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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.26,0:00:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is not calling for mere \Nmechanical conformity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.02,0:00:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, somebody can come in the church
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.11,0:00:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can see how we act.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.92,0:00:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can see how we talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.24,0:00:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can listen to people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.25,0:00:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have studied Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.17,0:00:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A parrot can imitate what we say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.80,0:00:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've more than once felt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.02,0:00:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people say the right things,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.87,0:00:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but something's wrong with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.85,0:00:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it comes back to this - \Nthe spirit of the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.84,0:00:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is not looking for mere external
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.62,0:00:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mechanical conformity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.32,0:00:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's asking us to put into practice
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.95,0:00:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an intelligent change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.39,0:00:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what's happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.92,0:00:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we get to putting on the new man,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.23,0:00:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clothing ourselves with the new man -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.42,0:01:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not just external conformity to GCC
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.91,0:01:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or external conformity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.85,0:01:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what we think Christianity looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.48,0:01:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got to happen at a deeper level.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.24,0:01:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an intelligent conformity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.79,0:01:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is happening in the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.67,0:01:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we think different.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.73,0:01:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our thinking is superior \Nto what it was before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.69,0:01:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is actually an intelligent \Nchange taking place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.86,0:01:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put on the new man.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.40,0:01:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, but the Christian \Nmust not do anything
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.17,0:01:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without knowing why he's doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.05,0:01:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Intelligence is essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.94,0:01:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowledge is essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.41,0:01:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit of the mind
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.28,0:01:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,operated on by the \NSpirit of God is essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.59,0:01:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do not know why \Nyou are living the Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.50,0:01:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not equipped to put \Non the new man as you ought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.86,0:01:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This comes out everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.48,0:01:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite places \Nis there in Romans 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.44,0:01:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does Paul say?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.81,0:01:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says, "You must count yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.50,0:01:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(reckon yourselves) to be dead to sin."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.03,0:01:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he goes to on to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.60,0:02:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't let sin reign in your mortal bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.78,0:02:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before he says don't let sin reign,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.82,0:02:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says you've got to consider yourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.78,0:02:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be dead to sin and alive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.78,0:02:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to think the right way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.41,0:02:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't think the right way,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.35,0:02:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't fight the right way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.78,0:02:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it all becomes external
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.23,0:02:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.05,0:02:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody can come in here say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.71,0:02:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see the way they homeschool.\NI'm going to homeschool that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.10,0:02:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see the way they dress.\NI'm going to dress that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.01,0:02:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear the way they talk.\NI'm going to talk that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.28,0:02:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we get people like \Nthat that come in here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.49,0:02:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.65,0:02:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the spirit of the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.53,0:02:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get talking to them very closely,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.36,0:02:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin watching their life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.83,0:02:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seems like something's wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.80,0:02:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're seeking to conform, \Nbut it seems like it's external.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.05,0:02:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like something's not right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.100,0:02:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ultimately, something \Nisn't right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.83,0:02:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sermon excerpt was \Ntaken from the full sermon:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.20,0:02:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Be Renewed in the Spirit of Your Mind"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.62,0:02:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Tim Conway.