Transformed (Romans 12:2, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 29:22, 2 Corinthians 5:17-19, Galatians 4:4-7, John 15:5, Philippians 4:13, Ephesians 3:16-19)
Pastor Jim Buchanan, 21 February, 2021Part of the Sunday Morning Message series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Romans 12:2 (Listen)
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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Proverbs 20:3 (Listen)
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.
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Proverbs 29:22 (Listen)
22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.
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2 Corinthians 5:17–19 (Listen)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
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Galatians 4:4–7 (Listen)
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
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John 15:5 (Listen)
5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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Philippians 4:13 (Listen)
13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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Ephesians 3:16–19 (Listen)
16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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