Tuesday, March 01, 2005

We Are Conformed To Be Like Christ

"For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them also glorified. What shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:29-31

Once again look at the remarkable power that our Father is saying to us. Our Father proclaims that He conforms us to the image of The King of Kings, Jesus. God has called us, He has justified us, and He has glorified us. So naturally who can be against us. God repeatedly proclaims through His Word that He has done all that is required for us.

Never struggle at trying to do something on your own to earn it. If you do, you will be struggling in vain; many unfortunately do however struggle. We don’t have to sit by and idly watch. We need to love them. If they were going to step in front of a bus, wouldn’t we do something? What we need to do is share the Word of our Father. We need to share these truths and the Truth will set them free. "How then shall they call on Him whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” Romans 10:14 Reading these verses in all of these postings will do so much, I have found that many people have never heard them, it’s a great starting point, and then allow the Holy Ghost to lead you from there.

Most people in church are great people, they love, they want to serve God, they have sincere hearts, but they are wrongly trying to be righteous through their own actions. These people are nice, they do try, however, they have not accepted their unity with Christ, and therefore they always fall short and live in a constant state of condemnation. These are the people who we need to share these Truths with. Some will listen and some won't. Some will receive our message and some will reject it. But if we preach it, no one will ever be able to stand before God and say that we didn't try to tell them. Earnestly desire to tell them, you will be blessed beyond expression. Remember how many prophets that God sent, how many apostles, and how many disciples! God had how many letters written, and all trying to tell us. It’s His desire, and since we are one with Him, it is our desire as well! His Spirit bears witness with people that they are heirs, so does ours! We can’t be saved and it not be this way. We are new creatures in Christ, old things are passed away for us, and all things have become new for us! God is now greater in us than anything that is in the world. We have been born again of God’s Incorruptible Seed and our will is now to do the will of our Father Who dwells within us.

God has predestined all believers to be conformed to Jesus’ image. As He is, so are we in this world. God has called us, He has justified us, and He has glorified us. God has made us joint heirs with Christ and nothing can now stand against us from fully living in His blessings and being used to further His Kingdom! If you see it written in the Bible that it is God’s desire, than we know that it is ours as well. It’s just born in there, it’s what we are, it’s Who we are from, it’s our heritage!

Our Father will use you to tell people who they are in Christ and you will be blessed, blessed beyond expression!

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