PT9 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: Our Transformation Begins when we Believe, and Give All Control Of Our Lives to The Holy Spirit! "And All Of Us Have Had That Veil Removed So That We Can Be Mirrors That Brightly Reflect The Glory Of The Lord. And As The Spirit Of The Lord Works Within Us, We Become More And More LIKE HIM And Reflect HIS GLORY EVEN MORE." 2 Corinthians 3:18 "And now you also have Heard The Truth, The Good News That God Saved You. And When You Believe In Christ, HE IDENTIFIED YOU AS HIS OWN By Giving You The HOLY SPIRIT, Whom HE Promised Long Ago. The SPIRIT IS GOD'S GUARANTEE That HE Will Give Us Everything HE Promised And That HE Has Purchased Us To BE HIS OWN PEOPLE. This Is Just One More Reason For Us To Praise Our Glorious God." Ephesians 1:13-14 We are told we Must Be Transformed, this is not a physical work this is a Mental and Spiritual Work. It The Actual WAR That Takes Place Inside Of Us! "And So Dear brothers and sisters, "I Plead With You To Give Your Bodies To God. Let them be A LIVING AND HOLY SACRIFICE---The Kind HE Will Accept. When You Think Of What HE Has Done For You, Is This Too Much To Ask? Don't Copy The Behavior And Customs Of This World, BUT LET GOD TRANSFORM YOU INTO A NEW PERSON BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know How Good And Pleasing And Perfect HIS Will Really Is." Romans 12:1-2 We Must Stop Trying To Change Ourselves, And Let GOD TRANSFORM US INTO NEW PERSONS. THE REAL WAR IS Surrendering Our Spirit, Mind's, Bodies, and Souls To GOD!
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PT8 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: Along With Sanctification, The Process Of Being Set Apart For God's Use! There Must Be A Transformation In Our Lives! The word Transformation means CHANGE! Nothing from The Old Life can be used in The New Lifestyle! "And Finally, If The Priesthood Of Levi Could Have Achieved God's Purpose-- and it was that Priesthood on which The Law Was Based---Why Did God Need To Send A Different PRIEST From The Line Of Melchizedek, Instead Of From The Line Of Levi And Aaron? And when the PRIESTHOOD Is CHANGED, The Law MUST Also Be CHANGED To Permit It. For The ONE We Are Talking About Belongs To A Different Tribe, Whose Members Do Not Serve At The Altar. What I mean is, OUR LORD CAME FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH and Moses Never Mention JUDAH In Connection WITH THE PRIESTHOOD. The CHANGE in God's Law is even more evident from the Fact That A Different PRIEST, WHO IS LIKE MELCHIZEDEK, HAS NOW COME. He became A PRIEST, Not By Meeting THE OLD REQUIREMENT of belonging to the Tribe of Levi, BUT BY THE POWER OF A LIFE THAT CANNOT BE DESTROYED." Hebrews 7:11-16 As we can see by this illustration, if Christ Jesus Yahshua's TRANSFORMATION, CHANGE Had To Come Through A New System So Does Ours! "But the people's minds were hardened, and even To This Day Whenever The Old Covenant Is Being Read, A Veil Covers Their Minds So They Can Not Understand The Truth. AND THIS VEIL CAN BE REMOVED ONLY BY BELIEVING IN CHRIST." 2 Corinthians 3:14 Our Transformation, Change can only take place when The Holy Spirit Is At Work In Us Changing Us!
PT7 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: Complete Salvation Is A Gift from God Yahweh, Through Jesus Yahshua! Sanctification, Transformation, and Impartation Is A Process We Go Through To Be Conformed Into The Image Of Christ! "Is There Any Encouragement From Belonging To Christ? Any Comfort Of Love? Any Fellowship Together In The Spirit? Are Your Hearts Tender And Sympathetic? Then make me truly happy by Agreeing Wholeheartedly With Each Other, Loving One Another, And Working Together With One Heart And Purpose. Don't Be Selfish; Don't Live To Make A Good Impression On Others. Be HUMBLE Thinking Of Others As Better Than Yourself. Don't Think Only About Your Own Affairs, But Be Interested In Others, Too, And What They Are Doing." Philippians 2:1-4. This Is Part Of The Sanctification Process Being Set Apart. This Is Our Lifestyle of Commitment Because We Have Receivied The Gift Of Salvation! "Don't Just Pretend That You Love Others. REALLY LOVE THEM. Hate What Is WRONG. Stand on the Side Of The Good. LOVE Each Other WITH GENUINE AFFECTION, and take Delight in Honoring Each Other. Never Be Lazy In Your WORK, But Serve The Lord Enthusiastically. Be Glad For All God Is Planning For You. Be Patient In Trouble, And Always Be Prayerful. When God's Children Are In Need, Be The One To Help Them Out. And get into the Habit Of Inviting Guests Home For Dinner Or, If They Need Lodging, For The Night. If People Persecute You Because You Are Christians, Don't Curse Them Pray That God Will Bless Them." Romans 12:9-14 Hallelujah This Is A PROCESS Called New Life!
PT6 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: Most Christians are not aware that Salvation is a Complete Package that comes with A Process that is Sanctification Transformation and Impartation! The Greek Word and meaning for Salvation is Soteria, Sozo. Soteria (So-tay-ree'ah) Means Deliverance, Welfare, Prosperity, Preservation, and Safety. Sozo (Sode'-zo) Means I Save, I Heal, I Preserve, I Rescue. Most of our Salvation has been limited to only Deliverance from sin, and the penalty of hell. The Benefits Of Salvation are Vast and Wider than we have ever Experienced! Salvation Delivers us from us, By Providing Access To The Kingdom of God THROUGH Jesus Yahshua! He is Our Welfare, Our Prosperity, Our Preservation, and Our Safety! Through The Salvation Of Jesus Yahshua, We Have Been Saved, We Have Been Healed, Preserved, And Rescued By faith in Christ Jesus. Our problem is We Keep Asking For Things We Should Be Believing For! Everything That Christ Has Done Must Be Accessed Through Faith And Belief! Salvation is The Complete Benefit of The Kingdom of God Through Christ Jesus! Sanctification, Transformation, and Impartation, is the Process of The Lifestyle that's Conforming Us Into The Image Of Christ! "Your Attitude Should Be The Same As Christ Jesus had. Though HE Was God, HE did Not Demand Or Cling To His Rights As God. HE Made Himself Nothing; HE Took The Humble Position Of A Slave And Appeared In Human Form. And In Human Form HE Obediently Humbled Himself Even Further By Dying A Criminal's Death On A Cross." Philippians 2:5-8
PT5 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: It Is Totally Impossible To satisfy A Holy Supernatural God Existing In A Holy Spiritual Realm, with Rules, Rituals, regulations, and Religions. "Jesus replied, I assure you, unless You Are Born Again, You Can Never See The Kingdom Of GOD. What do you mean? Explained Nicodemus. How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and Be Norn Again? "Jesus Replied, "The Truth Is, NO ONE CAN Enter The Kingdom Of GOD Without Being Born Of Water And The Spirit. Humans Can Produce Only Human Life, BUT The Holy Spirit Gives New Life From HEAVEN. So don't be surprised at My Statement That You Must Be Born Again. Just as you can Hear The Wind But Can't Tell Where It Comes From Or Where It Is Going, So You Can't Explain How People Are Born Of The Spirit." John 3:3-8 "But we know these things Because God Has Revealed Them To Us By HIS SPIRIT, And HIS SPIRIT Searches Out Everything And Shows Us Even God's Deep Secrets. No ONE Can Know what anyone else is really thinking Except That Person Alone, And NO ONE Can Know God's Thoughts Except God's OWN SPIRIT. And God Has Actually Given Us HIS SPIRIT (Not The World's spirit) so we can Know The Wonderful Things God Has Freely Given Us." 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 The Supernatural Realm is beyond man's Natural Thinking or his Ability Of Reasoning. Only A Revelation From God Yahweh, With An Interpretation From The Holy Spirit, Is There access Into The Supernatural Realm of The Kingdom Of God! This is the only way we Will Ever Observe Our Consciousness Of Oneness With Christ!
PT4 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: Being Conformed into The Image Of Christ Jesus Yahshua, is NOT About Rules, Regulations, Or Any Religion! "But what if we seek to be Made Right With God Through Faith In Christ and then find out that we are Still Sinners? Has Christ Led Us Into Sin? OF COURSE NOT! Rather, I Make Myself Guilty If I Rebuild The Old System I Already Tore Down. For When I Tried To Keep The Law, I Recognize I Couldn't Never Earn God's Approval. So I Died To The Law SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. I Have Been Crucified With Christ. I Myself NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. So I live my life in This Earthly Body By Trusting In The SON Of GOD, Who Loved Me And Gave Himself For Me. I am not one of those Who Treats The GRACE Of GOD As Meaningless. For if we could be saved by keeping the law, Then There Was No Need For CHRIST TO DIE." Galatians 2:17-21 "You Have Died With Christ, And HE Has Set You Free From The Evil Powers Of This World. So why do you keep on Following Rules Of The World, such as, Don't Handle, Don't Eat, Don't Touch. Such Rules Are Mere Human Teachings about things that are gone as soon as we use them. These Rules May Seem Wise because they Require Strong Devotion, Humility, and Severe Bodily Discipline. But They Have NO EFFECT when it comes to Conquering A Person's Evil Thoughts And Desires." Colossians 2:20-23 This Is Why We MUST Be Conformed Into The Image Of Christ Jesus Yahshua, Which Is Our New Lifestyle. This Takes Salvation, Sanctification, Transformation, And An Impartation. This Is The PROCESS!
PT3 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: Conforming Into The Image of Christ Is Our Only Way Out Of our former lives, Because Of The Fall Of Man In The Garden! Being Raised Into A New Life With Christ And In Christ, Is A Supernatural Act and Realm Of God Yahweh Through Jesus Yahshua! "For in Christ The Fullness Of GOD Lives In A Human body, and You Are Complete Through Your Union With Christ. HE is The Lord Over Every Rule and Authority in The Universe. When You Came To Christ, You Were "Circumcised," But Not By A Physical Procedure. It was A Spiritual Procedure---The CUTTING AWAY OF YOUR SINFUL NATURE. For you were Buried with Christ When You Were Baptized. And With HIM You Were Raised To A New Life Because You Trusted The Mighty Power Of GOD, Who Raised Christ From The Dead. You were Dead Because of Your Sins and Because Your Sinful Nature was not yet Cut Away. Then GOD Made You Alive With Christ. HE Forgave All Your Sins. HE Cancelled The Record That Contained The Charges Against Us. HE took it and Destroyed It By Nailing It To Christ's Cross. In This Way, God Disarmed The Evil Rules And Authorities. He Shamed Them Publicly By His Victory Over Them On The Cross Of Christ." Colossians 2:9-15 And now you also have Heard The Truth, The Good News That GOD Saved You. And When You Believe In Christ, HE Identified You As His Own By Giving You The Holy Spirit, Whom HE Promised Long Ago. The SPIRIT Is God's Guarantee That HE Will Give Us Everything HE Promised And That HE Has Purchased Us To BE HIS OWN PEOPLE." Ephesians 1:13-14 We Must Be Conformed!
PT2 Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: Being Conformed To Christ's Image Is Our New Life! Too many times we have tried to Conform Christ into our own image to fit our own lifestyles! There are over 60,000 religions in this world, each one is saying their way is The Way! "Jesus told him, "I AM The Way, The Truth And The Life. NO ONE CAN COME TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME." John 14:6 There Is Only One Way Made for mankind to escape our pending Doom of our own sinful nature! "Once you were Dead, Doomed Forever because of your many sins. You Used To Live Just Like The Rest Of The World, Full Of Sin, Obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He Is The Spirit At Work In The Hearts Of Those Who Refuse To Obey God. All of us used to live that way following The Passions and Desires Of Our Evil Nature. We were born with an Evil Nature, and we were under God's Anger Just Like Everyone Else. BUT GOD Is So Rich In Mercy, And HE Loves Us So Very Much, That Even While We Were Dead Because Of Our Sins, He Gave Us Life When He Raised Christ From The Dead. (It is Only By God's Special Favor That You Have Been Saved.) For HE Raised Us From The Dead Along With Christ, And We Are Seated With Him In The Heavenly Realms All Because We ARE ONE WITH Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:1-6 "Don't Let Anyone Lead You Astray With Empty Philosophy And High-- Sounding Nonsense That Come From Human Thinking And From The Evil Powers Of This World, AND NOT FROM CHRIST." Colossians 2:8 Being Conformed Into The Image Of Christ Is The Only Way Out Of Our Former Lives
Since you have been Raised To New Life With Christ, Set Your Sights On The Realities Of Heaven, Where Christ Sits At God's Right Hand In The Place Of Honor And Power. Let Heaven Fill Your Thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on Earth. For You Died When Christ Died, And Your Real Life Is Hidden With CHRIST IN GOD. And When Christ, WHO Is Your Real Life Is Revealed To The Whole World, You Will Share In All His Glory. Colossians 3:1-4 Lesson here: To Be Conformed Into The Image Of Jesus Is A Process, That's Expected For All Who Are In The Body of Christ ( The Ekklesia, God's Called Out One's). "So We Have Stopped Evaluating Others by what the world thinks about them. Once I Mistakenly Thought Of Christ That Way, As Though HE Were Merely A Human Being. How Differently I Think About Him Now! What this means is that Those Who Become Christians Become New Persons. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME ANYMORE, For The Old Life Is Gone. A NEW LIFE HAS BEGUN! All This Newness Of Life Is From GOD, who brought us back to Himself Through What Christ Did. And God Has Given Us The Task Of Reconciling People To Him. For GOD was in CHRIST, Reconciling The World To Himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. This is The Wonderful Message He Has Given Us To Tell Others." 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 This New Lifestyle Is Real, It Must Be Obtained Now, Before We Die! "We Know That The Same God Who Raised Our Lord Jesus Will Also Raise Us With Jesus And Present Us To HIMSELF Along With You. All of these things are for Your Benefit. And As God's Grace Brings More and More People To Christ, there will be Great Thanksgiving, and God Will Receive More And More Glory. This is why we never give up. Though Our Bodies Are Dying, Our Spirits Are Being Renewed EVERY DAY. For Our Present Troubles Are Quite Small and won't last very long. Yet They Produce For Us And Immeasurable Great Glory That Will Last Forever!" 2 Corinthians 4:14-17 Conforming to The Image Of Christ Is OUR NEW LIFE!
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AuthorGary Bryant was a pastor in the traditional church for many years. He now shares God's life and love as the Holy Spirit directs and is a blessing to many and a good friend to me. Gary, his wife Robin and daughter Shaudonna currently are living in Phoenix. Grover Archives
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