2006-09-12 08:51:39 · 11 answers · asked by wisdom 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Process of Christlikeness
Romans 8:28-30
You’ve heard the saying, Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, in the case of man and God, it’s true. We please and honor the Lord when we try to be like Him. In Romans chapter eight, the apostle Paul lays out the process God uses to transform believers into reflections of Himself.
Starting in verse 29, Paul writes about those the Lord foreknew.. Foreknowledge involves more than simply seeing events in advance. It also includes bringing to pass whatever the Lord desires for His children’s lives. Foreknowledge specifically involves conforming believers to His image. God has a plan for which He sees the beginning, middle, and end.
Paul also wrote that all believers are predestined. God knew before Creation who would choose to receive salvation and who would reject it. All those who are saved are predestined to be formed in His image.
Verse 30 tells us that believers are also called. God places on the heart a desire to know Him. The call goes out to every person because it is not the Lord’s will that any should perish. However, few will act upon His offer and seek salvation (John 3:16; Matthew 7:14).
Paul also explains that Christians are justified. Whoever hears God’s call and receives salvation is declared no longer guilty. The stain of sin is wiped away.
And finally, we learn that those made holy by the blood of Christ are glorified. Living believers regard themselves as becoming like Jesus. But the Father sees them in their future imperishable bodies — as perfect reflections of Himself.
Humans think of time in segments. But God doesn’t operate that way. That’s why He can foreknow His children in their glory. And everything He allows into a Christian’s life is designed to shape him or her into a glorious reflection of Himself.
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2006-09-12 09:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
PT Barnum supposed said, "There is a fool born every minute and two to take him". Most religion fanatics are like foolish men, that are so gullible they accept what ever religious preachers tell them without investigating thuroughly what they are counting on for the soul's eternal destiny.
THere are also many who having been fooled, come to study what are the sources of their Belief and discover that much of the New Testament, The Quran, The Book of Mormom, etc, are elaborate and cunningly contrived narratives designed to catch the unwary and unlearned.
Then there are the Jews. Unliked, unfavored, persecuted in every nation and from their beginning, steadfastly refusing to placate the Gentiles, maintaining the integrity of the Original Source Documents, (The TORAH/TANAKH), which proclaim the simple message of the Revelation of GOD to Moses and Israel at MT. SInai. WHich declares that there is ONE, not three gods, ONE Eternal and Omniscient and loving and merciful and Just GOD. The very intelligent study these writings, and compare them carefully and in this analysis of Scripture, are usually able to discern that all the rest of the holy writings are man contrived...narratives that are contradictory and fabrications in order to sell their own version of god-men. Plagarised from various pagan myth cult relgions, the New Testament attempts to dissuade sincere seekers by throwing a smoke screen and using verbal mirrors in an attempt to prevent them from scrutinizing the doctrines and comparing these improvisations with the Original Source Text. But, those who seek, will find the Real Truth,,,and it is not with a man-god, but rather with a GOD WHO IS NOT A MAN. Peace
2006-09-12 09:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by Laughingwalt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats up !!!! WATCH IT GNOSTIC !! The Bible got here from the JEWS ! without the Jews shall we haven't any Bible. save in concepts,Jesus Is A Jew,not catholic. on the grounds that Jesus Christ develop into the word and the word develop into flesh and dwealt between us,in the experience that they deny that then they deny Jesus and His word. Jesus stated I(Jesus) am the way,the reality and the existence and no individual comes unto the daddy except by employing Me(Jesus). it really is really sparkling,do not you imagine. the in basic terms thanks to God is through the blood shed by employing Jesus Christ and what He did for ALL humanity. God has stated In His word that If each person comes preaching the different gospel than this do not even want them godspeed lest you partake of their sins. If It do not come from the Bible i do not trust It....
2016-11-26 20:05:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan has a larger hold on people than we want to admit. Even Satan knows the scripture and fears God but refuses to follow God's commandments.
2006-09-12 09:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by Birdbrain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to scripture? Because they're fools.
The real reason? Because we see through the lies of the scriptures.
2006-09-12 08:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are a multitude of reasons why a person could reject the word of God. In the bible Pharoah's heart was harded by God. So do you think that the Pharoah will be punished for this given that God did it to him directly?
2006-09-12 08:53:24 · answer #6 · answered by Rance D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because some men have a brain larger than a peanut.
2006-09-12 08:56:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because bananas fit into the hands perfectly
2006-09-12 08:52:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thorny bushes, rocky ground & along the path...
2006-09-12 09:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by 4x4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't, i respect sacred text all the time
2006-09-12 09:02:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋