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Sinclair Ferguson explores Romans 12:2 and its grammatical structure, observing that our sanctification is both an active and a passive process. Suitable for exegetical sermon preparation.
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“Do not be conformed by this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” Romans 12:2
“His actual grammar here is rather striking, isn’t it? Here is a statement, ‘be transformed by the renewal of your minds,’ in the present tense, in the imperative mood–it’s something to do– and yet it’s in the passive voice. And here he brings us to one of the marvels of grace that enables us rightly to worship God: that we are engaged and involved in the life of sanctification; and yet the life of sanctification is a process by which we are giving ourselves over to be sanctified.”
–Sinclair Ferguson, “True Spirituality, True Worship” message given at Covenant College 9/17/2004
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Romans 12:2
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