Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Transfiguration

Paul reminds his readers that the truth is good news and understanding that there is hope laid up for us in heaven produces fruit in us.

"...because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,"(Colossians 1:3-6).

John writes when Jesus returns we shall be like him; "And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure" (1John 3:1-3).

There is a spiritual response to believing in God's promises that translates to a purification of our actions. There is a direct correspondence between believing and a changed person.