Give yourself to God...all that you are! How? Undergo an extreme makeover so that you experience the fullness of God's will. How do I begin to do that? Do not be conformed to this world.
A. Do NOT BE CONFORMED to this world
1. An imperative: something for you to DO
2. An imperative addressed to the Christian: something for YOU to do
3. An imperative expressed in the negative: do NOT do something
4. A present tense imperative: always be doing this
5. A passive imperative: resist; don't LET the world squeeze you
6. An imperative given in the context of grace [12.1, 3]
B. Do not be conformed to THIS WORLD
1. This world is temporal
1 Cor 2.6-8; 2 Cor 4.16-18; 1 John 2.15-17
2. This world is permeated with evil
Rev 12-13; 2 Cor 4.3-4; Gal 1.3-4
3. This world is the place where we were once comfortable
Eph 2.1-3
4. This world is the world of self ["a ME-o-centric universe" John Cook]
Rom 12.3-21
C. HOW DO I BEGIN TO DO THIS?
1. Cultivate humility [12.3; 1 Pet 5.5-9]
2. Be an active part of a local fellowship of believers [12.4-8]
3. Look for ways to be a blessing to others [12.9-21]
4. Believe that God is at work in you [1 John 4.4; 5.4-5; Phil 1.6]
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