I've heard a lot of people say "How you see yourself determines everything", or something like "if you want to make a change i your life, you have to first change how you see yourself". Well its basically the same thing here, i'm going to make a list of some points that have so far helped me in the realization that i am a new person Believers get a new life with a radical new identity, in other words, "you are not who you used to be"! 2 Corinthians 5:17 hits the nail on the head " Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! " so it doesn't matter who you were, what you did, or what you didn't do, of course people might not readily accept this truth, but what does it matter when the Father has said Himself...."you are a new creation!" Not knowing about t...
The NI V translation of Romans 12:2 says " Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will." For a while now,I have been exploring the waves of faith and grace (most especially grace) as pertaining to the Father, the Son and the Holy ghost. To me, one really heavy thing I've had to deal with, is what happens next after accepting and welcoming Jesus into your life and telling him to take the wheels? I haven't changed automatically. i still have the same old cravings and i still understand almost nothing these Jesus people are talking about. Luckily for me, I've had some help, and have also decided to do some...