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Transformation of our character is one of the most fascinating aspects of the gospel.

Evangelistic methods usually focus on agreement to a set of beliefs (Jesus died for my sin) or insurance for the afterlife, or deep peace or joy or xxxxx {insert beautiful adjective here.}

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV) says “And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”

We are being transformed
That’s good news! We don’t have to be the way we are. We don’t have to be the way we have become. We don’t have to be what the tapes in our mind delcare (e.g. I’m not lovable, I’m ugly, I’m worthless, and such like this). We are being transformed.

We’ve run into people who don’t like themselves, either because of such tapes, esteem issues, or because they have made a mess of their own life with their decisions.

The power in the gospel message is that we don’t have to be that way — We can be transformed by the power of God.

Proclaming Transformation
A felt need in our society is the need for transformation — you see it in books, in tv shows, and in movies. In our evangeslism, we should consider this aspect of the gospel. The journey of following Jesus is a spiritual makeover.

Perhaps our evangelism / evangelistic methods need to elaborate further on this. My generation (X) cries out how their life sucks and that life has given them a bum hand. Transformation is a powerful relevance.

Transformation with a Purpose
From 2 Cor 3:18, the destiny of this change is after his likeness. We have a direction, a destiny. It is not of our own choosing, but what the Designer has in mind. Transformation has a goal, a goal that is in the mind of the Transformer — into His image — more Christlike in our actions, attidues, and character. How it plays with our personality makes us each unique versions.

We are God’s poem (his workmanship - Ephesians 2:10). As the Spirit of God works in us, conforming us and transforming us, may we each become more Christlike for the glory of God.

Let me ask you this:
What do you see as the mix of transformation and evangelism?

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