Counsel #9 — Transformation Is A Must!

Picture: Counsel #9 — Transformation Is A Must!CI 11.1

Being renewed in the image of God is not just some empty hope or futile wish! It will characterize every person who enters eternal life with God.CI 11.2

It’s easy for us to excuse or justify our favorite sins, rationalizing that no one can be perfect anyway. But God invites us to accept His righteous, transforming power — not as a cloak to conceal deliberate sin — but so that we can be truly renewed and freed from it.^{[9]https://www.adventistreview.org/archives/2003-1539/tues.html}CI 11.3

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJVCI 11.4

“The Lord Jesus Christ is the author of our being, and He is also the author of our redemption, and everyone who will enter the kingdom of God will develop a character that is the counterpart of the character of God.” Ellen White in The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p.1105.5CI 11.5

Reflect: Do you find yourself sometimes falling and weeping at the feet of Jesus because you failed Him yet again? Describe how He has comforted, forgiven, and set you back on your feet.CI 11.6