Romans 12:2

Metamorphousthe is present passive imperative of metamorhoo that means “to change into another form…to transfigure, transform” and in this context, “the change of moral character for the better” (Thayer 405). Romans, Hamilton, p. 681, Truth Commentaries

This transformation is to characterize Christians through their lives in the world in which they live. Their citizenship is in heaven, and their behavior should agree with their citizenship (cf. Phil. 3:20). They are to arm themselves with the mind of Christ and not participate in the evil conduct characteristic of this age (I Pet. 4:4). God is their father and they are only sojourners in the world (I Pet. 1:17). Romans, Hamilton, p. 681, Truth Commentaries

In the Renewing of Your Mind Ephesians 4:20-24 Colossians 3:2, 10 I Timothy 2:3-4 Hebrews 8:10 “new in the sense of quality or kind.” Thayer says it means, “complete change for the better” (38). The mind is the source of a person’s behavior. Debased Mind – Romans 1:28; 8:7; Eph. 2:3; Phil. 3:19; Col. 1:21; Titus 1:15

In Your Character I Samuel 16:7; I Peter 3:3-4 Mark 7:21 Matt. 23:25-28 Colossians 3:12-15 Philippians 2:19-22 Reputation is what people think of you. Character is who you really are inside and out. (maybe 2 Peter 3:11)

In Your Daily Habits I Corinthians 15:33 Ephesians 5:15-16 Psalm 1:2; I Thess. 5:17 Acts 5:42 What are your habits? Good and bad? Begin the day with prayer and reading Scripture, instead or at least in addition to reading the morning paper or viewing the morning news on TV.

In Your Devotion Towards God I Timothy 4:15 Numbers 32:11-12 Matt. 22:37; 6:33 Matt. 10:37-38 Revelation 2:10

By the Gospel of Jesus Christ “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek” (Romans 1:16).

By the Gospel of Jesus Christ “to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me” (Acts 26:18).

By the Gospel of Jesus Christ “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things…” (Acts 3:19-21).

By the Gospel of Jesus Christ “But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds 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. 4:3-4).

Acts 18:8 By the Gospel of Jesus Christ Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. By the Gospel of Jesus Christ

I Corinthians 6:9-10 By the Gospel of Jesus Christ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. By the Gospel of Jesus Christ

I Corinthians 6:11 By the Gospel of Jesus Christ And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. By the Gospel of Jesus Christ

By the Gospel of Jesus Christ Fornicators Idolaters Adulterers Homosexuals Sodomites Thieves Covetous Drunkards Revilers Extortioners Sexually Pure Worship True God Faithful to Spouse Manly Heterosexual Honest Labor Not Materialistic Sober Speaks Kindly Honest in Dealings By the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Sinner Saint Romans 12:2