Romans 12:1-2 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. (2) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. You may be wondering what verses one and two have to do with self concept, let alone a Godly self concept. If you miss the point of these two verses, though, you will never grasp a correct Godly self concept.
As believers our concepts of self and of others flow from our attitude toward God. So if we do not get that right then everything else we do will miss the mark.
As we dig into these two verses we will consider each word in turn and each thought as a whole. The first thing that we should see is that it is not about us. It is, however, about Christ. Everything that God does is intended to bring the maxim glory to Jesus Christ, which is Gods purpose, the reason for our being. Not only for our being, but also the reason for the existence of everything. Once we grasp that the universe does not revolve around us we are freed to become what God intends us to be.
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