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The Purpose of Transformation

 Colossians 3:9-10 – ““Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.”

            The word transformation appears approximately 17 times in the Bible across different translations. It is not just being a better person morally, but it is Spirit Empowered renewal. What happens when we experience transformation?

·      Romans 12:2 – Our minds are renewed.

·      2 Corinthians 3:18 – We are being transformed into Christ’s image by the Holy Spirit.

·      Colossians 3:10 – We are renewed in knowledge after the image of the Lord Jesus Christ.

·      Romans 6:4 – We are walking in the newness of life through the power of the resurrection.

·      Ephesians 5:8 – We are transformed to live as children of light.

When we experienced transformation, we will no longer be conformed to the world. We break the mold. We abandon the world’s ways and mindsets. We are transformed through the renewing of our minds. The Lord begins a process to reshape our thinking. We move from a lifestyle of fear to a lifestyle of faith. We move away from carnal thinking and embrace the mind of Christ. Romans 8:6 says, “For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” 

The purpose of transformation is to position us for breakthrough. To prepare us for the new season He is bringing us into. Transformation preceeds transition. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” The Lord is preparing us for an assignment. That assignment is to see our families and our city transformed through the power of the Gospel. 

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