Sharing is Caring

Transformation       “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.   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.   For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith” (Romans 12:1-3).       We have already learned from Romans 12:1-2 that the key to a life of spiritual worship is change or transformation.   The question is, are we transforming or are we deteriorating?   What is truly amazing is the lives of our Christians, who do not transform even though we worship hundreds of times and say countless times...

Transformation       [Romans 12:1-3]     We have already learned from Romans 12:1-2 that the key to a life of spiritual worship is change or transformation.   The question is, are we transforming or are we deteriorating?   What is truly amazing is the lives of our Christians, who do not transform even though we worship hundreds of times and say countless times that we have received grace from the word of God.   How are we to explain this?   Even the pastors, who are preachers of the Word, seem to give up lamenting at the unchanging appearance of the saints.   And from the standpoint of the congregants listening to the Word, criticism and dissatisfaction do not seem to stop at the unchanging appearance of the preacher.   How should we explain the appearance of Christians who do not change no matter how much we worship, even though we seem to faithfully handle worship, which is a religious ceremony, even out of habit? ...