Scripture Warriors is a monthly Scripture Learning Course, each month you will memorise a new scripture and learn the meaning and the context of that scripture. The word of God needs to be in your heart and there's no better way to do that then to memorise it.
Stage 5: Alpha & Omega
LEARN
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2
Introduction
Remember as we study this months designated verse we are engaging in a spiritual strategy for growth. As we spend time studying the Holy Bible in a devotional manner, we mature as ambassadors and soldiers in the Kingdom of God.
Goals
Spend the month reading, studying, and meditating on this verse. Ideally you will read the chapter at least once (20 minutes) and meditate on the verse. Speak the verse out, really think about the words and the implications of the words. At the end of the month you should be able to quote the verse and its Biblical reference.
Notes
The Book of Romans makes it clear that there is nothing we can do to save ourselves. Every ‘good’ deed we have ever done is as a filthy rag before God. So dead in our trespasses and sins are we that only the grace and mercy of God can save us. God expressed that grace and mercy by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross in our place. When we turn our lives over to Christ, we are no longer controlled by our sin nature, but we are controlled by the Spirit. If we make confession that Jesus is Lord, and believe that He is raised from the dead, we are saved, born again. We need to live our lives offered to God as a living sacrifice to Him.
From the Greek
Transformed Metamorphoó: Original Word: μεταμορφόω Transliteration: metamorphoó Phonetic Spelling: (met-am-or-fo’-o) Definition: to transform from 3326 /metá, "change after being with" and 3445 /morphóō, "changing form in keeping with inner reality") – properly, transformed after being with; transfigured. It is the root of the English terms "metamorphosis" and "metamorphize."
Renewal anakainósis: Original Word: ἀνακαίνωσις, εως, ἡ Transliteration: anakainósis Phonetic Spelling: (an-ak-ah’-ee-no-sis) Definition: renewal Usage: renewing; a renewal or change of heart and life. 303 /aná, "up, completing a process," which intensifies kainō, "make fresh, new"; see 2537 /kainós) – properly, a new development; a renewal, achieved by God's power.