A RENEWED MIND

Key Text:

“1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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.”

‭‭— Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Bible does not tell you which person to marry or whether to marry. The Bible does not tell you which car to drive or buy or rent.

The Bible doesn't tell you whether buy a home or not; which home to buy. The Bible doesn't tell you which brand of orange juice to drink.

There are ten thousand decisions you must make that are not explicitly addressed in the Bible.

So what do you do? If you want to obey "the will of command", my answer is: you must have a renewed mind.

That's what the text says: "Be transformed by the renewal of your mind that you may prove" how to eat, how to drink, cars to drive, houses to live in, missions to go on, lifestyles to choose from.

Ten thousand decisions not written in the Bible, and yet informed by all the teaching of the Bible into this new mind.

So that you think with the mind of Christ and assess things the way Christ would assess them so that the decisions that are made are flowing from the revealed will of God in the Bible as it transforms your mind.

— John Piper