The first thing I notice is that you need to be transformed by the truth.
Transformed implies a complete change, kind of like metamorphosis, which is where a caterpillar changes in a butterfly. It does not say, “affected by truth,” or “moved by truth.” The implication that it is a total change in our being, in what we do and everything about us.
The Bible is God’s word. Whatever God says comes to pass, and everything he says is the truth. All that God says has power. But we don’t just learn the truth. I find that very often the feeling of being a “good” Christian comes from going to Bible studies and the like. Although those are good, they are not the whole story. We need to allow the change to happen in us. We need to go about the difficult of knowing what we have learnt and putting it into practice.
To assimilate God’s word we need to…
- Receive it
- Read it
- Research it
- Remember it
- Reflect on it
The application of what we learn in the steps above is not easy, but nothing is really easy. Knowing how and making a plan of action to apply those things into your life gives it power. Faith without works is dead, is a bible verse that comes to mind. But we need to consciously impliment those truths, with God’s help.