Be Transformed Through Receiving God's Word

Be Transformed Through Receiving God's Word

Psalm 119: 11  "Your word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against You."

John 17:17  "Sanctify them by Your truth.  Your word is truth."

John 8:32  "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

Romans 10:17  "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

Romans 12:2  "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

2 Corinthians 3:18  "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory, of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from gory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord."

The Scriptures are the great agency in the transformation of character.  Christ prayed, "Sanctify the through Thy truth, Thy word is truth."  If studied and obeyed, the word of God works in the heart, subduing every unholy attribute.  The Holy Spirit comes to convict of sin, and the faith that springs up in the heart works by love to Christ, conforming us in body, soul, and spirit to His own image.  Then God can use us to do His will.  The power given us works from within outwardly, leading us to communicate to others the truth that has been communicated to us.

Received into the heart, the leaven of truth will regulate the desires, purify the thoughts, and sweeten the disposition.  It quickens the faculties of the mind and the energies of the soul.  It enlarges the capacity for feeling, for loving.

The  purity, the holiness, of the life of Jesus as presented from the Word of God, possess more power to reform and transform the character then do all the efforts put forth in picturing the sins and crimes of men and the sure results.  One steadfast look to the Savior uplifted upon the cross will do more to purify the mind and heart fro every defilement than will all the scientific explanations by the ablest tongue.

The Bible is the storehouse that supplies their souls with nourishing food.  They meditate upon the incarnation of Christ, they contemplate the great sacrifice made to save them from perdition, to bring in pardon, peace and everlasting righteousness.  The soul is aglow with these grand and elevating themes.  Holiness and truth, grace and righteousness, occupy the thoughts.  Self dies, and  Christ lives in His servants.  In contemplation  of the work their hearts burn within them as did the hearts of the two disciples while they went to Emmaus and Christ walked with them by the way and opened to them the scriptures concerning Himself.

The work of transformation from unholiness to holiness is a continuous work.  Day by day God labors for man's sanctification, and man is to cooperate with Him by putting forth persevering efforts in the cultivation of right habits.  The way in which we are to work out our own salvation is plainly specified in the first chapter of Second Peter.  Constantly we are to add grace to grace, and as we do this, God will work for us upon plan of multiplication.  He is always ready to hear and answer the prayer of the contrite heart, and grace and peace are multiplied to his faithful ones.  Gladly he grants them the blessings that they need in their struggle against the evils that beset them.  Those who listen to the counsels of his Word shall not want any good things.

All I can add to this is that it really works.  Don't give up, as the days and weeks go by you will notice changes in your life and it will be most welcome.  You will be so thankful that you didn't give up on your walk with God.  Grandma Joan