What does First B Jackson teach about renewing your mind?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on renewing your mind starts with Romans 12:1-2 and treats those two verses as inseparable from everything Paul has already established in chapters 1 through 11. Carl has taught that the transformed mind is not the starting point but the result: as a person trusts in Christ, God's Spirit is born in them, and God begins to renew the way they think. That renewed mind is what makes it possible to test and approve what God's will is. The transformation described in verse two is God's doing, not a self-improvement project, and both the command not to conform and the call to be transformed are continuous present tense, meaning neither is a one-time event.
Ray McDaniel built on that foundation by pressing on what the renewal is actually pushing against. He described the pattern of the world as individualistic, self-sufficient, self-centered, defensive, proud, greedy, and xenophobic. A mind being renewed by God gradually stops overestimating itself and starts operating with what Paul calls sound judgment, seeing both its own limits and its God-given gifts more clearly. Ryan connected this same idea to a prayer that asks God to clear away wrong thinking so that actual truth can be seen, even when it is uncomfortable.
Deborah Buckingham added that the mind is not a neutral data-processor. It carries a whole orientation, a viewpoint that colors everything we see, and that orientation is what has to change. She drew on Ephesians 4 to make the point that the only thing capable of changing it is God's Word, because His Word is His mind, and taking it in is how we begin to reflect Him. The image Paul uses elsewhere, the metamorphosis of a caterpillar, makes clear this is not a minor adjustment but a complete remaking. The practical challenge she named is that a living sacrifice keeps crawling off the altar when the heat rises, and the renewed mind is the mechanism for staying put.
Taught from Romans 12:2 · Romans 12:1 · Romans 6:13 · Ephesians 4:23 · Romans 8:1-6
The passage taught · 1 Peter 2:23
23 Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- January 21, 2024 Many Parts, One Body Romans 12 shows us how to live in light of God's mercy: present yourself wholly to God, renew your mind, and serve one another with your God-given gifts.
- September 4, 2016 By the Mercies of God Ray McDaniel walks through Romans 12, showing how spiritual gifts like serving, teaching, giving, and mercy flow from God's mercy and call believers out of self-centered living.
- August 28, 2016 A Reasonable Response to the Mercies of God Romans 12:1-2 calls believers to offer themselves fully to God. Carl explores what that means, why God's mercy compels it, and how transformation actually happens.
- August 28, 2016 Offer Yourselves: A Reasonable Response Carl walks through Romans 12:1-2, asking why believers should offer themselves to God and how it happens, grounding the answer in the mercies listed throughout Romans.
- February 24, 2015 Living As a New Creation - Who do You say that I am (Wk. 3) (2) A Wyoming pastor teaches on embracing your God-given identity in Christ, renewing your mind, and letting the Spirit transform how you see yourself and live.
- February 17, 2015 Living As a New Creation - Who do You say that I am (Wk. 2) (3) A women's Bible study on living as a new creation in Christ, covering identity, personality, body and soul, and how to walk out God's truth daily.
Mentioned along the way
- November 4, 2015 WWW Be Right (33) Romans 12-13 calls believers to offer themselves fully to God, renew their minds through Scripture, use their spiritual gifts joyfully, and love others well.