Seeing is Becoming!

It is my belief that what should happen through act of preaching and teaching, is that the lives of the hearers experience change. The life transforming power of God’s word is the means by which all people, no matter what level of faith they have attained, will continue to be changed into Christ likeness. Every message preached should be pointing people toward Christ. It is because of several biblical texts that I believe this to be true. For example, 2 Corinthians 3:18 reads,

“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.’

I believe this text teaches us that one of the ways we are changed progressively into the likeness of Christ is by looking at his glory. "We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness." The way to become more and more like the Lord is to fix your gaze on his glory and hold him in view.

It has been said that people are the product of their environment. We are also a product of our habits and desires. We hum the music we listen to. We speak with the accent of our region. We become like our parents even though we sometimes refuse to believe it. We naturally tend to imitate the people we admire most. So it is with God. If we fix our attention on him and hold his glory in our view, we will be changed from one degree of glory to another into his likeness.

In order for us to become Christ like, Christians must set their affections on the God they admire. In this spiritual transaction, seeing is not only believing, seeing is becoming.