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Pastor Chris White says to all of you: HELLO MY FRIENDS. May the Lord bless you today. HOLA MIS AMIGOS. Que el Señor los bendiga.
In the Bible transformation means
“change or renewal from a life that no longer conforms to the ways of the world
to one that pleases God” (Romans 12:2). This is
accomplished by the renewing of our minds, an inward spiritual transformation
that will manifest itself in outward actions. The Bible presents the
transformed life in Christ as demonstrated through our “bearing fruit in every
good work [and] growing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:10). Transformation involves
those who were once far from God being “drawn near” to Him through the blood of
Christ (Ephesians 2:13).
Moreover, evidence of transformation within us is seen in the way we
increasingly reflect the likeness and glory of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). For as the apostle Paul
said, “You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit,
if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of
Christ, he does not belong to Christ” (Romans 8:9). To be considered as children of
God, we must be led by the Spirit of God. And it is through the power of God’s
Spirit that Christ lives within us. The transformed life mirrors the attitude
of the apostle Paul: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live,
but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son
of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
This power of transformation comes from one source. Paul said, “For the message
of the cross [the gospel] is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us
who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18). In speaking of Jesus, the
apostle Peter, empowered by the Holy Spirit, boldly declared this truth:
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven
given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Transformed lives begin with the gospel message of Christ, for in it is the
power of God. It is the gospel that brings us salvation: “I am not ashamed of
the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who
believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a
righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first
to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith’” (Romans 1:16-17).
Through the gospel message of Christ, we learn “to put off your old self, which
belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self,
created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:22-24). “For if you live according
to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the
misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of
God are sons of God” (Romans 8:13-14).
Just before he died, the apostle Peter provided us specific instructions on how
we are to live out our transformed lives: “His divine power has given us
everything we need for life and godliness … for if you do these things, you
will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:3-11).
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