Repentance without a
change of life is merely words spoken.
Actions do indeed speak louder than words. Christ in us changes us. He changes our desires from a wanting to sin
to a not wanting to sin. He changes our
attitudes. He changes our thought
lives. He changes our priorities in
life. He changes our goals for
living. There is nothing about us that
is not affected by Christ in us.
We all grow in faith
at different paces. Some are
dramatically made new at the moment of salvation. Others see a far more gradual change in their
lives. Still others the process of
changing is very slow, but it is steady.
No matter how long it takes to change us, progress is made in a true
believer’s heart. I Cor. 1:30 tells us
that Christ is our wisdom from God, our righteousness, and our holiness. Therefore, we must be changing if we are
living in Him. We take on His nature of
righteousness and holiness. We put off
the old self and take on Christ’s nature.
The old passes away and all things become new.
Change should be
evident to those who know us. Christ
makes a noticeable difference in us. If
others have to ask us if we are children of God, then something is wrong. We cannot live in the presence of God without
God being seen in us.
We never stop changing
and becoming as long as we live. There
is a lot of work the Lord needs to do in all of us to make us holy. No one will ever achieve perfect holiness on
earth. Sometimes the work He does in us
is very deep and cannot be readily seen.
If nothing is happening in us then we need to let the Lord re-examine
our hearts and let the Lord have His way in us.
It is impossible to
live in Christ without being constantly changed to become more like Christ.
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