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5 LIKE A BUTTERFLY A life of change

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Rom 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. 7

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Not conformed to this world Our Lord said of his disciples, "They are not of the world even as I am not of the world." (Joh_17:16) Do not be entangled with the things of this world. Our chief duty is to devote yourself to preparing for the Kingdom of the Lord. 11

Eph 4:17 ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk 12

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Jas 4:4 friendship of the world is enmity with God? 15

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17 The love of fellowship its aims, ambitions, and hopes, and its methods of pursuing them.

18 We are not to love the present order or arrangement

19 How comparatively unimportant should the things of this present order seem to us.

20 How highly we should value its privileges and opportunities

21 We need to guard watchfulness and prayer

Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. 22

23 What influences are we submitting ourselves to?

24 The duty and privilege of the saints Godliness with contentment is great gain

25. he is weaned from earthly ambitions and labors not for earthly things except to provide things decent and needful The duty and privilege of the saints

26 because their ambition is turned heavenward The duty and privilege of the saints

Separate yourselves from the people of the land.

2Co 6:16 for ye are the temple of the living God 28

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How are we building and with what ? 1Co 3:11 Gold Silver Costly stones Wood Hay Stubble. 30

If any man build Gold Silver Precious stones Wood, hay, stubble Divine truth and corresponding character Proper building to true doctrines Truth & whole-hearted loyalty to the Lord Traditional errors and corresponding unstable characters Error 31

Example of not building properly (Lev 10:1) And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them Drink no wine nor strong drink, and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean 32

33 (Ezek 44:23) And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

34 We must make sure that we have proper incense

35 We not get fire for our incense from any other quarter than that from the altar that is the consecrated fire

Ye shall be holy; for I am holy 36

Renewing of your mind 37

(Mat 22:37) And he said unto him, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38

39 (Phil 2:2) but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; (Rom 12:16) Be of the same mind one toward another.

40 ( 1Co 2:16) But we have the mind of Christ (Rom 8:6) But the mind of the Spirit is life and peace :

41 The mind of Christ – All the responsibility is with the Head. Signifies an intimate acquaintance Their these principles are to be incorporated into our characters. R5123:6

42 It requires time to become emptied of self Yet it is another thing to bring every thought into harmony with the will of God in Christ. R4830 The mind of Christ

43 crucify the flesh and war a good warfare against the world, the flesh and the devil. R1594:5

(Eph 6:17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God 44

45 Our helmet is a faith-knowledge. An intellectual knowledge based not upon things that are seen, but upon things that are unseen. [Heb_11:3] R4043 The helmet

46 Rom 12:2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of Go d.

47 BBE 1Th 4:3 For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh,

The complete devotion of your will to God. Full setting apart from the world Through the truth a setting apart to a holy service 48

49 Eph 5:15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk

50 (John 17:17) Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

51 The sanctification of the heart and the life produced by the truth. Sanctification It does mean perfection of intention Sanctifying is a gradual work

52 Through thy truth. The message of God received by faith is accepted to be the truth, to be true knowledge, and wherever it goes there must be a sanctifying, separating power. NS505:5

53 Our Lord prayed that the work of divine instruction might go on in them, as it is written: They shall all be taught of God. Joh_6:45)

54 Every day of our lives should make us more sanctified-- more fit for God's service in the future. R5321:1

55 (Eph 5:26) that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word

56 Heb 2:11-12 For both he that sanctified and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren

57 2Co 4:13-15 But having the same spirit of faith, knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.

58 that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

59 Rom 12:1-2 For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him. And let not your behavior be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

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