Daniel 11:33-35 (New International Version, ©2010)
“Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered. When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many who are not sincere will join them. Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
Christformation in you happens as you are refined, purified and made spotless from the power of the sinful nature of the Devil in you.Its this stumbling for a short time that will make you obey the Holy Spirit to defeat the sinful nature of the Devil in you. You would not want to obey its evil desires anymore, as you did before.
The full divine nature of Christ our Lord will be formed in you eternally by the power of the Holy Spirit instead.
James 1:12 (New International Version, ©2011)
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
The crown of life is full Christformation in you.Salvation in Christ is freely given to us by the complete work of Christ on the cross but Christformation in us is the result of us standing through the many tests of our faith promised to us who love Him.If we love Him we will obey His commandments, if we don't we will not.Obedience to God is a trial of our faith to God. Its hard to obey God and His commandments on this earth because men would want you to obey their 'commandments' instead just because they are in power. Sometimes man's commandments will appear as God's, but, they are actually not God's commandments to you.
It may have the appearance of it but it is not. This is what evil men in the disguise of men of the law did to the Lord Jesus Christ and that was His biggest test on earth that finally brought Him to the cross at Calvary.
But, He came alive from death on the cross and He put the Devil and it's children to public shame in their defeat eternally.
Matthew 15:3-9 (New International Version, ©2011)
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’
