"Trans" means "through."
Form means ceremony.
We must be VERY careful today. Do NOT think going to church, getting christened as a baby or baptized under the water as an adult makes you a Christian. Those are ceremonies (celebrations that happen) in a Christian church. That does NOT mean your heart has been changed. When you are truly sorry for your sin and ask God to forgive you of that sin and you invite Jesus into your heart, that is the time you become a Christian. You may be in church, at home by your bed, at lunch with a friend, or alone in the woods when God changes your heart and accepts you into His kingdom.
To help us understand that think: If we brought a pig, a horse, a dog, a cat or any other animal to church, would that animal become a Christian because it went to church? NO! If we dedicated that animal to God would that animal be a Christian? NO! If we baptized that animal would that animal become a Christian? NO!
In the same way, any person who goes to church, or becomes baptized is not a Christian because of the actions of the person.
The ONLY way to become a Christian is to let Him go through your heart, mind and soul and allow Him to transform you. The repenting heart and prayer inside your heart to Jesus is the only ceremony that will allow you to go through the change from sinner to Christian.
Has Jesus transformed your soul?
If you have allowed Him to transform your soul, then you can say honestly, "I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will trust in Your good Name in the presence of your faithful people." Psalms 52:9
We cannot trust our actions to save us. We are saved by the things He has done.
Form means ceremony.
We must be VERY careful today. Do NOT think going to church, getting christened as a baby or baptized under the water as an adult makes you a Christian. Those are ceremonies (celebrations that happen) in a Christian church. That does NOT mean your heart has been changed. When you are truly sorry for your sin and ask God to forgive you of that sin and you invite Jesus into your heart, that is the time you become a Christian. You may be in church, at home by your bed, at lunch with a friend, or alone in the woods when God changes your heart and accepts you into His kingdom.
To help us understand that think: If we brought a pig, a horse, a dog, a cat or any other animal to church, would that animal become a Christian because it went to church? NO! If we dedicated that animal to God would that animal be a Christian? NO! If we baptized that animal would that animal become a Christian? NO!
In the same way, any person who goes to church, or becomes baptized is not a Christian because of the actions of the person.
The ONLY way to become a Christian is to let Him go through your heart, mind and soul and allow Him to transform you. The repenting heart and prayer inside your heart to Jesus is the only ceremony that will allow you to go through the change from sinner to Christian.
Has Jesus transformed your soul?
If you have allowed Him to transform your soul, then you can say honestly, "I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will trust in Your good Name in the presence of your faithful people." Psalms 52:9
We cannot trust our actions to save us. We are saved by the things He has done.
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