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How does God transform us within ?

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Chris R:
God is creating sons, it is a process, all will come to know the truth [Isa 26:9]
So that God may be ALL in ALL [Cor 15:28]


 1Cr 15:19  If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

So yes God transforms us, ALL of us..some sooner than others.

Peace

Chris R

dogcombat:
Good point, 

I think the question becomes:  "Would you like to live a Christian life? or Would you like to live Life in Christ?"   The former is our feeble attempts to please God in our flesh (which "Profits Nothing" John 6:63).  While the latter is being led by the Spirit to do "good works that God has foreordained us to walk in" (Ephesians 2:10).  Mrsnacks point about christian being "unhappy people" who basically put on a brave front is telling.  For it reflects the efforts of a "Christian Life". 

On the other hand those who walk after the Spirit don't have to put on such a front.  Because His glorious light shines in the midst of the darkness called life.

Just my 2 and a half cents
Ches

mrsnacks:
Good points. I wonder about our own blind spots. We all have them. We can see faults and flaws in other people. I am not talking about judging. But when it comes to us we seem to be blind.

 My wife sees some of my blind spots. Times where I think my marriage is fine and I am giving her loving care and support- and then she comes up with telling me in a loving way that I haven't hugged her or touched her for a day or two or that I seem to be off in another world not showing her I care.

I want to be transformed but it seems that life here is just scratching the surface as I see most people in the latter years still with the same carnal self. Is our growth in Him so small in our years here ? I get impatient and say to God that He is infinite and eternal- He has all the time in the world . We only have a short time here and why does He take so long or move so slow with us ?

dogcombat:
Mrsnacks,

 I see where you're going.  Until God, through His spirit "reveals" our sins, we won't be able to see them.  Much like Adam & Eve.  They were ALREADY naked, but were not made aware of it until they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  Ray spoke of how he was brought to repent for "leaving his first love" (I believe at the Nashville conference) in how bibletruths.com got started.  Many are blind to the fact that they have left their "first love" until God brings that understanding to them.

As we grow in our walk with God, He will show us what we are blind to by giving us "eyes to see".  Until then, we won't "get it". 

Ches

carol70:
Many are called, few are chosen...and not everyone is called.

So the ones who are never called live in the same carnality all the days of their lives, right?

I don't think our growth in Him is small.  When I was 17 I told my mom I was done with church, that I saw no reason to go.  When I was 27 I felt God calling me back into the church.  And now, at 37, He's called me out of the church.  My growth in Him has been nothing short of miraculous, yet I still have such a long way to go.

Apparently, this process of circumcising the flesh can't happen overnight.  I mean it could, if God chose it to be that way, but I guess He has His reasons for taking His time. 

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