A Life Change is Inevitable
Imagine a scenario with me.
A man is scheduled to be a guest preacher at a local church. However, when the time comes for him to preach, he is nowhere to be found, and no one is able to contact him. Finally, after many in the congregation have already left, he arrives at the church, his suit neatly pressed and his hair well kempt.
Upon seeing him, the pastor who had scheduled his visit voices his growing frustration: “Where have you been? You were supposed to be here more than an hour ago!”
The truck ran me over, and that’s why I’m late.The guest nods gravely and replies, “I’m so sorry! On my way here, my car had a flat tire. As I was changing the tire, a lug nut slipped from my hand and rolled into the middle of the highway. Without thinking, I chased after it and then looked up to see a semi-truck going at least a hundred miles per hour barreling toward me. The truck ran me over, and that’s why I’m late.”
The guest’s excuse is so ludicrous, it is laughable! It is entirely unbelievable that a man could encounter a force as great as a speeding semi-truck and be completely unchanged by it.
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When one’s heart is transformed by the gospel, his life will also inevitably—without exception—be enveloped in changeTo a much greater degree, how unthinkable it is to hold that one could encounter the all-powerful God and be completely unchanged by Him!
It is ridiculous to assert that one could experience inward transformation by the gospel of Jesus Christ and yet not see that transformation reflected in his day-to-day life.
As the Apostle Paul writes, “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me” (Galatians 2:20).
When one’s heart is transformed by the gospel, his life will also inevitably—without exception—be enveloped in change.
You will never find a man who has been made new in Christ (heart change) yet shows no evidence of this in his daily walk (life change)These two transformations always go hand in hand.
They are connected—like two sides of the same coin, as it were.
You will never find a man who has been made new in Christ (heart change) yet shows no evidence of this in his daily walk (life change).
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Am blessed by Paul Washer’s sermon.
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Read the full script here:
https://heartcrymissionary.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/HC-92.pdf
