Salvation - A Complete Plan
Pablo Polischuk
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: In Romans 8:28-30, it is stated that all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose. God has predestined us to be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ. Though we may not understand the reasons for the trials and difficulties we face in life, God has a greater plan for us. We are not products of chance, but rather preformed in the mind of God before the foundation of the world. He knows and understands us at every level of analysis, from our emotions to our biochemistry. We start with a God who is a Creator, an Architect, and more scientific than anyone. He formed us from the elements of this cosmos, and we participate in His original Creation. Though we were created from dust, God has a plan to transform us into the likeness of Jesus Christ.
The speaker discusses the concept of preformation, formation, deformation, information, and reformation in relation to biblical anthropology. He explains that humans were created in the image of God but were deformed by sin, and can only be reformed through faith in Jesus Christ. He also emphasizes the importance of being transformed, which requires a change in character and behavior, and can be achieved through the renewal of understanding and walking in the Spirit. The speaker encourages listeners to strive for a new life in Christ, characterized by love, forgiveness, and holiness.
To be transformed, our understanding must be renewed. This includes our mental, emotional, and volitional processes, as well as our behavior and motivation. We need both direction and rhythm, and a clear and healthy mind aligned with the Word of God. We must reattribute meaning to reality, accepting God's Will and seeing everything as working for our good. We are in a daily struggle between being deformed or transformed, but God is conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ. He uses all things to polish us towards this goal, and in the end, we will be glorified.
The speaker discusses the concept of preformation, formation, deformation, information, and reformation in relation to biblical anthropology. He explains that humans were created in the image of God but were deformed by sin, and can only be reformed through faith in Jesus Christ. He also emphasizes the importance of being transformed, which requires a change in character and behavior, and can be achieved through the renewal of understanding and walking in the Spirit. The speaker encourages listeners to strive for a new life in Christ, characterized by love, forgiveness, and holiness.
To be transformed, our understanding must be renewed. This includes our mental, emotional, and volitional processes, as well as our behavior and motivation. We need both direction and rhythm, and a clear and healthy mind aligned with the Word of God. We must reattribute meaning to reality, accepting God's Will and seeing everything as working for our good. We are in a daily struggle between being deformed or transformed, but God is conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ. He uses all things to polish us towards this goal, and in the end, we will be glorified.
Let's read the Word of God in Romans chapter 8, a well-known verse, but I would like to shed new light on this treatise. Romans 8 verse 28 to 30 says: "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God. This is to those who are called according to His purpose, because those He foreknew" says the Word, " He also predestined them" or fixed a suitable destination for them "to be conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers, and whom He predestined these He also called, and whom He called these He also justified , and those he justified, these he also glorified."
In the mind of God we are already packed. We are already fulfilled, updated, glorified. But in our experience we have to go through all these incidents of life, including exercising our will, self-control, choice, and obedience to our heavenly Father.
In the mind of God we are already packed. We are already fulfilled, updated, glorified. But in our experience we have to go through all these incidents of life, including exercising our will, self-control, choice, and obedience to our heavenly Father.
