Total Transformation

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The Heart of the Matter
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• Total Transformation
• Romans121-2

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Roman2 121-2 NCV

• 1 So brothers, since God has shown us great
  mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living
  sacrifice to him. Your offering must be only for
  God and pleasing to him. This is the spiritual
  way for you to worship.
• 2 Do not change yourselves to be like the
  people of this world. But be changed within by a
  new way of thinking. Then you will be able to
  decide what God wants for you. And you will be
  able to know what is good and pleasing to God and
  what is perfect.

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Vision Defined

• Vision is mans dominant sense, he learns more
  through it than through any other sense, even the
  blind depend on it vicariously. George Wald.
• Vision is the most important steering and
  directing control system of the seeing being.
• Over 80 of our learning is mediated through our
  eyes, indicating the important role our vision
  plays in our daily activities.

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Eye Test

• Count every " F" in the following text
  FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF
  SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE
  OF YEARS...

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HOW MANY ?

• WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.
• READ IT AGAIN !
• Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 F's

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O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

• I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
  uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
• The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig
  to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,

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• it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
  wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the
  frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The
  rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed
  it wouthit a porbelm.
• Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
  ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
  Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling
  was ipmorantt!

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Act 81

• 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And
  there arose on that day a great persecution
  against the church which was in Jerusalem and
  they were all scattered abroad throughout the
  regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the
  apostles.
• 3 But Saul laid waste the church, entering into
  every house, and dragging men and women committed
  them to prison.

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Belief in ones abilities and faculties

• 84 They therefore that were scattered abroad,
  went about preaching the word.
• 91 But Saul, yet breathing threatening and
  slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went
  unto the high priest,
• 92 and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the
  synagogues, that if he found any that were of the
  Way, whether men or women, he might bring them
  bound to Jerusalem.

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A product of his learning and experience

• Acts 223 Then Paul said I am a Jew, born in
  Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city,
  under Gamaliel. I was thoroughly trained in the
  law of our fathers and was as zealous for God as
  any of you here today. I persecuted the followers
  of this Way to their death, arresting both men
  and women and throwing them into prison. I even
  obtained letters for the high priest and all the
  Council to bring these people to prison and to
  punish them.

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He knew the laws of God but did not know the
intent of God

• Romans 10 1-4 Brothers, my hearts desire and
  prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may
  be saved.
• 2 For I can testify about them that they are
  zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on
  knowledge.
• 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that
  comes from God and sought to establish their
  own, they did not submit to Gods righteousness.

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• Romans 104 Christ is the end of the law so that
  there may be righteousness for everyone who
  believes.
• The law was given to establish that man cannot
  save himself apart from the grace of God. The
  law points to Jesus as savior.
• Eph 28 It is by grace that you have been saved,
  through faith- and this not from yourselves. It
  is a gift from Good- 9 not by works, so that no
  one can boast.

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A personal encounter with Jesus Acts 93-5

• 3 And as he journeyed, it came to pass that he
  drew nigh unto Damascus and suddenly there shone
  round about him a light out of heaven
• 4 and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice
  saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou
  me?
• 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said,
  I am Jesus whom thou persecutest

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Saul saw with his eyes using the filter of his
own knowledge

• 2 Do not change yourselves to be like the
  people of this world. But be changed within by a
  new way of thinking. Then you will be able to
  decide what God wants for you. And you will be
  able to know what is good and pleasing to God and
  what is perfect.
• He was thinking like everybody else during that
  time and made following the law first and
  foremost. He needed a personal encounter with
  Christ to receive an adjustment.

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Physically Blinded Acts 96-9

• 6 but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall
  be told thee what thou must do.
• 7 And the men that journeyed with him stood
  speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no
  man.
• 8 And Saul arose from the earth and when his
  eyes were opened, he saw nothing and they led
  him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
• 9 And he was three days without sight, and did
  neither eat nor drink.

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Scales represent the blinders that prevented him
from seeing the truth

• 17 And Ananias departed, and entered into the
  house and laying his hands on him said, Brother
  Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto
  thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me,
  that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled
  with the Holy Spirit.
• 18 And straightway there fell from his eyes as it
  were scales, and he received his sight and he
  arose and was baptized

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Amazing transformation Acts 921

• 21 And all that heard him were amazed, and said,
  Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of
  them that called on this name? and he had come
  hither for this intent, that he might bring them
  bound before the chief priests.

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Definition of Terms

• Conform. Having a superficial resemblance.
• Transformed. Refers to an inward and genuine
  resemblance.
• Paul is looking for a transformation at the
  deepest level that is infinitely more significant
  than the conformity to the world.
• Renewing of the mind is the means by which this
  transformation takes place

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Conclusion

• As you can see with our exercises at the
  beginning, the human mind is a powerful thing.
• A single sense like sight has the interplay of
  the whole mind to give meaning and substance to
  stimuli received.
• The mind can ignore as in the letter Fs, things
  that it deems unimportant.
• The mind can make arrange letters that are
  misspelled to make sense of a jumbled word.

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Conclusion

• The mind can also appreciate things that are not
  there as if they are real. Chalk paintings
• The mind can also make you see things that are
  not there based on past information. Lamp.

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Conclusion

• Without the input of God or an encounter with
  God, we usually perceive and interact to our day
  to day experiences based on your archived
  experiences as filtered by our minds. These are
  responses based on past learning.
• A personal encounter with God through Jesus
  Christ opens up a biblically based interpretation
  and corresponding responses to these day to day
  experiences.
• These are Faith based responses.
• Without knowing these precepts (Gods word), you
  will not be able to decide what God wants for
  you(Make a Judgement that is faith based).

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Conclusion

• And you will not be able to know what is good and
  pleasing to God and what is perfect as Rom 122
  indicates. (Real Transformation that Paul is
  talking about)

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Conclusion

• There will be no renewing of the mind, without
  knowing God and our savior Jesus.
• Hence, you will continue to have a superficial
  resemblance to what God really wants you to be.
  Romans 103 Since they did not know the
  righteousness that comes from God and sought to
  establish their own, they did not submit to Gods
  righteousness.