TRANSFORMATION

COLOSSIANS 3

 

FIRST, TRANSFORMATION TAKES PLACE POSITIONALLY,

2 COR.5:17&21

 

 

SECOND, TRANSFORMATION IS TAKING PLACE PRACTICALLY,

 

   NEGATIVE …

 

      RULES,

 

      FOLLOWING THE LONGINGS OF YOUR HEART,

 

      RULES CAN POINT YOU IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION BUT RULES CANNOT TRANSFORM YOU.

 

      OBEYING THE LONGINGS OF THE HEART CREATE CHAOS.

 

   POSITIVE …

REAL TRANSFORMATION MAY TAKE PLACE THROUGH REPENTANCE.

 

      THE PROBLEM OF REPENTANCE,

        

         COMES WITH A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.

 

         WE ARE OFFENDED WHEN SOME ONE SAYS, WE NEED TO CHANGE.

 

         WE THINK WE ARE RIGHT OR THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT.

 

         IT MAY BE SELFISH REPENTANCE, 2 COR.7:9-10

 

      THE POWER OF REPENTANCE, MARK 1:15; COL.3:5-14

 

      THE PROCESS OF REPENTANCE, ROMANS 2:4

 

      THE POSSIBILITY OF REPENTANCE, JOEL 2:12-14

 

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