![]() He wants to know you and me! Wow! And, through knowing Him, our inner man can be transformed. He is a loving God who wants us to know Him and be in an intimate relationship with Him. This means that Jesus isn’t a hard task master. I cannot think of anything more beautiful. But in knowing Him, you will want to obey. Knowing how to do what is right is not equal to being in a love relationship with Christ. None of us can transform our own hearts, but if you are in relationship with Christ, you will know Him and as a result you will seek Him and experience transformation. They were not in a love relationship with Him, therefore their hearts remained unchanged, and they did not receive eternal life.ġ Corinthians 13:2 says, “ If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” The Pharisees knew all the answers, but they didn’t love Jesus. If this is true that we are transformed by the renewing of our minds, how can it be that true transformation cannot be absent of love, or a love relationship with Christ? Because, it’s love working together with truth that transforms the human heart but truth minus love is just legalism. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will.” In Romans 12:2, the Scripture says, “ Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. And then (good news!) good actions will flow from a love relationship with Him. Only being in right relationship with the Lord transforms. Going to church and doing the right things cannot do the work of inner transformation because simply knowing what’s right cannot transform. It’s as if we know we were made for perfection, and we want to be-and do-better.Ĭertainly, there’s nothing wrong with having the desire to transform your cooking or conversational skills but when it comes to internal transformation, it’s God and His love that transforms. We all know there is something missing this side of heaven. If you spend time talking with people and take note of what they want, everyone wants transformation because we all know that we need transforming. Most of them promised some kind of transformation: how to transform your love life, finances, business, or your conversational skills. Years ago, I spent a considerable amount of time in a large bookstore taking note of the titles. Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – July 26, 2022Īnd now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. “ Love working together with truth transforms the human heart.”
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