TO A NEW GENERATION OF BELIEVERS.
Verse of Day:
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Romans 12:2 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.12.2.NLTA thought that immediately came to mind.
Don’t conform to the World. EVEN the world of RELIGION.
Too often our mind is not renewed. We simply conform to whatever religious group we identify with. The religious group shapes our thinking and our living. We copy the customs and behavior of “our” group.
The whole idea here seems to be that we offer ourselves as a sacrifice to God and GOD transforms our thinking conforming us to his SON JESUS, not some RELIGIOUS LEADER, PASTOR, TEACHER, AUTHOR or other MODEL. But JESUS.
Each generation of believers should be different and unique as they live in a different culture, world and time.
The basics of the Bible do NOT change! The application of it to our culture should as our minds and lives are transformed by God. Not our religious group.
Step out of Religion. Go against the flow of Religion. Read the Bible with fresh eyes. Let your way of thinking be transformed by your interactions with the Word, the Spirit and the world.
Don’t be a religious clone. Become a new person by letting God change your thinking and living. Following Jesus is not about being static. It is about change, about movement. We should be a diverse group.
C. J.