Greetings in The Mighty Name of Jesus, The Christ!!!
Transformation
Brothers and Sisters one of the things that Jesus said many times is that we Must Change in order to be Accepted Into The Kingdom Of God. Jesus made it very clear that without the Transformation we would not enter into the Kingdom Of Heaven.
Matthew 16:24 KJV
"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
Matthew 18:3 KJV
"And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."
A Man, Woman, Child, must Change after Accepting Jesus, they cannot remain the same as they were. It is the Choice that Every single person Must make after Accepting Jesus as Savior. The Change makes Jesus Lord, if there is No Change, then Jesus has Not Become Their Lord.
Nowhere in Scripture will you find that Accepting Jesus you are Changed In The Flesh, but will find throughout Scripture that We, that is Our Flesh, Must Choose To Change.
Too many people Believe that when they Accepted Jesus that all was good, that Change was not need because Change In The Spirit has Change them in the Flesh, this, is Incorrect Teaching. Too many people confess certain Scriptures and Believe based on these Scriptures that a person is Saved just by Confession that they Believe In Jesus and have Confessed so with Their Mouth. This is a miss understanding of Scripture. Jesus said many times in Scripture that We Must Choose To Change or we would Not Be Saved.
Romans 10:9-10 KJV
"9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
Matthew 7:21-23 KJV
"21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
There has been many who have argued over these Scriptures, even fight over these Scriptures, all because they Understood In The Flesh, but Not By The Spirit. In the Romans passage of Scripture there is a Conjunction between Confess AND Believe, this Conjunction Requires that there is More to be said and that is Believe. In this case the word Believe Requires that there be Change, that a Transformation Must happen in order to continue with the First, Confess. Too many people have based their Lives on the Confess part without the Believe part and now Believe that only Confession is Required to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus has made it clear that a Transformation Must happen in a person’s Life in order to enter into the Kingdom Of Heaven!
Jesus said: “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven” we Must do the Will of The Father after Confession, this is the Believe In Your Heart. Everything that we Do or Say starts in The Heart and then is made Manifested In The Flesh Our Actions Of Believe.
We find later in Romans that Paul is begging for us to Change, to be Transformed Into Godliness.
Romans 12:1-2 KJV
"1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Change, Transformation, is Required to Prove what is Good, what is Acceptable, what is Perfect, The Will Of The Father!!! This Transformation is OUR CHOICE NOT GODS!!!
There are some who would say, well I go to church on Sundays and Wednesdays and I sing in the choir and I read my Bible every day, I’m good as gold to enter into the Kingdom Of God… NO YOU ARE NOT!!! All of these things are hidden within one’s self, nothing is External! Jesus said if you Truly Believe, then Keep My Commandments. Part of Jesus Commandments is to go beyond yourself so The World will know that WE are His Disciples.
Matthew 5:14-16 KJV
"14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
This Requires Action, that what has happened within ourselves Must be Shown To The World that Jesus is both Savior and Lord OVER Our Lives…Not just Savior.
The Lord part, is the Action Part that The Holy Spirit leads us to do. Jesus CANNOT be Lord if you do not do what He Says. This is where the Truth of Salvation lies, that Confess and Action must happen in order to be Saved!! This is also where many get it incorrect by saying this is a “Works” mentality, no this is not.
One of the things Required in Salvation is to be Baptized, so, what is the purpose of being Baptized? Being Baptized does not bring Salvation. Which is another argument that I will not engage in this message. But being Baptized is for two purposes, one, we are commanded to do so and it is an Outward Sign TO an Inward Change. Now what is the Change, it has occurred in The Spirit, NOT THE FLESH, that Jesus has washed you clean. This is where many people stop at, not understanding that there is more that Must happen, being Baptized is Only the beginning in the Journey of one being Saved, now Works Must accompany the Confession and being Baptized is only one part of The Works we Must do.
James 2:26 KJV
" For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
So now Confession “Faith” without Works “Believe” is dead, in which Romans is referring to, that yes you have Confessed that Jesus is Your Savior but without Works to Prove that a Change has occurred then it is Dead, Worthless!!!
Our Flesh Must Be Transformed Into a Child Of God, which Requires Change! This means that the way we used to do things we must change into The Fathers Will. Like our Speech, our Friends, even our Family, Where we Hangout, our Clothes, our Presentation (makeup, hair, tattoos), our Jobs and many, many more things Must Transform Into Being a Child Of God!!! These Transformations are the Believe part, not the Confession part.
James 2:19-20 KJV
"19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"
We Must Transform and Show The World through physical means that we have Changed from One Person to another Person. It is not good enough to just say we have changed, but we Must Prove that we have changed!! The following Scripture many people get completely wrong…
2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
“Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
This Scripture is a Journey Scripture, it is Not instantaneity! The last phrase in this Scripture says, “Behold, all things Become New”, this deals with Our Choices For Change. The Holy Spirit will Lead you and Guide you in what needs to Change, Transform, in Your Life, but it does Not Happen all at once. The Holy Spirit might start with Your Friends, telling you not to hang out with them anymore because they are a Bad Influence that they will have over you. This one of the hardest changes that any Born Again might deal with, only thing harder would be Family. But in any case this might take you a while to Complete, stating again, “Behold All Things are BECOME New”! Too many people get hung up on “Old things are passed away” this has to include the “New Creature”, which is dealing with the Spirit, the Old Spirit is Passed away and we have a New Spirit, but the later part deals with the Flesh. The Spiritual part is Instantaneity, but not our Flesh, it has to be Transformed, which is the “all things Become New”.
Transformation is hard, it is not easy for most people. Our Flesh was happy where it was and to make Changes Against what The Flesh wants is hard for any True Born Again, Blood Bought to deal with. But it is something that is a Requirement for All Born Again, Blood Bought to do, there are NO Exceptions!!!
So, to those who have Taught that Confession alone you are Saved…STOP Lying and Teaching False Doctrine!!! Do you remember the Leapers that Jesus healed, Jesus Expected Works to follow…
Luke 17:11-19 KJV
"11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up [their] voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw [them], he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on [his] face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where [are] the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole."
Jesus Expected there to be ten men that would Do The Works that this one man has done and this one man was a Samaritan which in this culture is considered the worst, came back and Praised Jesus and bowed at His Feet, this is what being Truly Saved will do. There Must be True Works Of Faith to Follow AFTER Confession is made or else it is like the nine men who did not return to give Thanks and to Bow Down at Jesus feet. With us not having Works would be Dead, would be Unacceptable to Jesus, when He Expects a True Transformation to those who are Saved!
Brothers and Sister this all should have been Taught to you from the very beginning of Confessing Jesus as Savior, that now you Must Choose to Change Your Life into a Godly, Perfect Life, that Jesus Demands. Some of you would say that Change has No Demands but that is incorrect, consider these Scriptures…
Matthew 7:21 KJV
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
Luke 9:23-24 KJV
"23 And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it."
John 12:24-26 KJV
"24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour."
There are many, many more Scriptures to show that we Must Change, be Transformed into a Child Of God, that it is Our Choices that we make daily to Choose Godly things over Fleshly things. If you Love Jesus, then Transformation becomes a little easier, not saying that the hard times there is no Love, but, Jesus says that if we Truly Love Him then Change, Transformation into a Godly Child, a Spiritual Child!
John 14:15 KJV
“If ye love me, keep my commandments."
This statement is a Demand Of Love, that Transformation Must happen. Jesus will not Accept anything less, we who are Born Again, Blood Bought, are under this contract of Change!!!
Brothers and Sisters, Jesus is coming back and He is coming back under these conditions, that Transformation is happening because we Love Him. He is coming for His Bride, which is all of the Born Again, Blood Bought, who have Agreed to Change and are being Transformed into His Likeness.
Matthew 25:10 KJV
“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut."
We Must be Ready, we Must be Transforming for the Marriage to Jesus, being presented to The Father. Transformation is a Demand that if not done will suffer consequences that I cannot name.
Brothers and Sisters examine yourselves, weigh yourself against the Bible, against those who are presenting doctrine to follow and see if you are Truly Transforming into the Bride of Jesus!
2 Corinthians 13:5-6 KJV
"5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates."
Psalm 139:23-24 KJV
"23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
Amen and Amen!!!
Email: godsonlyfoundation@gmail.com
Website: ApostleLee.com
Comments