CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIANS TO RENEWED OUR
MINDS IN FACING THE NEW YEAR 2025.
(Romans 12:2) And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Renew Your Mind
Objective of the Sermon
To encourage believers to experience personal transformation by
resisting conformity to worldly values, embracing the renewing power of God’s
Word and Spirit, and living in alignment with His good, pleasing, and perfect
will.
Scriptures
Romans 12:2 – “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.”
Ephesians 4:23 – “Be renewed in the spirit of your
minds.”
Colossians 3:10 – “And have put on the new self,
which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.”
Introduction
As the new year begins, many of us focus on resolutions, new beginnings,
and changes in our lives. While these goals often concern our outward actions
or habits, the Bible teaches us that true transformation begins in the mind.
Romans 12:2 calls us to be “transformed by the renewing of our mind.” This
renewal is not a mere change of thought, but a radical shift in how we view the
world and make decisions. Today, we will explore how to align our thoughts with
God’s will and experience the deep transformation He desires for us in the new
year.
Development
Resist Conformity:
Scripture Reference: Romans 12:2
The first step in renewing our mind is resisting the temptation to
conform to the patterns of this world. The world encourages us to value
success, materialism, self-promotion, and comfort above all else. However,
these worldly values can distract us from God’s purpose for our lives.
Application: We must be intentional in guarding our minds against these
influences, filtering what we watch, hear, and engage with, and evaluating
whether it aligns with God’s truth.
* SOME MULTIPLE GREAT THINGS TO RENEW THE MIND OF THE
CHRISTIANS.
1. TO RENEWED OUR MINDS IN SETTING OUR AFFECTION ON
THINGS ABOVE.
( Colossians 3:1-10
) [1]If ye
then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God.
[2]Set your affection on things
above, not on things on the earth.
[3]For ye are dead, and your life
is hid with Christ in God.
[4]When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
[5]Mortify therefore your members
which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
[6]For which things' sake the
wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
[7]In the which ye also walked
some time, when ye lived in them.
[8]But now ye also put off all
these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
[9]Lie not one to another, seeing
that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
[10]And have put on the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
2. TO RENEWED OUR MINDS IN HUMBLING OURSELVES BEFORE GOD.
( James 4:6-10 ) [6]But he giveth more grace.
Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
[7]Submit yourselves therefore to
God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
[8]Draw nigh to God, and he will
draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye
double minded.
[9]Be afflicted, and mourn, and
weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
[10]Humble yourselves in the sight
of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
3. TO RENEWED OUR MINDS IN COMMITING OURSELVES TO FULFILL
THE GREAT COMMISSION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
( John 9:4-5 ) [4]I must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
[5]As long as I am in the world, I
am the light of the world.
* Jerusalem Church is our good model for commitment in fulfilling the
great commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.
( Acts 6:4-7 ) [4]But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
[5]And the saying pleased the
whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy
Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and
Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
[6]Whom they set before the
apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
[7]And the word of God increased;
and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great
company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
* The Jerusalem Church never stop in reaching souls.
( Acts 5:26-29 ) [26]Then went the captain with the
officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest
they should have been stoned.
[27]And when they had brought
them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
[28]Saying, Did not we straitly
command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
[29]Then Peter and the other
apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
4. TO RENEWED OUR MINDS IN MORE CONCERN TO SUPPORT THE
MISSION WORK OF THE CHURCH.
( Philippians
4:15-19 ) [15]Now ye
Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed
from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and
receiving, but ye only.
[16]For even in Thessalonica ye
sent once and again unto my necessity.
[17]Not because I desire a gift:
but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
[18]But I have all, and abound: I
am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you,
an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
[19]But my God shall supply all
your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
5. TO RENEWED OUR MINDS IN TOTAL SACRIFICE IN GIVING TO
REACH OUR GOAL OF 1 MILLION PESOS FOR 2025.
( II Corinthians 8:1-12 ) [1]Moreover, brethren, we do you
to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
[2]How that in a great trial of
affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the
riches of their liberality.
[3]For to their power, I bear
record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
[4]Praying us with much intreaty
that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints.
[5]And this they did, not as we
hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of
God.
[7]Therefore, as ye abound in
every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and
in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
[8]I speak not by commandment, but
by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your
love.
[9]For ye know the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
[10]And herein I give my advice:
for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also
to be forward a year ago.
[11]Now therefore perform the
doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a
performance also out of that which ye have.
[12]For if there be first a
willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to
that he hath not.
* God loveth the cheerful giver.
( II Corinthians
9:6-8 ) [6]But
this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which
soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
[7]Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for
God loveth a cheerful giver.
[8]And God is able to make all
grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things,
may abound to every good work:
* God bless you all always *
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