sermon: Re-education (Part 2)
Transformation
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 12-Apr-04; Tape #661A
Description: Richard Ritenbaugh reminds us that the command to abstain from leavened bread is accompanied by an equal command to eat unleavened bread. The symbols of the Days of Unleavened Bread equate to ridding ourselves of sin while embracing sincerity and truth, developing godly discernment and judgment. Only by inculcating godly truth into our inner beings can we hope to attain godly faith. The unconditional, unwavering faith exemplified by Caleb and Joshua (fully faithful conformity to God) represents the kind of unleavened attitude toward which we should aspire. We need to be willing to sacrifice everything for God, becoming transformed (through His Spirit in the manner of Saul's conversion) by the systematic renewing of our minds, yielding unconditionally to God's will, being conformed to Christ's image, putting on godly attitudes such as love, peace, gratitude, internalizing the knowledge of God's Word, and glorifying God by doing His Will. (78 minutes)
Keywords/Topics: Aim of the law Caleb and Joshua Christ's example Clothing metaphor Conformity to righteousness Conversion of Saul Decisions Dikaiosune Eating unleavened bread Egypt Evil spies Faith Fidelity Friend of the world Fully faithful conformity to God Goebbels Godly discernment and judgment Himmler Holy Spirit Leaven of the Pharisees Living sacrifice Love for the world Metaphor of putting on clothes Metamorphosis Morphed Murmuring New man Old man Reasonable service Re-education process Sacrifice School of hard knocks Saul of Tarsus Sincerity and truth Telos Transformation process Transformation Yielding to God
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Unlearning the Wrong Way |
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Transformation |
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