To Conform Or Not

Pastor Vincent

Jan 31, 2021

Introduction

God does not leave us with evidence. If you look at your life, how is it that you are here? How is it that, despite your life history, you do what you do now? How is it that you are who you are now?

Looking back at all that, and where you are, gives you proof of the evidence of God in your life. That thought alone should be able to give you peace, no matter the situation you may find yourself in. If He has brought you here, He can bring you up out of any situation.

God is looking for fine gold. He separates and separates, sieves and sieves, until He gets to the purest. Be ready to be taken through the sieves, until you become fine gold that God is looking for in you. Allow God to work on you.

Alikupata ukiwa na matuta. See where he has brought you so far 🙂

So, To conform or not?

The test to conform to the world system and the ways of the Enemy may not come in as obviously as the statue of Nebuchadnezzar for you to bow to, or a physical number 666 stamped on your skin. It comes in small bits!

The Enemy starts inducing us small by small to conform and be separated from God to plant the seed of deceit and before we know it (if we conform)

– I John 2:15 – You can’t love the world and love God.

– James 4:1-4 – Strifes and wars come from lust (independence from God). And where lust and love for the world exists, even our prayers cannot get answered.

Do not ask things from God to satisfy your personal desires.

Luke 12:16-20 – Get the perspective that you cannot achieve anything by yourself. It’s God who gives you.

To conform or not is a choice.

Results of conforming

– You get alienated from God

– You willingly remove yourself from the cover God

WHY IS THE WORLD SYSTEM SO EFFECTIVE?

– It’s a well-laid out scheme of deceit.

– It appeals to soul’s natural inclination. The spirit is God-inclined, the body is earth-inclined and the soul is self-inclined. Let us allow our spirit being to lead us (to God).

Then, what’s God’s Antidote to the world system?

With all the odds stacked so heavily against us, how does God protect us from this powerful system?

1. God helps you renew and transform your mind (Romans 12:2)

– When you allow God to renew your mind, the result is that the soul submits to the will of God. That way, you will rely so much on God, there will be no space to conform.