Radical Disciples – A Remnant Revolution

By Russ Welch

If people could really read our lives like a book, what would the title of yours be? Better yet what would the story be……….A horror story?….A perverted story?….A book of lies?…..A sad and miserable story?……..A book of scandal, deception, gossip, slander and hate?

“But we all see the glory of THE LORD JEHOVAH with unveiled faces, as in a mirror, and we are changed into the image from glory to glory, as from THE LORD JEHOVAH, THE SPIRIT.” (2 Cor 3:18 ABPE)

Now, as Christians who are to be transformed into His image here on earth (not in some distant future in some far off place) should our lives read as a book of life, hope, joy and peace? In Kingdom reality our lives should be a story of Love, obedience, sacrifice, righteousness and holiness.

“And do not imitate this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your minds, and you shall distinguish what is the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.” ( Rom 12:2 ABPE)

So again if someone were to read your life as a book and looking at the page being written right now, what would they see? Maybe it’s time we stop trying to write our own stories and surrender to Holy Ghost that our stories be aligned to that which our Creator planned for us! Less of us and 100% of Him, that is the Spirit lived life.

We read in the Bible that we must not become so well-adjusted to our culture that we fit into it without even thinking.  Instead, we are to fix our attention on God.  By doing so we’ll find that we are being  changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from for each of us, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around us, always dragging us down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of us, develops well-formed maturity in us.

Fellow disciples we must know and trust with all our hearts that God the Father has only good, pleasing, and perfect plans for His children. He wants each of us to be transformed people with renewed minds, living to honor and obey him. Because He wants only what is best for us, and because He gave His Son to make our new life possible, we should joyfully give ourselves as living sacrifices for His service.

We can read in the scriptures how Paul warned Christians: “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world” that are usually selfish and often corrupting. Wise Christians decide that much worldly behavior is off-limits for them. Our refusal to conform to this world’s values, however, must go even deeper than just behavior and customs; it must be firmly planted in our mind: “Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” It is possible to avoid most worldly customs and still be proud, covetous, selfish, stubborn, and arrogant. Only when the Holy Spirit renews, reeducates, and redirects our mind are we truly transformed.

With so many idols around us, including the self made idols of TV evangelism we must remain on guard as to which imagine we desire to become – that of men or that of the Son of man. We see almost daily scandals upon scandals happening in the Church and we need to beware. Marriage vows have been declared unbinding by the very leaders whose lives should shine with the Glory of marriage as the Father intended it to be. Unrighteousness has been rewarded from every denomination as the popularity of pleasing men has far outweighed that of pleasing God the Father.

We are in a day that has grown ever so dark and the world is desperate for the Light of  the Lord’s Bride to break-forth. Many may indeed be able to fool Church members who have grown dull in their spiritual gifts knowing nothing about discernment. Yet, with the many mask’s they wear the world has not be fooled, it has spotted and pointed out the hypocrisy of a backslidden generation who has put the treasures of this earth over the treasures of heaven.

Let us rise up in these days and seek after the face of our God and trade in being a bless me, bless me generation to one who shines with the Lord’s Glory reflecting off from our lives. Let the world know and let Hell shake as we are transformed into to a generation of “Let us Bless you God” true and radical disciples of the “THE LORD JEHOVAH”.

But again let us remember we can not simply will to be transformed as true spiritual transformation doesn’t come through human effort rather by the empowering grace of Father God through the work of Holy Ghost. Many, including this writer have tried with every fleshly once of might we could muster to change leading to frustration, self-rejection, guilt or the white knuckling works of the flesh. No, true spiritual transformation comes as a result of having your mind renewed daily by the Word of God. As you agree with God, believing that what He says is true, change automatically begins. You start to think differently, then talk differently and finally act differently. Be patient with yourself: it’s a process that develops in stages.

So again I ask you if someone were to read your life as a book and looking at the page being written right now, what would they see?