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Transformation Series - Lesson 1
Transformation Series - Lesson 1
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Transformation Series
Lesson 1: Transformation A Matter of the Heart
Transformation Total transformation is possible for every believer. But the process is not easy, it will require continual
death and rebirth (see 1Thess.5:23).
The eyes of the church should be opened to understand that there is a vast difference between specific sins and the hidden
sinful practices in the flesh that lie at their roots. As we go on in this series of transformation lessons, we need to clarify our
usage of the term flesh. In this context, we use it to describe our sinful impulses we have inherited from Adam.
Sin needs forgiveness. But our flesh, which births to sins, can only be dealt with by our own death on the cross.
Forgiveness is done for solely by Jesus. Death on the cross requires our participation. It is not enough to pray for forgiveness
and fail to call the flesh to death on the cross. Unless we are aware of how to reach to the heart to accomplish death and
rebirth where those sinful practices and behaviours were formed, daily dying to self on the cross and repenting from sinful
behaviour are not enough. Total transformation of our hearts cannot be fully realized until we lay the axe to the roots. Roots
lie hidden, beneath the surface. The greatest lack of the church is, not knowing how to transform our hearts at the deep level
of causes, dealing with sins and inclination toward sin. True sanctification and transformation cannot be fully accomplished in
the body of Christ without dealing with the level of roots.
We have all been like children, fumbling unwittingly with the key to the door of sanctification. We must comprehend that
full vision of inner transformation can only be accomplished by continual death and rebirth. God does not want only to restore
men to the abundant life but He also wants to raise perfect sons.
The ministry to the inner man is not merely a tool to heal a few troubled individuals; it is a vital key to the transformation
of every heart of every normal Christian. In this transformation series, we will understand that transformation requires more
than just accepting Christ as Lord and Saviour. We will learn to apply the cross of Christ, through prayers and counsel, to
sinful structures built into our heart over a lifetime. Although every sinful deed was fully washed away when we accepted
Jesus as Lord, not every part of our heart was able to fully appropriate the good news of that fact immediately. We will look to
entire life, especially to the transformation of the flesh. We will learn the steps for reaching to the depths of your heart with
the power of the cross and resurrection so that we can effect a lasting change by continual death and rebirth.