Transformers!

Sunday's message dealt with the topic of Spiritual Transformation. Paul writes in Romans 12: 1 - 3:

I bessech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the revewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Tim LaHaye, in His book, The Battle for the Mind writes, “Humanism assumes that man is innately good and capable of solving his problems independently of any Supreme being. Today’s philosophy of education is obsessed with self-actualization, self-image, self-love, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-satisfaction-self, self, self."

We are faced with a choice today. We can either decide to give in to the patterns of self-indulgence, carnality and selfishness or we can chose to prosper by obeying God’s word, allowing it to help us grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Pet 3:18)

Someone recently wrote, "There are some in churches across America who are praying for and anxiously awaiting revival. But revival will not come from hell, fire, and brimstone sermons, it will not come from Sunday to Wednesday services, it won’t come from reading another book on the subject. No, revival will come when the western church stops trying to coddle people to faith and instead begins developing radically transformed disciples who are willing to live and tell their stories of transformation for God’s glory . . . then we’ll have a movement of God."