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Peter 2:1-2 - it is essential for our
growth in Christ
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
how to cultivate Christian mindset
When we “do Christian Education” we
must always begin with
Scripture!
The work of Christian Education
always starts with His instructions.
THUS,
WE MUST STRIVE FOR A BIBLICAL
Analyze issues Theologically by
asking 5 questions:
A.
What does Scripture have to say on this issue?
B.
What Scripture principles apply?
C.
What have Christian scholars, past and present, said on this issue?
D.
Does the issue go against God’s standards of morality?
E. Is the Holy Spirit leading me to a certain
point of view on the issue?
Kenneth Gangel, Christian Educators Handbook on
Teaching, 77.
MINDSET.
how do we go about cultivating a biblical mindset in life and ministry?
1) know the Scripture intimately
Paslms 119:97-
Romans 12:1,2
2) study culture with the aim of being salt and light
how to cultivate a biblical mindset (Paslms 119:97-
Psalms
(Expositor's Bible Commentary, The) by Tremper Longman
III, David E. Garland and Willem A. VanGemeren (Nov 27, 2008)
Colossians 1:28-29
Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 44, Colossians-Philemon [Hardcover]
Peter T. O'BrienRomans 12:1,2 the Epistle to the romans by Douglas J. Moo
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"This world" literally "this age," is the sin-dominated, death-producing realm in which all peopl, included in Adam's fall, naturally belong.
But it is "to deliever us from the presen evil age" that Christ gave himself (Gal. 1:4); and those who belong to Christ have been transferred from the old realm of sin and death ino the new realm of righteousness and life....
Pauls' command that we "not conform to this wolrd," then, builds on the theology of Rom. 5-8 (and of Rom. 6 especially) and calls on us to resist the pressure to "be squeezed into the mold" of this world and the "pattern" of behavior that typifies it (see 1 Cor. 7:31).
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whereas the verb translated "be transformed" refers to an inward and genuine resemblance.
The tense of the verb is agian present; and in this case the fact that the renewing of the mind is a continuing process justifies us in thinking that Paul uses this tense to stress the need for us to work constantly at our transformation.
"The renewing of your mind" is the means by which this transformation takes place. "Mind" translates a word that Paul uses especially to connote a person's "practical reason," or "moral consciousness." Christians are to adjust their way of thinking about everything in accordance with the "newness" of their life in the Spirit (cf 7:6). This "re-programming" of the mind
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does not take place overnight but is a lifelong process by which our way of thinking is to resemble more and more the way God has resulted in God's giving them over to a "worthless" mind: one that is "unqualified" (adokimos) in assessing the truth about God and the world he has made. Now, Paul asserts, the purpose of our being transformed by the renewing of the mind is that this state might be reversed; that we migth be able to "approve" (dokimazo)the will of God. "Approving" the will of God his moral direction is clear from the way Paul describes it: this will is that which is "good," "acceptable [to God]," and "perfect."
Paul's confidence in the mind of the Christian is the result of his understanding of the work of the Spirit, who is actively workingn to effect the renewal in thinking that Paul here assumes (cf. Rom. 8-4-9)
He knows that the renewal of the mind is a process and that as long as we are in these
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bodies we need some revealed, objective standards against which to measure our behavior. Hence Paul makes clear that Christians are not without "law," but are under "the law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2; 1Cor. 9:19). This "law" has its heart in Jesus' own teaching about the will of God, expanded and explicated by his appoined representative, the apostles. But Paul's vision, to which he calls us, is of Christians whose minds are so thoroughly renewed that we know fom within, almost instinctively, what we are to do to please God in any given situation. We need "law"; but it would be to betray Paul's call to us in these verses to substitue external commands for the continuing work of mind-renewal that is at the heart of God's New Covenant work.
758
"This world" literally "this age," is the sin-dominated, death-producing realm in which all peopl, included in Adam's fall, naturally belong.
But it is "to deliever us from the presen evil age" that Christ gave himself (Gal. 1:4); and those who belong to Christ have been transferred from the old realm of sin and death ino the new realm of righteousness and life....
Pauls' command that we "not conform to this wolrd," then, builds on the theology of Rom. 5-8 (and of Rom. 6 especially) and calls on us to resist the pressure to "be squeezed into the mold" of this world and the "pattern" of behavior that typifies it (see 1 Cor. 7:31).
756
whereas the verb translated "be transformed" refers to an inward and genuine resemblance.
The tense of the verb is agian present; and in this case the fact that the renewing of the mind is a continuing process justifies us in thinking that Paul uses this tense to stress the need for us to work constantly at our transformation.
"The renewing of your mind" is the means by which this transformation takes place. "Mind" translates a word that Paul uses especially to connote a person's "practical reason," or "moral consciousness." Christians are to adjust their way of thinking about everything in accordance with the "newness" of their life in the Spirit (cf 7:6). This "re-programming" of the mind
757
does not take place overnight but is a lifelong process by which our way of thinking is to resemble more and more the way God has resulted in God's giving them over to a "worthless" mind: one that is "unqualified" (adokimos) in assessing the truth about God and the world he has made. Now, Paul asserts, the purpose of our being transformed by the renewing of the mind is that this state might be reversed; that we migth be able to "approve" (dokimaz
Paul's confidence in the mind of the Christian is the result of his understanding of the work of the Spirit, who is actively workingn to effect the renewal in thinking that Paul here assumes (cf. Rom. 8-4-9)
He knows that the renewal of the mind is a process and that as long as we are in these
758
bodies we need some revealed, objective standards against which to measure our behavior. Hence Paul makes clear that Christians are not without "law," but are under "the law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2; 1Cor. 9:19). This "law" has its heart in Jesus' own teaching about the will of God, expanded and explicated by his appoined representative, the apostles. But Paul's vision, to which he calls us, is of Christians whose minds are so thoroughly renewed that we know fom within, almost instinctively, what we are to do to please God in any given situation. We need "law"; but it would be to betray Paul's call to us in these verses to substitue external commands for the continuing work of mind-renewal that is at the heart of God's New Covenant work.
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His Faithfulness
Lamentations 3:22-23
Becuase of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
예례미야 애가 3:22-23
여호와의 인자와 긍휼이 무궁하시므로 우리가 진멸되지 아니함이니이다. 이것들이 아침마다 새로우니 주의 성실하심이 크시도이다.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
하나님은 사람이 아니시니, 거짓말을 하지 않으시고, 인생이 아니시니 후회가 없으시도다 어찌 그 말씀하신 바를 행하지 않으시며 하신 말씀을 실행하지 않으시랴
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Numbers 23:19
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Becuase of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
예례미야 애가 3:22-23
여호와의 인자와 긍휼이 무궁하시므로 우리가 진멸되지 아니함이니이다. 이것들이 아침마다 새로우니 주의 성실하심이 크시도이다.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23.
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
하나님은 사람이 아니시니, 거짓말을 하지 않으시고, 인생이 아니시니 후회가 없으시도다 어찌 그 말씀하신 바를 행하지 않으시며 하신 말씀을 실행하지 않으시랴
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
Numbers 23:19
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
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