Spirit-filled Behavior of the Transformed Christian Life,pt2-Rom 12:14-21

Donald Barnhouse helps us get our eyes off self and set upon Jesus Christ. "When the nations were raging and the peoples imagining a vain thing, He did not move to destroy them. He did not destroy Adam when he sinned, but promised a Savior and began the long course of history so that man could have opportunity upon opportunity to repent and return to God...He did not destroy us when we were ungodly sinners. He came from Heaven to save us. He came into the camp of His enemies and allowed them to do their will against Him in order to establish the foundation for our redemption. When we were without strength, when we were enemies, Christ died for us. Not that He did not save us by demonstrating His mighty power in some miracle. He saved us--He saved us by letting us kill Him. How astonishing is this! And when He rose from the dead he did not judge those who behaved so wickedly against Him. The Jerusalem to which He held out His arms before He died was still the center of His loving thought. He commanded His disciples to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, but He commanded them to begin at Jerusalem. Was this not heaping coals of fire upon the heads of His enemies? And did it not melt the hearts of many?" It did, of course. It still does. It can through you. Jesus is our example of the supernatural non-conformist life He's called His disciples to have in this world. Join us Sunday for part 2 of "Spirit-filled Behaviors of the Transformed Christian Life" (Romans 12:14-21).