Transforming Word

The Transforming Power of God’s Word

In our learning how best to cooperate with the inner working of the precious Spirit of God Who has been given us, we turn our attention towards the power of God’s word.

Unlike mankind, God does not lie. Therefore anything God says is not only the truth, but also is the truth about Him. He speaks out of the abundance of His heart. According to Jesus the words of God are both spirit and life. They contain the power to transform our lives into the image of Christ as the Spirit reveals the Word of God to us. The Spirit Himself takes the logos of God’s word and breathes life into it as He reveals it to us making logos – rhema.

Line upon line, precpet upon precept, here a little there a little – we are transformed into the image if Christ which is unveiled to us in His word by the Holy Spirit of God!

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Jesus Finish Line

The Finish Line

For the believer – Jesus is everything. He IS the reward, both inwardly as His image is perfected in us and ourwardly in that He IS our Prize!

“And I gasped, When I saw you fall
In his arms at the finish line” – Steve Taylor, “The Finish Line” – album Squint.

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the Prize

The Prize

Jesus being formed in us IS our ending point.

Conformity to Him is our terminus. It is the completion of our testimony empowered by the Holy Spirit.

He IS the end of our race. He is the prize we are running for.

It literally signals back to the beginning where God told Abram –

Genesis 15 “(1) After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

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Treasure house cards

Earthly treasures are a house of cards

Continuing on in our lessons about being empowered testimonies of Jesus, we examined Jesus’ teachings regarding the value of the kingdom of God and its formation in the hearts of those who believe.

A heart with divided loyalties cannot fulfill the great commission.

God has got to become our focus, delight and only desire and we will have eyes filled with light, be good tress bearing good fruit and our treasure will once again be Him and Him alone!

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