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Richard Chamberlain

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Monday 10 January 2011


Transformation

A little context

Monday 10 January 2011


Monday 10 January 2011
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the
mercies of God, to present your bodies as
a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to
God, which is your spiritual worship. Do
Romans 12:1-2
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.

Monday 10 January 2011


I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the
mercies of God, to present your bodies as
a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to
God, which is your spiritual worship. 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.

Monday 10 January 2011


And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the
test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit
eternal life?" He said to him,"What is written in
the Law? How do you read it?" And he
answered, "You shall love the Lord your
Luke 10:25-28
God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your strength
and with all your mind, and your neighbor
as yourself." And he said to him, "You have
answered correctly; do this, and you will live."

Monday 10 January 2011


And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the
test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit
eternal life?" He said to him,"What is written in
the Law? How do you read it?" And he
answered, "You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your strength
and with all your mind, and your neighbor
as yourself." And he said to him, "You have
answered correctly; do this, and you will live."

Monday 10 January 2011


Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea
Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say
that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say
John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others
Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them,
Matthew 16:13-23
"But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter
replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you,
Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Monday 10 January 2011


Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea
Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say
that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say
John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others
Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them,
"But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter
replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living
God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you,
Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Monday 10 January 2011


And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I
will build my church, and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of
the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind
on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever
you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no
one that he was the Christ.

Monday 10 January 2011


From that time Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things
from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took
him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it
from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you." But
he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan!
You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting
your mind on the things of God, but on the things of
man."

Monday 10 January 2011


From that time Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things
from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took
him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it
God is not nice!
from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you." But
he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan!
You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting
your mind on the things of God, but on the things of
man."

Monday 10 January 2011


For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the
LORD.
Isaiah 55:8-9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Monday 10 January 2011


For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the
LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Monday 10 January 2011


The essence of
idolatry is the
entertainment of
thoughts about God
that are unworthy
of Him.
A. W. Tozer
Monday 10 January 2011
Renewing your
mind

Monday 10 January 2011


The
dangerous
alternatives
to a
renewed
mind
Monday 10 January 2011
1) A Debased Mind
"And even as they did not
like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them
over to a debased (depraved
- NIV) mind, to do those
things which are not fitting."
(Romans 1:28)

Monday 10 January 2011


The Message ...rampant evil, grabbing and
grasping, vicious backstabbing...envy, wanton
killing, bickering, and cheating....mean-spirited,
venomous, fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies,
swaggerers, insufferable windbags! They keep
inventing new ways of wrecking lives. They ditch
their parents when they get in the way. Stupid,
slimy, cruel, cold-blooded.

Monday 10 January 2011


2) A Blinded Mind

"Whose mind the god of this age has


blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of
the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine on them."

(2 Cor 4:4)

Monday 10 January 2011


3) A Futile Mind

"You should no longer walk as the rest of


the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their
mind."

(Eph. 4:17)

Monday 10 January 2011


4) A Hostile Mind

"7 The mind governed by


the flesh is hostile to
God; it does not submit
to God’s law, nor can it
do so."

(Romans 8:7 NIV)

Monday 10 January 2011


5) A Double Mind

"Let not that man


suppose that he will
receive anything from
the Lord; he is a
double-minded man,
unstable in all his ways."

(James 1:5 - 8)

Monday 10 January 2011


Monday 10 January 2011
6) A Feeble Mind

"Now we exhort you,


brethren, warn those who
are unruly, comfort the
fainthearted (lit: feeble-
minded), uphold the weak,
be patient with all."

(1 Thess 5:14)

Monday 10 January 2011


Why we need a
Renewed Mind

Monday 10 January 2011


1) The Key To
Transformation
Romans 12: 1 - 2
Php 4:13
2 Cor. 5:17

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2) Important in
Spiritual Warfare

2 Corinthians 10:4 - 5

3) Necessary for
Faith

James 1:5 - 6

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4) For Ongoing
Spiritual
Development

Ephesians 4:17 - 24

5) To Know the
Will of God

Romans 12:2

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6) For A Proper
Knowledge Of Self

Romans 12:3

7) Inward Peace
And Stability

Philippians 4:6

Monday 10 January 2011


How can our Minds
be Renewed?

Monday 10 January 2011


1. Choices
Die - a Living Sacrifice
Lk 9:23...he said to all,
"If anyone would come
after me, let him deny
himself and take up his
cross daily and follow me.
Lk 9:57-62
Monday 10 January 2011
Habits
- what do you do?
- do you think about
things?
- do you ask questions?
- do you ‘sharpen’ men
of God

Monday 10 January 2011


The things
Habits that
captivate our
- what do you hearts
do?
- do dominate
will you think about
our
things?
thoughts, and our
- do you ask questions?
thoughts will
- do you ‘sharpen’ men
dominate our lives.
of God
Matt 6:21

Monday 10 January 2011


Routines - when do you
pray, read, meditate, talk...?
Php 4:8...whatever is true,
whatever is noble, whatever is
right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirable—if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy—
think about such things.
- do you think about the
right things?
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2. Holy Spirit

Ask - Luke 11:9ff


Filled - Eph 5:18
Fruit - Gal
5:22-23

Monday 10 January 2011


Walk - Holy Spirit
Leads you...
- to Jesus - where is
your focus - ministry
or Master?
- in God’s paths - Jesus
in the wilderness, Philip
to the desert road,
Paul to Macedonia,
Gal 5:16, 18
Monday 10 January 2011
Dangers in our
fellowship with the Holy
Spirit

Remember -
The Holy Spirit is a Person

Monday 10 January 2011


Eph 4:30…And do not grieve the
Holy Spirit of God, with whom you
were sealed for the day of
redemption

How can we can grieve


him?

Monday 10 January 2011


Eph 4:31…Get rid of all bitterness,
rage and anger, brawling and slander,
along with every form of malice...

Monday 10 January 2011


Acts 5:3,4…Then Peter said,
“Ananias, how is it that Satan has so
filled your heart that you have lied to
the Holy Spirit and have kept for
yourself some of the money you
received for the land?

Monday 10 January 2011


…Didn’t it belong to you before it was
sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the
money at your disposal? What made
you think of doing such a thing? You
have not lied to men but to God.”

Monday 10 January 2011


1Thess 5:19

Do not put out


the Spirit’s fire

Monday 10 January 2011


1Thess 5:20

…do not treat


prophecies with
contempt. Test
everything. Hold on to
the good

Monday 10 January 2011


Acts 7:51

You stiff-necked people,


with uncircumcised
hearts and ears! You are
just like your fathers:You
always resist the Holy
Spirit!

Monday 10 January 2011


Heb 10:29…Anyone
who rejected the law of
Moses died without
mercy on the testimony
of two or three
witnesses. How much
more severely do you
think a man deserves to
be punished who has
trampled the Son of God
under foot
Monday 10 January 2011
Heb 10:29…who has treated as
an unholy thing the blood of the
covenant that sanctified him, and
who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Monday 10 January 2011


“The Spirit of God acts with
considerable disturbing effect. It is
part of his nature to do so.”
Donald Guthrie,
NT Theology

Monday 10 January 2011


“The work of the Holy Spirit is to
manifest the active presence of
God in the world, and especially
in the church”
Wayne Grudem,
Systematic Theology

Monday 10 January 2011


3. Scripture
Heb 4:12, Gen 1, Isa
55:8ff
Read - when, where,
how much?
Memorise - Ps 119:11,
Prov. 10:14, 18:15

Monday 10 January 2011


Study - complacency is
a real danger in ministry,
have you stopped
studying - do you wait
on God?
Application - James
1: 22ff doers of the
word / “Never,
Matt 7:24ff wise & never, never,
foolish builders never give up”
Monday 10 January 2011
“There is only one
thing that keeps
most churches from
prospering spiritually.
They have yet to find
God.”
Francis Frangipane
Monday 10 January 2011

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