Transformed Into His Image

This book is designed to help us look deeply into the sanctification process, particularly for those who have been in bondage to substances and behaviors that have shadowed them for many years. It will unveil what are often hidden causes for an inability to find freedom from chronic sin patterns. While perfect holiness in our thoughts and actions may be unobtainable in this life, it is most certainly more obtainable than we can even imagine. This book is for those who want to go all the way with God, who truly want to be His disciple.

In the ancient disciple-rabbi relationship, the disciple would follow the rabbi so closely that he would be covered in the dust kicked up from his rabbi's feet. Thousands of years later, though we walk on roads of pavement and not dust, we are still called to be disciples—to follow our Rabbi, Jesus Christ, so closely that we are covered with his life, changed, and made new. Into His Likeness provides an approachable but in-depth exploration of how to live as a disciple and experience the transformation Jesus wants to work in our lives. We might desire to live more like Christ, but we know we fall short. This book simply helps us follow those initial promptings of the Holy Spirit, so that we may more intentionally encounter Jesus anew each day and be more disposed to his grace changing us ever more into his likeness.

A workbook for personal transformation through a process of putting off sinful habits, renewing the mind with truths of scripture, and putting on a new godly way of life.

God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness You are never beyond the reach of God's grace. Neither are you ever beyond the need of God's grace. Without grace we'd never come to Christ. But being a Christian is more than just coming to Christ, it's about growing and becoming more like Jesus. This pursuit of holiness is hard work, and as we enter into this discipline, we sometimes lose sight of grace. Jerry Bridges helps us steer clear of this disastrous distraction, offering a clear and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to the believer. Explore how the same grace that brings us to Christ also grows us in Christ. Includes full study guide (which was previously sold as a stand-alone discussion guide, ISBN 9781576839904).

How far are you progressing in your Christian life? This inspiring book will give you insight and show you that you are on a journey from Christlessness to Christ likeness—a place of divinely exalted life, where we enter into our inheritance in Christ as sons and daughters of the Most High God. A place of spiritual maturity where we become like Christ himself simply put it’s the coming into the inner court, where the glory of God’s presence is waiting to cover our lives and make us perfect. It is there, in the inner court, in the most Holy place that God is waiting to make us become like his Son, Jesus. That is the place we are called to come, and this is the journey we are making. It is the lifting up of the curtain of the old man and crucifi xion of the fl esh that opens you into yielding totally in obedience to his will and dwelling in his presence for continuous transformation.

“A Disciple…will be like his teacher.” (Luke 6:40) What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? The ultimate goal of discipleship is to be like the Teacher—to be like Jesus Himself. Every Christian wants to understand what that means. But even if we understand it, is it possible? Michael Wilkins asserts that it’s not only possible, it’s a life that all Christians are called to—not just a select few. So why do we so seldom experience it? As Wilkins points out, even the first followers of Jesus had a hard time grasping what it meant to be His disciples. Like them, our difficulty often lies in not clearly understanding who Jesus is, not recognizing the resources available to us as God’s children, or not believing who we are to be as Christ’s followers. But like the early disciples, our lives can radically change. If we want to follow Jesus, we can become like Him. “Jesus takes us exactly as He finds us,” writes Wilkins, “and transforms us into His likeness.” So come, learn what it means to walk with Jesus and reflect His image to the real world.

Are you a Believer tired of attending church week after week? Do you feel that how you entered Sunday morning service is the same way you left, hopeless and with an empty smile? Tired of feeling like the church has become more of a fashion show rather than a soul-changing agency? You get in your car, look in the mirror and question yourself as if you have missed the mark some kind of way because you did not “feel” the spirit as everyone else. Believe me, it is not you. Your heart is craving for something not offered and you are crying out for a place to meet God. To feel His presence. To know He is with you every step of the way knowing your heart and desires. You, my sister and brother, are looking for an internal change, a transformation. You have just entered a place that God has been leading you all the time. You are experiencing the hunger and thirst our Father put in you to draw you close to His presence. You are in the right mind for what God, the Father, wants to do with you. You can walk away from everything in your world because of the hunger and frustration of current things to put your broken life in His hands as the clay to the potter and say mold me into whatever you want me to be. You, my dear friend, are ready and in need to be Transformed from My Image to His Image. You have picked up a life-changing book. Through this book, you will understand the process of transformation to live a deeply satisfying life our Father has long to give you. Look no further, your transformed life lies within the content of this book.