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" Answer without the discernment from the Holy Spirit is not good "
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Illustration. How to catch a monkey
Native hunters in the jungles of Africa have a clever way of trapping
monkeys.
They slice a coconut in two, hollow it out, and in one half of the shell
cut a hole just big enough for a monkey’s hand to pass through. Then
they place an orange in the other coconut half before fastening together
the two halves of the coconut shell. Finally, they secure the coconut to
a tree with a rope, retreat into the jungle, and wait.
Sooner or later, an unsuspecting monkey swings by, smells the delicious
orange, and discovers its location inside the coconut. The monkey then
slips his hand through the small hole, grasp the orange, and tries to
pull it through the hole. Of course, the orange won’t come out; it’s too
big for the hole. To no avail the persistent monkey continues to pull
and pull, never realizing the danger he is in.
While the monkey struggles with the orange, the hunters simply stroll in
and capture the monkey by throwing a net over him. As long as the monkey
keeps his fist wrapped around the orange, the monkey is trapped.
It’s too bad-the poor monkey could save its own life if it would let go
of the orange. It rarely occurs to a monkey, however, that it can’t have
both the orange and its freedom. That delicious orange becomes a deadly
trap.
The world sets traps for you that are not unlike the monkey trap. You
hear constantly that if you just have enough money, enough stuff, enough
power, enough prestige-then you’ll be happy. Under that illusion people
spend their whole lives thinking you must have it all.
The call of Christianity is unlike that of the world. The world focus’
on what you and get out of life. A Christian should focus on what they
can give.
I. You give God your body (v.1)
Before we trusted Christ, we used our body for sinful pleasures and
purposes, but now that we belong to Him, we want to use our body for His
glory.
Living sacrifice
Example is Isaac (Gen. 22); when Abraham took him on the mountain to
offer him as a sacrifice.
Isaac "died" just the same—he died to self and willingly yielded himself
to the will of God. When he got off that altar, Isaac was a "living
sacrifice" to the glory of God.
The verb "present" in this verse means "present once and for all."
Just as a bride and groom in their wedding service commit themselves to
each other.
Paul gives us two reasons for this commitment:
(1) it is the right response to all that God has done for us—"I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God"
(2) this commitment is "our reasonable service" or "our spiritual
worship." This means that every day is a worship experience when your
body is yielded to the Lord.
This is the way it should be. Not something special.
Ill. A manager interviewing employee’s who where up for raises at Wal-mart.
He would ask them what made them eligible for a raise. They would answer
that they did there job and was always on time. He would answer that is
what they where being paid for in the first place.
II. You give Him your mind (v. 2a).
The world wants to control your mind, but God wants to transform your
mind.
The Greek word for transform is:
metamorphooô (met-am-or-fo’-o)
Where we get our English word "metamorphosis."
It describes a change from within.
We are transformed by:
meditating on God’s Word and
memorizing it
III. You give Him your will (v. 2b).
Your mind controls your body, and your will controls your mind.
The will, not to be conceived as demand, but as an expression or
inclination of pleasure toward that which is liked, that which pleases
and creates joy.
We surrender our wills to God through disciplined prayer.
To have a right relationship with God, we must start the day by yielding
to Him our bodies, minds, and wills.