Christformation in the Words of John the Baptist

Luke 3:7-18
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” “What should we do then?” the crowd asked. John answered, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.” Tax collectors also came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them. Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.” The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ.John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” And with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them.

Christformation is the gathering of the wheat into His barn. "Gathering the wheat into the barn" is the formation of the divine nature of Christ in the born again spirits of those called, chosen and faithful believers of His. "Burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire" is the putting to death of the sinful nature of the Devil by the power of God's Spirit in those who believe, love and obey Christ. But before that fully occurs, the treshing floor will be cleared by the Lord Jesus Christ where God the Holy Spirit will bring in the necessary conviction of guilt of sin. Without repentance of those sins there will be no Christformation. Christformation is fruit in keeping with repentance. Christformation does not occur unless you start putting to death the misdeeds of the sinful nature of the Devil in you.

Did you notice the repeated question "What should we do?" Normally, this is one question a truly repenting sinner will ask. The one general answer to that would be; give up pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in you and start working out your salvation by obeying all that Christ had commanded.In this way, Christformation could occur in you by the power of God the Holy Spirit who dwells in you.

Letters from God Explained by the Holy Spirit on Earth.

2 Timothy 3:16-17
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

God the Holy Spirit was sent to this earth after the Lord Jesus Christ had ascended to the right hand-side of the heavenly Father. He is there making intercession for us so that we too like Him will obey God's Spirit in us.In this way, Christformation will occur in us.He brings God's fresh word to us. We do not have to receive a letter from Him everyday telling us what to do.That's a foolish and stubborn way of looking at the ways of God. God the Holy Spirit takes the words of Christ who represented the heavenly Father perfectly to us and reminds us of what He had said. We only need to obey Him. If you are truly a man of God. as it says in the verses above, you would want to be thoroughly equipped through the power of God's word in Christ. How do we get equipped? Obedience to God's word is training in righteousness.

The Old and the New Testament both have messages of this training. Do not be tricked into believing that this training will come in one soft gentle way. Sometimes, it may come as a rebuke and other times words that seek to correct your ways and thinking. Sometimes, in the form of teachings. You must accept them as they come from God. They might convict you of your sins. God will require obedience from you from that rebuke, correction, teaching or training in righteousness. How you accept and respond to them will produce fruit that meets your repentance which will be Christformation in you. You will start putting to death the misdeeds of the sinful nature of the Devil in you, one by one.As you empty yourself, you need to fill that empty house with Christformation. You will not be able do this on your own. God the Holy Spirit will demonstrate God's power in you. The many types of fruit of the divine nature of Christ will be formed in you through your obedience to all that Christ had commanded.

Because of Me...Says the LORD

Matthew 5:11-12
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“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

It is better to identify yourself with Jesus Christ our Lord than anyone else. He represents the heavenly Father. God the Holy Spirit reminds us about this to us today. It is better to suffer for His name than suffer for anything else. There is no eternal worth in suffering for anything else besides Him. No one could suffer for a friend like He did. No one could suffer for a brother like He did. No shepherd could suffer for a sheep like He did. No bridegroom could suffer like He did for his future bride.It is worth working hard all my life for His divine nature to be formed fully in me.

Matthew 10:21-22
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“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved

The Things of God against The Things of Man

Matthew 16:21-23
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!” Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

Just imagine this for a minute! One moment, the Lord Jesus Christ was saying to Peter, "the words you confessed through your mouth about Me is what I am going to use to built my church upon" and at another moment, just few minutes away, He said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan". What does it tell you here. You can use the things of ordinary men to oppose the things of God. Peter was just being human here.

Peter just felt that The Lord Jesus Christ shouldn't do the will of God because if He did, He will be ill-treated by wicked men and women. The Lord Jesus Christ counter rebuked Peter with, "don't be a stumbling block for God's will to happen in the lives of many who are in bondage to sin and the sinful nature of the Devil". "Let me free them at all costs of my life," He said more to Peter.Don't stand in my way. Think what God has in mind not what sinful men and women think about this whole thing. Like Peter, anyone can be deceived easily, right? No matter how spiritual you potray yourself in the eyes of others, you can still be deceived in your thoughts because you haven't put to death the sinful nature of the Devil in you completely yet. So, be careful of what you say now, it will be held against you one day before God. Fear God and not man!

Seven Deadly Sins of the Sinful Nature of The Devil In You

Matthew 15:19
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

1) Evil thoughts

2) Murder

3) Adultery

4) Sexual Immorality

5) Theft

6) False Testimony

7) Slander

Matthew 7:3-5
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Many other sins committed that are not enlisted here springs out from these seven deadly sins. Its like frogs giving birth to tadpoles. Sin keeps multiplying if you do not put to death the sinful nature of the Devil in you. If you practise one sin, soon you will be gradually defiled by all other sins, one by one, if you do not turn away from it by repenting.

The Gnashing of Teeth Has Begun

Luke 13:27-29
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’ “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

Symbolically, the gnashing of teeth has begun!Those who refuse Christformation in themselves will start gnashing their teeth now. They will ask, do we have to feast on Christ alone and nothing else? Feasting on Christ will bring about the formation of Christ's divine nature in us. As a result, we will start putting to death the sinful nature of the Devil in us.

John 6:55-57
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

You have to be actively feeding on Christ or else there wouldn't be any Christformation in you.

Superbly Well Organised Thieves. (SWOT)

John 10:10
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Theft is a very deadly sin from the sinful nature of the Devil in you, if you let it control you. Do you know that The Devil(Satan) and all the demons on this earth are superbly well organised thieves? They only come as thieves to steal, kill and destroy, meaning that they come to deprive you of your rightful living and your life-time savings.What you have saved will all be taken, if you aren't careful.They do not think of your well-being but only theirs. Selfish beings who only survive at the expense of others. They can't do anything better with their lives. This is what they do best. But watch the way they approach you. They will appear as angels of light. As agents of light and they appear well organised. All they have in their mind is to destroy you in the end. They will go all the way to deceive and trap you. This has been going on for a long time now.For six thousand years or so. Imagine how well organised to deceive can they be?

Luke 12:32-34
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Keep on sowing Christformation in you with the indispensable help of God the Holy Spirit. Do not give up. Be ready for the thief at all times. They may devour you for now but they will be devoured forever by their own sins.Destruction is waiting for the thief. It is at his doorstep, he does not know it. Set your eyes on things above. Set your eyes on Christ the author and finisher of a successful Christformation in you. Do not let the thief deceive you too. Be watchful always. The day has arrived for the thief to be judged. You will see it happen before your very eyes.The Lord Jesus Christ came to give you full Christformation in you but the Devil is here to steal the formation of Christ in you and to stunt, kill or destroy Christformation in you. The Devil does not want you to have the divine nature of Christ formed in you so that you will continue obeying his sinful nature in you. Be wiser, o flock of Christ, be wiser than the thief! (Much more to come...)