Image via Wikipedia(Romans 12:1-2)"So then, my brothers, because of God's great mercy to us I appeal to you" Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer. Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God - what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect. What does this add to your understanding of true worship?
This all makes sense! He wants us to have renewed minds, living to honor and obey him. Because he wants only what is best for us, and because he gave his Son to make our new lives possible, we should joyfully give ourselves as living sacrifices.
We also see that we cannot find happiness until we deal with our relationships with God. The concepts covered above also suggests that there is in man unlike any other creature, the possibility of relating to God as an important part of the equation of existence. He may do so or not, for he is free to choose. People need childlike attitudes of trust in God.
(Matthew 19:14)Jesus said, "let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
The receptiveness of little children and their simple faith are needed to believe in Jesus. We see in the above quote, that we need to become like little children. Therefore in these topics we will be reviewing factors that have a impact on the above statements. In additions to the above, we will be reviewing in these topics, some of the following areas. God wants us to join him in his home in heaven; after we have completed our period on Earth; where we are given time to make that decision. Also as part of this period, we are provided the ability to prepare our self for the entry into God's family by completing a training program and to reach a degree of maturity. This training is like earth's children in that this schooling trains us in the discipline, relationship with others, and mental knowledge; we require in the worlds we must deal with. Once we move forward from this period of decision making we enter a new world. This new world is a spiritual world. Therefore the training to help us achieve the maturity necessary to make that decision and join God in heaven; concentrates in the spiritual area. "The fear of the Lord" is a key theme and means to have respect and reverence for God and to be in awe of his majesty and power.
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