Fellowship With God
A Transforming Experience - 1
John 1:1 - 2:6
Through fellowship with God, the Apostle John was changed from a blustering, physical, possibly mean-tempered person who had a very high opinion of himself (Mark 3:17, Luke 9:54, Mark 10:35-37) into the humble, loving, kind, gentle soul who penned the books of John, 1 & 2 John, and Revelation, and came to be known as "the one whom Jesus loved."
Through fellowship with God, the Apostle Paul went from the greatest persecutor of Christians to one of Jesus' greatest warriors, a man filled with humility and with the Spirit of God who wrote 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament (Acts 7:58; 9:1-2 ; 9:20-22 ; Philippians 3:7-14).
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Through fellowship with God, Peter was transformed from a cowardly, wishy-washy individual who spent an inordinate amount of time with his foot in his mouth, to the leader of the early church who was crucified for his faith in Jesus (Matthew 16:21-23; John 18:10-11; Matthew 26:33, 73-75 ; Acts 3).
Think back. Can you remember your life before the Lord? Can you remember who you were inside? Have you seen changes happening in you since you accepted Jesus' free gift of salvation and allowed Him to become Lord of your life? Are there changes "in progress" now?
Make a list of the things you are aware of that God has changed in you. Then thank Him in prayer for each of them, because each change makes you more like Jesus.
Special note:
If you like movies, even though I have not seen the movie yet myself, I'd like to recommend one to you that will be opening in theaters on February 6th. It's called "The Last Sin Eater," and is based on the best-selling novel by Christian author Francine Rivers. The film is set in the 1850's in the Appalachians, where a 10-year-old girl, who feels responsible for her sister's death, goes seeking redemption for her sin from the "Sin Eater." On her way, she encounters a man of God who tells her, "No mere man can take your sins away." And then he tells her about Jesus. From what I can tell from the trailers, she goes back and tells her family what she learned. One line from the woman who appears to be her grandmother really caught my attention. She said, "This man is telling the truth. We've been believing a lie." Al Lowry, who leads Guitarist's Into God ministry of Saddleback Church and who is a friend of the co-producer of this movie, wrote to me yesterday and asked if we would let our readers know about this film. He told me that he was "blown away" by the content of the movie. He told Eric Elder (who writes "This Week's Sermon" for our former ministry partner, "This Day's Thought"), "This movie will knock your socks off. The Christian message out there on the big screen. I promise you won't be disappointed by this production."
From what I can see in the trailers, he's right. The production quality is as good as anything coming out of Hollywood. You can use the link below to watch the trailer and learn more about the movie:
http://www.foxfaithmovies.com/thelastsineater/
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