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All right, so we're in Romans chapter 13 if you've got a Bible go there

We're taking about a year going through this amazing epic book of the Bible if you're new

Let me catch you up chapters one through eleven are primarily about our relationship with God through Jesus Christ

And then chapters 12 through 16 where we find ourselves are

Primarily about our relationships with one another and the point is that God loves us so we could love each other

God forgives us so we could forgive one another God has a relationship with us

So we could have relationship with one another God wants all of his

Relationship with us to flow through us to aid us in our relationship with others now in chapter 12 verse two

Which is sort of the hinge that the book swings on he said there really are two options to be conformed to the pattern of the world

Or be transformed by the renewing of the mind and those are the big themes that dominate Romans 12 through 16

And for those who do not know the Lord Jesus Christ their only option is to be conformed to the pattern of the world

For those of us who do know the Lord Jesus Christ there is a much better way of life a second way of life

And that is to be transformed by the word of God through the spirit of God in the renewing of our minds

And so what we're going to talk about today is how to be transformed versus a world that is seeking to have you be

Conformed and what the underlying issue really is is selfishness

Are we going to live out of love for God and others or just exclusively solely for the self

So let me just unpack selfishness a little bit

And that is that we are conceived with a sin nature which means you just start

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