The World, Part 2

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Avoiding the world is not an option for Christians. Some still try it anyway by setting up rules and regulations because fear of conforming to the world drives their choices. A great distance is then placed between the Christian and the world. History has shown the various extremes which men and women will go and all of it is contrary to the gospel. In this sermon on Romans 12:1–2 titled “The World (2),” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones is concerned that Christians who seek to live a life of holiness may fall into this sort of trap of legalism or Pharisaism. All of it is governed by fear and this is not what the apostle Paul had in mind. Listen in as Dr. Lloyd-Jones addresses this grave misstep. The Christian is not to be so focused on the world that their pursuit of holiness becomes driven by it. What God has given the Christian is His word and they must not be concerned about the additional regulations that some say the Christian should follow. On the contrary, what one must be concerned about is simply the expression of their new character in Christ. This is what drives the believer: the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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0:00.0	We are considering at the present time the first two verses in the 12th chapter of Paul's
0:05.6	Epistle to the Romans, which read like this in the authorised worship.
0:10.6	I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies
0:16.6	a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service,
0:24.1	and be not conform to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
0:32.1	that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
0:39.0	Now, we've reached to the point at which we are considering the first phrase in the second verse,
0:46.0	be not conformed to this world.
0:50.7	You notice the progression of the thought.
0:52.9	The apostle is making an appeal to Christian people
0:56.0	to put into practice the things that he had already been outlining to them.
1:02.0	He shows them that there are two great motives, in other words, for Christian living,
1:08.0	the motive of working out the doctrine and the great motive of gratitude and of thankfulness.
1:15.5	And then he has gone on to address them in the form of an exaltation or injunction, and that is
1:21.8	that they present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable and to God, which is our reasonable or spiritual or intelligent
1:32.1	or mental service. We've dealt with that. Now, having done that, he comes on to this second
1:40.5	great exhortation. I have suggested that there is a progression in the thought here in this way,
1:47.4	that he starts with a body and then goes on to the realm of the soul. And that is what we are
1:53.5	dealing with at the present time. Now here we are dealing with this most practical and urgently
2:00.8	important matter.
2:02.2	I was trying to show last Friday night, as you remember most of you,
2:05.8	the extreme urgency of the relevance of this statement
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