I have been reading books and studying Scripture working in developing a workshop entitled, "By God's Grace You can Change." The starting point for change into the glorious image of Christ is an extreme makeover. We are given a new heart and a new capacity to actually change by the grace of God.
Nancy Leigh DeMoss, in her book Brokenness, made this statement: "The Good News of the gospel is that the Great Physician has made available a cure for our deceived, diseased hearts. Jesus came to do radical heart surgery - to cleanse and transform us from the inside out, by the power of his death and resurrection."
This is what the gospel can do. The prophet Ezekiel writes: "I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules." Ezekiel 36:25-27
For us as believers, the extreme makeover internally has been accomplished. Now we must begin to live out that reality for his glory.
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