Ready to Learn

January 15, 2023

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Jesus not only came to save but also to teach his followers a better way to live

Jesus challenged his disciples to understand and respond to the world in a different way

This better way—a blessed way—a way of wisdom that leads to true flourishing

 

KEY POINT: Different thinking enables different living

 

TEXT: Romans 12:1-2

 

The role of thinking

Thinking plays a vital role in human development and interaction: it is the filter through which we process our experiences in the world around us.

 

What Shapes our Thinking

Our experiences, education, examples, environment, entertainment, expectations, emotions, and ethos, profoundly shape the way we think and how we process our world.

 

The Corruption of Mind

Because of the fall, the mindset of humanity has been corrupted and distorted because of sin, profoundly impacting our capacity to think rightly.

 

Necessity of the Gospel to filter what shapes our thinking

Processing and evaluating our experiences, education, examples, environment, entertainment, expectations, emotions, and ethos in the presence of our loving and gracious Savior

Finding healing, forgiveness, hope, grace

 

READY TO LEARN:

 

Requires humility

If we know everything, we can learn nothing

 

Requires courage

Courage to confront our own stuff

 

Requires diligence

Effort to search for truth, to discover new ideas

 

DISCOVERING NEW IDEAS

 

Evaluating our thinking

Subjecting them to the counsel of God’s word in the presence of the Holy Spirit

 

Willingness to learn

Beginning in God’s Word
Listening in God’s community
Discovering in God’s world

 

RESPONSE: Lord, I’m ready to learn! Help me discover your path to flourishing!