Have we been transformed?

 

Have we been transformed

The apostle Paul  made an earnest plea to all believers by saying; “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:1-2).

I therefore, beg to ask the question have we been transformed.  And if we claim to have been transformed what evidence do we have to prove our transformation? Please note carefully that the transformation the apostle Paul is referring to comes as the result of the renewal of the mind and not necessarily from one physical condition to another.

The transformation the apostle Paul is referring to has to do with mindset, which includes our attitude and disposition towards the law of God because naturally we are told that; “the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God (Romans 8:7-8).

A transformation from this disposition means that, instead of being carnally minded which leads to death, one should now be spiritually minded resulting in life and peace because, the transition from being carnal to becoming spiritual is that the spiritually minded individual is in harmony with God being subject to the law of God and forever will be.

This transformation also means that the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But with the transformation from carnal to spiritual it means that  the spiritual man is now able to understand spiritual things because God has revealed them to us through His Spirit which He gives only to those who obey Him, and he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

Why are the leaders of this world unable to recognize and acknowledge the profanity, the obnoxious and the blasphemous consequences of their mandatory Corona Virus vaccinations? Simply because they minds are carnal and have not been transformed, they have not been able to perceive the impact and consequences that this will have on the spiritual life of man.

Being carnally minded is the main reason why even the church, the body of believers are so divided and are unable to fulfill another earnest plea from the apostle Paul which states; “Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1Corinthians 1:10).

Many of us have not been able to make that clear distinction between being carnally minded and being spiritually minded and according to the apostle Paul this is the cause of the division in the body of Christ for he wrote; “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? (1Corinthians 3:1-5)

Being carnally minded also hinders one from being able to discern the spirits as we have been duly admonished saying; “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world” (1Peter 4:1-3).

What is imperative to all those whose minds have been transformed is that we set our minds of things above and not on things of the earth as we have been duly admonished by the Lord saying: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:19-21).

 But unfortunately, without being judgmental, the majority of those who profess to be spiritual are fascinated with signs and wonders which are specifically for unbelievers and are mostly concerned with breakthroughs and worldly possessions than being obedient to God and setting their minds of things above, ascribing to the Lord the glory due to His name.

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph