Treasures of Truth

5 Sojourners

SOJOURNERS:

Do not be conformed to this world,

but be transformed

by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:1-2

Conformed:

masquerade; to show on the outside

what is not true on the inside.

Transformed:

manifest on the outside

what is true on the inside.

In our true identity

we are no longer suited

for this world system.

Jesus said,

“They are not of the world,

even as I am not of the world.” John 17:14b

What hinders us

from seeing, believing,

and acting upon this truth?

Blindness II Peter 1:9 I John 2:11

Believer Does Not Practice Truth

James 1:22-24 Matthew 7:26-27 I John 1:6

Lack of Faith Hebrews 4:2

Drift Passivity Hebrews 2:1

Prolonged Spiritual Immaturity

I Corinthians 3:1-3 Hebrews 5:11-14

Ignored the Light Ephesians 4:17-19

Enemy Instigates Doubt Genesis 3:1

Enemy Undoes God’s Work Mark 4:15

Lack of Correct Mindset

Colossians 3:1-4 Romans 8:5-7

Failing to Fight I Timothy 1:18

Lack of Discipline II Timothy 2:4

Forgot to Remember

II Peter 1:8-9 James 1:23-24

“We think that we have to change the way we act

in order to be different. God says, No, I have made you different,

and when you believe it,

you will automatically change the way you act.”

From Guilt to Glory by Ray Stedman

“For as he (a man) thinks in his heart, so is he…” Proverbs 23:7a