Summary
DOES THE CHURCH CHANGE THE WORLD OR DOES THE WORLD CHANGE THE CHURCH? ~ Renewing Your Mind Sermon
Preached by Pastor Bryan Walker at One Way Christian Center in Olustee, Oklahoma.
SERMON NOTES:
Romans 12:1-2
- (Last Week) Present Your Bodies ~ Spiritual Worship TOPICS
- Do not be conformed to this world ~ discern the will of God
- How? By the renewal of your mind
How do we understand, THIS WORLD
- How do you live in the world, love the lost, proclaim the gospel and not conform to THIS WORLD?
1 Corinthians 9:19
Mark 16:15
VS.
2 Corinthians 6:14
1 John 2:15-16
Jesus ministered to common people, sinners, tax collectors and prostitutes
Apostles took the gospel to the people
Paul preached to the Pagan religions
- Maintained the truth of the Gospel
- Compassionate and loving!
- What about this…
1 Corinthians 5:11
Did Jesus and the Apostles change the world or did the world change them?
Lies and false doctrine
NOT ALWAYS – Majority Rules – World is the majority
World should have NO influence on doctrine
Today? Doctrine Doesn’t Matter?
- JESUS
- APOSTLES
- MARTIN LUTHER
- Church Council
- Pope’s Authority
- Scripture!!
- It is better that I should die a thousand times than that I should retract one syllable of the condemned articles. And as they excommunicated me for the sacrilege of heresy, so I excommunicate them in the name of the sacred truth of God. Christ will judge whose excommunication will stand.
- MARTYRS
- Burn a pinch of incense and declare Cesar is Lord
- Receive a paper
- Then worship Christ as you like
- Burn a pinch of incense and declare Cesar is Lord
GOAL – know the will of God!
- Modern “You will have Peace???”
- God’s sovereignty! SIN and NEED for Saving!
- Try witnessing
- Speaking of witnessing ~ Riots in Ferguson, MO
- Bible Roulette! No different than TARA CARDS
- Joke – Quit smoking
- 1Co 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
- Rev 15:8 and the temple was filled with smoke
- Joke – Quit smoking
Life is FULL OF DECISIONS
Small Decisions
- Wave at Alicia ~ Lord should I wave
- Hello to Alicia ~ Lord should I say hello
- Conversation with Alicia ~ Should I use this word or that word…
- Dinner with Alicia
Big Decisions
- Injured!
- Should I date Alicia
- Should I marry Alicia
I searched the Bible for, “Should I marry Alicia?” No result Found
How do we make daily ROUTINE decisions?
- God is sovereign
- RENEWING THE MIND ~ Christ centered thinking!!!
Empty your mind and focus on Jesus – Pagan!
Empty your mind, it is hindering the Spirit – Pagan!
- NOT just learning data
- Thinking like Christ
- Mind and Heart are LINKED
- Are your passions for the Lord? Or things of the world
- In the World
- We come out of World
- Educated by the World
- Miserable Christian
- Not sanctified overnight SPURGEON
1 Peter 1:14-15
- Pray! Know the word! Love the Word! STANDARD
- Put on Christ!
- One Way Hoodie? SURE!
- Reminders – Rainbow
- Lord’s Supper…
2 Peter 3:1
Mark 16:15
FAITH – 5 Minute Devotion – One Way Christian Center
Given by Roy Moreau
Hebrews 11:1 NKJV Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Romans 8:24 NKJV For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
Bible References
- Romans 12:2 - 2
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