Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Romans 12:1-2, 9-21
by: Gabrielle Watt.
“Then” (v.2, NIV) is a powerful word. It relates to time and indicates that there is an order to actions and events. Paul was letting people know that they must fully commit themselves to God, and not follow the ways of the world in order to understand and demonstrate the will of God. In verses 9-21 he laid out God’s will by writing how the Lord wants us, as believers, to treat our fellow man. We see how “do not conform to the pattern of this world” (v.2, NIV) comes into play, because everything written here, very clearly, goes against what natural instincts and the world will tell you.
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