April 28, 2025 PERFORMS ITS WORK
1 Thessalonians 2:11-13 “just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a farther would His own children, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. And for this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God’s message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.”
This may sound like a contradiction, but its not; we are complete in Christ, but we must also be maturing and growing in the faith. We are complete in Christ because we are in Christ and He is in us; we belong to Him and we are secure in Him. Now that we belong to Him, He is about transforming us into His image. We must not lose the awareness that when we read the Bible, we are reading the word of God-not the word of man. We put ourselves in a dangerous place spiritually when we take the word of God in a casual way; when we come to a place where we think we do not need to be changed by the word of God. Growing in the knowledge of God and growing in the faith is a lifetime pursuit. Again, we can experience the peace of God, and at the same time have a desire to know Him in a deeper way. The point is that we must let the word of God perform its work in us. We cannot change ourselves, but God can! It is indeed a miracle, but the word of God, when believed and received, changes us at the core of our being. How awesome it is that God is about transforming us into His own image. That means that little by little, we are becoming like Him. The evidence of being transformed into His image shows up in our daily lives; our thoughts, our actions, our attitude, our desires, our responses all become more like Him. It is God at work in us, but we must work with Him as He works in us. That’s what it means when the scriptures exhorts us to work out our salvation. Philippians 2:12. Let us remember that we have the written word of God to read and study; in His word we discover who we really are-the children of God. May the word of God perform its work in each of us.
2 Corinthians 3:18 “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Blessings, Buddy
1 Thessalonians 2:11-13 “just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a farther would His own children, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. And for this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God’s message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.”
This may sound like a contradiction, but its not; we are complete in Christ, but we must also be maturing and growing in the faith. We are complete in Christ because we are in Christ and He is in us; we belong to Him and we are secure in Him. Now that we belong to Him, He is about transforming us into His image. We must not lose the awareness that when we read the Bible, we are reading the word of God-not the word of man. We put ourselves in a dangerous place spiritually when we take the word of God in a casual way; when we come to a place where we think we do not need to be changed by the word of God. Growing in the knowledge of God and growing in the faith is a lifetime pursuit. Again, we can experience the peace of God, and at the same time have a desire to know Him in a deeper way. The point is that we must let the word of God perform its work in us. We cannot change ourselves, but God can! It is indeed a miracle, but the word of God, when believed and received, changes us at the core of our being. How awesome it is that God is about transforming us into His own image. That means that little by little, we are becoming like Him. The evidence of being transformed into His image shows up in our daily lives; our thoughts, our actions, our attitude, our desires, our responses all become more like Him. It is God at work in us, but we must work with Him as He works in us. That’s what it means when the scriptures exhorts us to work out our salvation. Philippians 2:12. Let us remember that we have the written word of God to read and study; in His word we discover who we really are-the children of God. May the word of God perform its work in each of us.
2 Corinthians 3:18 “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Blessings, Buddy
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