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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 12:2 - Responding to God’s Mercy Part 2

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Romans in Outline No. 112

CONTRASTS BETWEEN VERSE 1 AND VERSE 2

1.1  THE CALL IS TO REJECT WORLDLY CONFORMITY

2.1  The rejected mold

aion = age

3.1  THE GOD OF THIS AGE

2 Corinthians 4:4

3.2  CHRIST PROVIDED DELIVERANCE FROM THIS AGE

Galatians 1:4

3.3  BELIEVERS ARE TAUGHT BY GRACE TO LIVE GODLY IN THIS PRESENT AGE

Titus 2:12

2.2  The rejected action

1 Peter 1:14

1.2  THE CALL IS TO TRANSFORMATION

2.1  The meaning

Metamorphoomai = metamorphosis

2.2  The tense

1.3  THE TRANSFORMATION CENTERS IN THE MIND

2.1  The old mind

3.1  THE DEPRAVED MIND

With the fall…

Romans 1:28

Ephesians 2:1-3

Colossians 1:22-23

3.2  THE CORRUPT MIND

1 Timothy 6:5

3.3  THE FLESHLY MIND

Colossians 2:18-19

2.2  The new mind

3.1  THE SPIRIT–DOMINATED MIND

Romans 8:5-7

3.2  MIND OF CHRIST

1 Corinthians 2:10-16

1.4  RENEWAL — THE TRANSFORMATION FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW MIND

Ephesians 4:20-24

2.1  The transformation is described as a renewal

2.2  The transformation experiences the will of God

3.1  THE PROCESS

3.2  THE OBJECTIVE: “…the will of God.”

3.3  THE NATURE OF GOD’S WILL

4.1  What is good is God’s will

4.2  What is acceptable to God is His will

4.3  What is perfect is God’s will

Romans 12:2

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (NKJV)

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