rethink No.85

FORMED AND TRANSFORMED

FORMED ... in the beginning (Gen. 2:7 God FORMED man out of the dust of the earth and breathed into

him the breath of life (lives ... Hebrew = CHAYIM which is plural). One breath for living and the other breath for speaking life.

God then INFORMED His ‘man’ (mankind) to keep away from the tree of knowledge (thinking) of good and evil which would give him control over his destiny he would then think... taking God’s place. God also informed Adam to that he was to have dominion over all fish, birds animals etc. please note man was never told to have dominion over another man! Religion tells one to be under the covering of the leadership??? A true shepherd leads the sheep and looks over his shoulder to see who is following. Jesus knew this for He said, ‘Follow Me’.

Along comes the serpent to Eve and MIS-INFORMS her with the result that mankind became DEFORMED.

Mankind then tried to PERFORM God’s will without the necessary abilities. Man (even today) is trying to make those around him UNIFORM ... having the same beliefs — some even include a spiritual UNIFORM of out ward appearance!

Jesus Christ, the last Adam, was in the FORM of God and was sent from the Father to REFORM.. . bring a complete change of the thinking to His man. Jesus was the Living word expressing Father’s life and will. Phi 2:5 Let this mind (thinking) be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (the mind of Christ which we have); (6) Who, being in the FORM of God, thought it not robbery to be equal (to have the same thinking as God) with God:

Denominations/groups under the heading of ‘religion’ quite often try to OUTPERFORM each other ... or insist on their adherents being UNIFORM in their beliefs and behaviour. We are to present OUR BODIES (individual bodies with individual expressions of His life) ... each one directly under the Head. Mentors have their temporary place!

CONFORMED / TRANSFORMED ... (Rom 12:2 And be not CONFORMED to this world (‘s ways of thinking and behaviour): but be ye TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind (which had become DEFORMED because of being MISINFORMED), that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. It is clear that we have to get this done! Romans 12:21 tells us to overcome evil by adding good.

PERFORM ...(Mat 25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. (obtained a double portion). Matthew 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler (have dominion) over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Christendom for the most part has been UNINFORMED or MISINFORMED regarding a lot of things but 2

especially the gospel of the Kingdom of God which they have been told is the same as the Gospel of Salvation. We are to focus together and set the course for change...TRANSFORMation and/or transfiguration.

Back to Romans 12 ... CONFORMED / TRANSFORMED ... (Rom 12:2 And be not CONFORMED to this world (age): but be ye TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind (back to what it was when first FORMED and carrying the INITIAL mandate to exercise dominion over God’s creation.) that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. There is only one will of God for He is not doubleminded! When you hear what His will is for your life ... you know it is good. Then comes the next step of accepting it without reservation because you find it acceptable. Now do it and thus complete it to His satisfaction. This needful as man, even a Christian man, has UNDERPERFORMED because he will not LET go the ways of the world’s thinking ... especially traditional ‘letter-word’ thinking that has been around for ages.

To RE-new something, it has to have been ‘new’ one time earlier, Right? When was this mind new? Obviously when it was created when Adam was FORMED before it became DEFORMED.

The process of TRANSFORMATION (Gk= METAMORPHUSAO which is pictured clearly for us in the process whereby a chrysalis changes into a butterfly without any help from outside itself). The chrysalis has within itself the full nature and potential of moving in a new dimension ... it simply has to let it happen. (Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ-Jesus ...).

THINKING CHANGES are upon us! (As a man thinks, so is he). Having had one’s thinking renewed, what was, in the beginning, GOD’S WILL FOR HIS MAN? (Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image,

after our likeness: and LET THEM HAVE DOMINION (rule from the throne with His delegated authority) over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. (27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female (son of God and son of man) created he them).

Thinking precedes SPEAKING ... Thinking is word in spirit ... SPEAKING is word expressed. The will of God is communicated with words. All this is to FORM one new man as at the beginning. God has not changed His plan and He was never taken by surprise along the way.

Let us press towards the mark for the high calling of God in Christ Jesus to utilize His precious provision that will bring forth change as we allow it to happen in us. Then truly we will do the things that Jesus did and a whole lot more! §


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