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The Power To Be Transformed

The Power To Be Transformed. Pastor Okeys Ononiwu VHCC - Hilton Garden Inn, Ajax. Mar 9, 2014. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Power .

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The Power To Be Transformed

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  1. The Power To Be Transformed Pastor Okeys Ononiwu VHCC - Hilton Garden Inn, Ajax. Mar 9, 2014

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  3. Power • ĕxŏusia[Gr]– ability, force, capacity, delegated authority, right • Dunamis[Gr]– force, might, strength • shiltown (shil-tone) [Heb] – potentate – shield, controlling power, protecting power

  4. Power has the ability to control

  5. Different kinds of power

  6. Power of lust or desire (1John 2:16) • Power of beauty • Power of sex (Samson) • Power of money • Physical power • Power of love • Power of the gospel (the Word) – Rom 1:16

  7. Every power has its source

  8. Every circumstance recognizes and responds to a higher power

  9. Inanimate things - Jesus speaks water and storm (Matthew 8:26) Animal kingdom – you walk on serpents … (Luke 10:19) People - The word of a king has power ..(Eccl 8:4)

  10. Jesus Has ALL Power (Matthew 28:18)

  11. Transform • Metamorphoo[Gr]– change, transform, transfigure Dictionary • 1. Biology . a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. • 2. a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft. • 3. any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.

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  16. What are we being transformed into?

  17. What are we being transformed into – to be like God!

  18. Galatians 4:19 19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you. 2 Corinthians 3:15-18 18But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  19. How are we transformed?

  20. Total transformation occurs in 3 dimensions Spirit, Soul, body (1 Thessalonians 5:23)

  21. Our spirit – regeneration by God’s Spirit (1 Peter 1:23; John 3:3,5,6)

  22. Our Soul (Mind) (Romans 12:1-2)

  23. Our Body Now – wholeness (3 John 1:2) Then – resurrected body (transformed) (1 Corinthians 15: 51 - 54)

  24. Our Soul (Mind) Renew our thinking (Proverbs 23:7) Knowledge – Understanding – Wisdom (Ephesians 1:15-19) Faith (Hebrews 11) Service – (Philippians 2:5-12) …let this mind be in you

  25. Hindrances • Guile (Rom 12:3) • Indiscipline – bring my body into subjection (1 Corinthians 9:27) • Time for God – your source

  26. The world is waiting for us so it can also be transformed (Romans 8:19 - 23)

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