The Transformed Life

Here's an intersting article. Read it if you have about ten minutes, it's definitely worth it. Basically, it's about the Christian subculture and how the world views it.


Just a few thoughts that I had on it:

1) I don't think that I truly have a grasp of what it meanst to live a life for Christ. If I did, I know that it would manifest itself in extreme and radical ways in my life.

2) Conformity to the world's standards gives us a Christianity that is legalistic, or totally loose and without consequence.

3) There is nothing new under the sun. How does that translate into Christians making an impact on this world? I believe that Ecclesiastes 12:13, I believe contains the answer: "Let s hear the conlcusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commmandmetns: for this is the whole duty of man." What are his commandments you ask? Peope asked Christ the same thing, and in Matthew 22:36-40 we see the question, and the response: "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38This is the first and great commandment.

39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. "

Oh that we could truly understand and live these simple, life changing words of our Savior who thought it not robbery to come down and dwell in the likeness of man, as to give us His life. Not just eternal life, but His very life.

Father, our cry to you is for more who you are. That we would lay our flesh down on the altar of your goodness and wholly trust Who you are, and not what we think you are. Lord, you've brought us out of Egypt, bring us into the Promised land as we fully surrender to you. Amen.