God continues to change people. I have many examples on this topic, not only about myself, but about other people. Even God is changing people who were serving time behind bars. Having accepted Christ, they not only changed, but also bring great benefits to those in need of their volunteering. I have a lot of them.
And so I became a completely different person! In 2 Corinthians it says that our flesh decays, and our souls are renewed day by day. This is the secret of Christianity. Colossians says: For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When I began to change, even my friends were surprised at! I stopped coming to visit him as I usually did. Moreover, I stopped companionship for a glass of beer and other strong beverages, etc.
Blessed are those whose hearts are pure.
A few days later, I felt completely different. Finally, my conscience was set free from filthiness! The wounds and pains are gone, and there are no more struggles. God forgave my sins and made me what he wanted me to be. When people asked me where you were going, at first I was ashamed to admit that I was going to church, so I just lied to them that I was going to the meeting. A few more weeks flew by; I discovered that I had become a completely different person, not what I was. Jesus, secretly penetrating into my heart, changed my unsightly heart into the heart of hope. Not only my heart has changed, but also my outlook on life, and values, and interests and attitudes towards people have changed. The desire for alcoholic drinks and longed-for flesh has dulled. This is a real miracle that my life was transformed into the way God wanted me to be.
So whoever is in Christ is a new creation; the old is gone, now everything is new
2 Corinthians 5:17 – 2 Corinthians 5:17
Interweaving of two sins and its misunderstanding
Sins are of two kinds, just like the law. The Law can be statutory and spiritual.
1.A Spiritual law is kind of universal moral law written on the human heart,their conscience bearing witness which is based on the ten commandments given by God.
This law is written on the hearts of Christians because they are transformed by the grace of God. Grace and truth came through JesusChrist.
The law can not change people, but they can be changed only by the grace of Jesus.
It revealed that all humans, including the Jews, are under sin and that life cannot be obtained by “works of law.”
There is no country existing without crime as a result of which law enforcement agencies and places of detention were born.
The existing such places show that the physical law is only formal and unable to change sinful nature.
As long as the sin exists, the crime is inevitable.
I have seen many former prisoners whose lives had cardinally been transformed into an image of getting close to Jesus .
2. A physical law is kind of statutory law which is formal written on paper.
This law is way too stern but powerless and less effective to change people's minds.
This law was given through Moses.
Why was this law given to the Jews ? It was given to make the Jews realize that they are unable to keep the given law so they were destined to look for something more powerful than the law which is the Messiah.
1. An intentional sin is something we do consciously on a daily bases without admitting that we are committing it because we justify ourselves by relying on laws that do not exist.(the none existing law to fit to individuals) Misunderstanding of sin, mostly it was believed that sin is defined as a serious crime: murder, theft, etc. Those actions that are mentioned above is an act of the consequences of sins.
2. An unintentional sin that we do unconsciously on a daily bases, but can not be accepted as conscious sin being acknowledged as a sin in the eyes of God.
This type of sin differs from the above in that we can't avoid it even if we wanted to. While we are in the body, we are involuntarily prone to sin – visually and mentally. Jesus said: it had been said to the ancients, do not commit adultery, but I say, if anyone looks at a woman with lust, he has already committed adultery in his heart.
What did Jesus mean by this? there is no righteous one. By this he clearly shows that all humans are sinners, and there is no exception. However, the sin that is committed unintentionally is not considered as sin.
Therefore, the apostle John says that whoever is born of God does not sin because God's love is in them.This means that the person who has been changed by God does not continue to sin just as did he did before.
… This refers to the 2nd type of sin that we do not intentionally sin. Sin has the power to tempt us, and we easily succumb to it. We live in a world dominated by sin, from which we cannot run or hide. It is exposed to us, but all we need to do is to keep away from it as far as possible. That's why we need to strive for holiness. The holiness is the solution to problems of sin. To become holy is to be separated from sin by thoughts and actions. We need to be as far away from it as North is from South and West is from East. Rom 6. The law of sin is given to confirm that we are all born as sinners. At first it may seem that it is impossible to live without sinning, but in fact the Holy Spirit will help us, because the experience of life shows that nothing is impossible with God, and the rest is just an excuse to live and sin.
How can you manifest His power and the work of the Holy Spirit without knowing Him? If you don’t tell people about Jesus whom you have received in your heart, you will never know His will and His blessing. Praise the Lord who is worthy of praise. I want to confess that I was the last sinner, went all the way from the cradle to becoming a Christian. However, now I am forgiven, as my heart is poured out with peace and joy.
I used to be judgmental, self-centered and fond of arguing, and never yielded to my opponents, but God changed me in such a way that no one can recognize me. When I was transformed into a positive image, my friends laughed at me that I had turned into a strange person. Before that, I could keep a company with them and drink strong drinks to such extent that I was unable to control myself. Now my appetite for alcohol has changed to reading the bible. I am totally anchored to the word of God. I have not been changed into an image that I wanted to, but rather into the image that God wants me to be. If you want changed, do not rely on your knowledge, but rely on God. He is able to set you free from the bondage of sin into freedom, from darkness into the light that God has prepared for you.
What can you say about the change that has taken place in me in Christ? Is this self-hypnosis as people like to say? And I think it's a supernatural phenomenon. In other words, through Jesus Christ we become the people that God wants us to be. Consequently there should be nothing surprising at this. Most likely you need to be surprised at the image of what you were like before coming to faith.