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The Joy of Transformation 2Corinthians 7. Philippians 3:13-14
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The Joy of Transformation 2Corinthians 7
Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
How to bring about transformation: Look at your sinful nature as filthy as God sees it
How to bring about transformation: Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnessesare as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Look at your sinful nature as filthy as God sees it
How to bring about transformation: Have a brokenness for sin that you have committed
How to bring about transformation: Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Have a brokenness for sin that you have committed
How to bring about transformation: Lamentations 3:48-51 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. Have a brokenness for sin that you have committed
How to bring about transformation: Make maturing in holiness your goal in this life
How to bring about transformation: Ephesians 4:20-24 But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Make maturing in holiness your goal in this life
How to bring about transformation: 1Peter 1:14-16 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. Make maturing in holiness your goal in this life