Change My Mind

Our Battle

Change My Mind

Rethinking The Way I Think

Lesson 1: Our Battle

November 10 & 11, 2018

 

Change Your Thinking and You’ll Change Your Life 

 

Romans 12:1 Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That’s the most sensible way to serve God. Contemporary English Version

 

Romans 12:2 Don’t be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him. Contemporary English Version

 

Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mindNew International Version

 

Our Belief System Has Been Corrupted From Birth

2 Corinthians 4:3 But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost. Modern English Version

 

2 Corinthians 4:4 The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. Modern English Version

 

Our Belief System Can Be Corrupted After We Accept Christ

 

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ. Amplified Bible  

 

Our Belief System Must Be Challenged And Changed Continually

 

2 Corinthians 10:3 Although we live in the world, we don’t fight our battles with human methods. Common English Bible

 

2 Corinthians 10:4 Our weapons that we fight with aren’t human, but instead they are powered by God for the destruction of fortresses... Common English Bible 

 

2 Corinthians 10:4 …They destroy argumentsand every defense that is raised up to oppose the knowledge of God. They capture every thought to make it obedient to Christ. Common English Bible

 

The Bible Is The Weapon That Challenges Our Belief System

 

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. New International Version

 

John 8:31 So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. 32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. Amplified Bible CE

 

The Bible Is God Speaking To Man

 

2 Peter 1:20-21 For no prophecy recorded in Scripture was ever thought up by the prophet himself. It was the Holy Spirit within these godly men who gave them true messages from God. Living Bible