god is love...
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2 (ESV)
The FULL Gospel includes us being transformed into the image of Christ Jesus, not JUST a ticket to Heaven (not that that isn’t miraculous!). Jesus died for so much more.
Salvation is the complete redemption and restoration of mankind.
Us being made completely into His image and likeness. Walking in His love, His nature.
This is how the world sees Christ and His glory is spread across the earth.
NOW, not some future time in Heaven. This requires knowing who you are in Him and renewing your mind so you can be transformed into His image and walk in His love. The old sinful nature can only feign love. Real love comes from the Father and works in us and through us as He transforms us.
Transformation is REQUIRED and God does the work in us. We can’t transform ourselves.
Are you abiding? Are you walking in His LOVE? His Holy Word tells us how. His Holy Spirit enables us to remain there… understanding God’s Word and what He tells us from beginning to end will enable you to mature in your faith. His Word is a tool of transformation and allows us to grow in the knowledge of Christ!
God's plan from the beginning...
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” Gen 1:26
Week 22: walking in love 2
Hosted LIVE Saturday 8 am Eastern, June 4th, 2022.
Next week: Walking in LOVE Part 3…
Go deeper with the Face to Face with God teaching…
scriptures in this week's session
- Rom 5:5
- 1 John 3:1
- John 13:35
- John 15:4-5
- Eph 3:17-19
- Col 2:6-7
- 1 John 4:16
- John 15:9-10
- 2 Pet 1:3-4
- Heb 13:20-21
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14 (esv)
Abiding in christ is how this happens John 15
SPEAK THE WORD
RENEW YOUR MIND
TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE
In order to be transformed into His image, you must speak the word to renew your mind. When you catch yourself doing or thinking or saying something that is NOT in His Divine Nature, put off the old, put on the new, and speak His Word to renew your mind and be transformed:
I thank You Father that I have been predestined to be transformed into the image of your son, Christ Jesus.
I thank You that I put off my old self, which belonged to my former manner of life.
I thank you, Father, that I am renewed in the spirit of my mind, and I put on the new self, created after Your likeness in true righteousness and holiness.
Your Word tells me my hope in you will NOT disappoint me, because Your love has been poured out in my heart through the Holy Spirit who was given to me.
Thank You, Father, that I am called Your child and I AM your child. All people will know I am Your disciple because of the love we have for one another.
I abide in You, Lord and You abide in me. I cannot bear fruit by myself and you are the vine; I am the branch. I abide in You and You in me so I will bear much fruit. Apart from You I can do nothing.
Thank You Lord, that you dwell in my heart through faith. I am rooted and firmly established in Your love that surpasses knowledge so I may be filled with all the fullness of the Father. I know and believe the love You have for me as I remain in You and You remain in me.
Thank you, Father, that I am able to keep Your commandments as I abide in Your love. Your divine power gives me everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of You. I have been called by Your own glory and goodness. Your great and precious promise is that, through You, I may share in Your divine nature.
Thank You Lord, for Your everlasting covenant that equips me with all that is good to do Your will, working in what is pleasing in Your sight, through Christ Jesus.
I look forward with great eagerness to see the earth filled with the knowledge of Your glory as the waters cover the sea.
I love You Father.
The FULL Gospel includes us being transformed into the image of Christ Jesus, not JUST a ticket to Heaven (not that that isn’t miraculous!).
Jesus died for so much more. Are you missing it?
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