Verse of the Day.... Romans 12:2

[Tishri1]

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

 

[Tishri1]

Renewing your mind in that context is really speaking to me today. How much of our thought life is being influenced by other people and their world views and not God and his word?

 

[Rex]

This quote really woke me up today!

 

[Tishri1]

I know its a great one. What does it say to you?

 

[Rex]

It says to me the past is over and that you should worry about what others think. Today is a new day and a new beginning to be more like what God wants and expects of you.

 

[Tishri1]

Very Cool! Your right! Gosh how many scriptures are there that confirm this fact. And it is a fact. We have to grab it and make it real in our lives.

Our God wants us to, or he wouldn't have said it.

Yeah, now I feel awake too!!

 

[The Cadet]

Is this one of those places where non-believers can discuss the verse at hand, or is it restricted to Christians only?

 

[Xalith]

Too many people look to what everyone ELSE thinks the Bible means. Mom said something to me last night, that really hit home.

What we're seeing these days is a mirror of what was going on in the days of Jesus's Earthly Ministry, the days of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Instead of people preaching the law and shackling everybody to the Torah, today we have people picking apart the Bible and what it says, trying to apply their own (flawed) reasoning to its words, saying that it means this or it means that, and before you know it, you have several denominations arguing about things like Calvinism vs Arminianism, Post/Pre/Mid-Trib, etc etc when what we should be doing, is focusing on worshipping Him and allowing the Holy Spirit which indwells us to reveal the meaning of His word to us, instead of believing what other men say.

Everyone wants to be on the "right" side, but the fact of the matter is that there is only one "right" side, and that is simply His side. I've always seen these debates as being fruitless; they cause schisms and divides within the Church, they cause Brothers and Sisters to argue amongst each other, when we should be loving one another as His 2nd Commandment to us.

This verse strikes that point right to the heart; if we turn away from the world and its teachings and embrace Him, He will tell us what His word means, and what His will for us is. Everything else is pointless to debate; we should be more concerned with doing His will, and bringing Him glory through obedience to His will.

 

[TheBarrd]

Tit_3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

 

[St_Worm2]

Hi Tishri1, I read Romans 12:2 and am reminded of how thankful I am that God provided a place for those of us who are "aliens and strangers" in this world (1 Peter 2:11) to step back out of the world for a time each week to "renew our minds", and in doing so to be reminded of who we really are and Who we serve.

I am also thankful for the opportunities the Lord has provided us with here at CF, especially for the chance to fellowship with other brothers and sisters from around the globe who I would have never had the chance to know otherwise, this side of Glory

Yours in Christ,
David
p.s. - this new "Verse of the Day" + discussion feature is yet another thing I love about the new CF! Thanks

 

[Tishri1]

Is this one of those places where non-believers can discuss the verse at hand, or is it restricted to Christians only?

Absolutely any one

 

[musicalpilgrim]

...that comment, ...how thankful I am that God provided a place for those of us who are "aliens and strangers" in this world (1 Peter 2:11) to step back out of the world for a time each week to "renew our minds", and in doing so to be reminded of who we really are and Who we serve....
so true, and I just found this thread! Great!...

 

[Tishri1]

Hi Tishri1, I read Romans 12:2 and am reminded of how thankful I am that God provided a place for those of us who are "aliens and strangers" in this world (1 Peter 2:11) to step back out of the world for a time each week to "renew our minds", and in doing so to be reminded of who we really are and Who we serve.

I am also thankful for the opportunities the Lord has provided us with here at CF, especially for the chance to fellowship with other brothers and sisters from around the globe who I would have never had the chance to know otherwise, this side of Glory

Yours in Christ,
David
p.s. - this new "Verse of the Day" + discussion feature is yet another thing I love about the new CF! Thanks

Thank You STWorm!!!! I'm glad to have this opportunity with you all too!!!!

 

[Tishri1]

...that comment, ...how thankful I am that God provided a place for those of us who are "aliens and strangers" in this world (1 Peter 2:11) to step back out of the world for a time each week to "renew our minds", and in doing so to be reminded of who we really are and Who we serve....
so true, and I just found this thread! Great!...

I know right!!!! Love these nuggets too!!!

 

[RuthD]

This tells me that God knows the truth of everyone and everything and not to let others unreasonable opinions of us matter. That was very good for me to read Tishri.

 

[Tishri1]

Awesome!!! Rex posted the verse and I just started this convo thread. I like this too. It's fun to see how one verse speaks to everyone.

 

[RuthD]

Awesome!!! Rex posted the verse and I just started this convo thread. I like this too. It's fun to see how one verse speaks to everyone.

 

[Jeffwhosoever]

If you ever are fortunate enough to get the opportunity to take a class on the Truth Project by Del Tackett, you will hear this verse during almost every one of the 12 one hour lessons. Del refers to it as going into a Cocoon and he tells us that "transformed" would be better interpreted as "metamorphosed."

 

[Wryetui]

This verse can really apply to the world we live in today because even if it was written 2000 years ago it sounds pretty contemporary. Millions of people in our world are wandering lost because they don't know what to believe, what to think, what to feel, and they go deeper and deeper in this chaos of relativism and perdition that we live in today, only beside the Church and beside Christ we can find the way, the truth and the life. Christ, our God, is the only truth that exists.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

...Christ, our God, is the only truth that exists... Praise to the Father!