used in Romans 12:2:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The adjustment of the moral and spiritual vision and thinking to the mind of God, which is designed to have a transforming effect upon the life.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole goal and purpose for &#8220;renewing&#8221; our mind (making application of God&#8217;s Word in our lives (Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23; Colossians 3:10), is so that we might cast down all the imaginations and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ and bring &#8220;every thought&#8221; of our heart to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). One might ask, how do we renew our mind?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our minds must be directed to &#8220;think&#8221; about things that are &#8220;right&#8221; according to God&#8221;s Word (Philippians 4:8-9).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We must be willing to add divine attributes to our character (2 Peter 1:4-8). The purpose of which is so our lives will be &#8220;active&#8221; and &#8220;fruitful&#8221; in service to God (2 Peter 1:8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In order to &#8220;change&#8221; our thought patterns, we must be willing to &#8220;put off&#8221; the thought patterns of our &#8220;old&#8221; lifestyle (old man) and &#8220;put on&#8221; the thought patterns of our &#8220;new&#8221; lifestyle (new man) &#8220;in Christ&#8221; (Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:8-14).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The purpose of changing our thought patterns is so that our &#8220;conduct&#8221; or &#8220;actions&#8221; or &#8220;manner of life&#8221; before others reflect the teachings of the gospel of Christ (Philippians 1:27). Paul gives us explicit instructions on &#8220;how&#8221; to &#8220;put on&#8221; this &#8220;new man&#8221; (Romans 12:9-21; Ephesians 4:22-32; Ephesians 5:1-33; Ephesians 6:1-18; Colossians 3:1-25).<\/p>\n<p>The gospel of Christ is to &#8220;elevate&#8221; our manner of life into the &#8220;likeness&#8221; of that life which Jesus lived in order to bring honor and glory to our heavenly Father (Matthew 5:16; John 15:8; 1 Peter 2:12).<\/p>\n<p>With regard to the purpose of &#8220;renewing our mind,&#8221; Paul prayed in behalf of the Colossian saints:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God<\/strong>&#8221; (Colossians 1:9-10).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brethren, let us commit ourselves to the continual &#8220;renewing of our mind,&#8221; that we might be: <strong>(1<\/strong>) filled with the knowledge of God&#8217;s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; <strong>(2)<\/strong> that we might walk worthy of the Lord, and <strong>(3)<\/strong> that we might be fruitful in every good work; <strong>(4)<\/strong> that we might increase in the knowledge of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inspired penman Paul stated in Romans 12:2 ASV, &#8220;And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.&#8220; The &#8220;renewing of our mind&#8221; is a continuous process throughout our Christian life &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/on-the-renewing-of-our-mind-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On The Renewing Of Our Mind &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}