The BIG Picture (Shorts)

Part 2 of 5 • ⏱️ 2-Min Read Passage: Rom.12:2 Scripture Focus: "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Rom.12:2) Today's Lesson Living out our faith in a practical way requires a deliberate decision to resist the pressures of the culture around us. Paul instructs us not to allow the world to shape our thinking or dictate our standards. It is easy to slide into the mindsets, anxieties, and priorities that govern everyday society. However, the grace of God offers a far better way, working a genuine change from within. This transformation occurs as our minds are steadily renewed by God's truth. Real spiritual growth is not achieved through self-effort, strict external rules, or worked-up emotion. Instead, as we anchor our minds in the rightly divided word of God, our perspective is restored. Scripture dismantles old habits of thought, ground...

Many believers today might be saved, but they do not grow up in Christ. They remain babes in Christ, carnal Christians, because they do not pick up God's Word and study it. According to our key scripture above, “Vanity of the mind” means that believers are empty concerning the truth about Christ, which is the cause of their carnal behaviours. Their understanding is darkened, and they are ignorant of the transforming life of God that can empower them to live a life that is pleasing to Him. Paul continues to confirm that, we have not learned Christ in this way.   It is through learning the Bible, studying it, understanding it, and through obedience to it, allowing it to renew us, and influence us, that we will be empowered to put off the old carnal man with his old desires and by being renewed in the knowledge of the Word, to put on the new man which can walk in an increasing measure of righteousness and godliness towards God. ______________ Please share these with friends and famil...